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Greivis Vasquez (Birth datemf=yes1987116) is a Venezuelan basketball player who ended his U.S. college (College basketball) career with the University of Maryland (University of Maryland, College Park) mens basketball team (Maryland Terrapins mens basketball) in 2010. Vasquez finished second on the Terrapins all-time scoring list, with 2,171 career points.
He was born in Caracas and moved to the United States to attend high school at Montrose Christian School in Rockville, Maryland in 2004. During his senior year at Montrose, he committed to The University of Maryland to play under head coach Gary Williams.
In 2007, Vasquez played on the Venezuelan national basketball team (Venezuela national basketball team) in the FIBA America Championships. In his final college season of 2009-10 (2009-10 NCAA Division I mens basketball season), he was one of three Venezuelans playing in NCAA Division I (Division I (NCAA)) mens basketball, with the others being David Cubillan of the Marquette Golden Eagles (Marquette Golden Eagles mens basketball) and Gregory Echenique of the Creighton Bluejays (Creighton Bluejays mens basketball).
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School: Maryland Terrapins
Number on List: 21
Sport: Basketball
Position: Point guard, combo guard (Tweener (basketball)#Shooting guard / point guard (combo guard))
Class: Senior
Epithet: Se�or Huevos, The General
Major: American Studies
Date of birth: 1987-01-16
Birth Location: Caracas, Venezuela
Height: 6ft 6in
Weight Lb: 200
Career Start: 2006
Career End: 2010
Career Highlights: y
Honors: *2006-07 Honorable Mention ACC All-Freshman *2007-08 Second-team All-ACC *2008-09 Second-team All-ACC *2009-10 First-team All-ACC *2009-10 Consensus Second-team All-American *2009-10 Sporting News First-team All-American *2010 John R. Wooden Award Finalist *2010 ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year *2010 Bob Cousy Award *7x ACC Player of the Week
Highschool: Montrose Christian School,,Rockville, Maryland, U.S.