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Corperryale LAdorable "Manny" Harris (born September 21, 1989) is an All-Big Ten Conference guard (guard (basketball)) who has completed his junior season for the Michigan Wolverines mens basketball team. He has decided to forgo his final year of collegiate eligibility and declare himself eligible (Eligibility for the NBA Draft) for the 2010 NBA Draft. Harris previously attended Redford High School in city-stateDetroitMichigan, where he was a two-time All-State first team selection and won the states Mr. Basketball (Mr. Basketball of Michigan) award as a senior. He led his team to three consecutive Detroit Public School League championships. Harris is one of only five Big Ten Conference basketball players to have finished in the top ten in the conference in scoring, rebounding, and assist average in the same season and prior to Evan Turners 2009-10 season, Harris 2008-09 season was the only time a player had finished in the top six of all three categories.

At Michigan, he has been a 2008-09 (2008-09 NCAA Division I mens basketball season) first team All-Big Ten Conference selection, a 2007-08 (2007-08 NCAA Division I mens basketball season) second team All-Big Ten selection and a 2009-10 (2009-10 NCAA Division I mens basketball season) third team All-Big Ten selection. Harris also earned Big Ten Academic All-Conference honors as a sophomore after the 2008-09 Big Ten Conference season (2008-09 Big Ten Conference mens basketball season). At the conclusion of the 2009-10 Big Ten Conference regular season (2009-10 Big Ten Conference mens basketball season), he earned repeat recognition as an Academic All-Conference performer.

He entered his sophomore season as the leading returning scorer in the Big Ten. During his sophomore season, Harris was the 2008-09 Big Ten leader in free throws made, free throw percentage, and was its second leading scorer. He was among the 2008-09 conference statistical leaders in numerous statistics (points (Point (basketball)), rebounds (rebound (basketball)), assists (assist (basketball)) and steals (Steal (basketball))).

Entering his junior season, Harris was a second-team FOX Sports preseason All-American. However, he was not selected by ESPN to its preseason All-American team. He was named among the 50 preseason Wooden Award (John R. Wooden Award) watch list nominees and the 50 preaseason Naismith College Player of the Year watchlist candidates. The Big Ten media selected him to the preseason conference first team. Harris began the 2009-10 NCAA Division I mens basketball season by recording the second triple double in school history. At midseason he was named as a finalist for the 2010 Bob Cousy Award and a Midseason Top-30 finalist for the 2010 John Wooden Award.

Fontcolor: Black

Conference: Big Ten (Big Ten Conference)

Sport: Basketball

Jersey: 3

Position: Guard (Guard (basketball))

Class: Junior

Major: undecided

Career Start: 2007

Height: 6ft 5in

Weight Lb: 185

Nationality: USA

Date of birth: 1989-09-21

Birth Location: Detroit, Michigan

Highschool: Redford High School,city-stateDetroitMichigan

Career Highlights: y

Awards: 2007 Mr. Basketball of Michigan

Honors: ;High School *Class A All-State (Illinois) (first team: AP (Associated Press) 2006 & 2007; fifth team: ''DN (Detroit News)'' 2005) ;College *All-Big Ten (Big Ten Conference) (1st team: 2009 (2008-09 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season); 2nd team:2008 (2007-08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season); 3rd team: 2010 (2009-10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season)) *2007-08 All-Freshman Big Ten *2009 Wooden Award Top 30 midseason watchlist *Big Ten Academic All-Conference (2008-09, 2009-10) *NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches) All?District (1st team: 2008-09; 2nd-team: 2009-10) *USBWA (United States Basketball Writers Association) All?District (2008-09) *2010 Award lists: Cousy (Bob Cousy Award) (Top 20 Finalist); Naismith (Naismith Award) (Top 50 Preseason); Wooden (Wooden Award) (Top 50 Preseason, Top 30 Midseason)

Records: *Michigan (Michigan Wolverines men's basketball) freshman free throws (156, 2007-08 (2007-08 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team)) *Michigan (Michigan Wolverines men's basketball) sophomore free throw percentage (86.3%, 2008-09 (2008-09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team))

Championships: Y

Championship List: ;Team *Detroit Public School League (2005, 2006, 2007) ;Individual *2008-09 Big Ten Free throw Percentage Champion* (min 2.5 FTM/game, 75% of teams games)

Tournaments: Y

Tournament List: 2009 NCAA (2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament)

source: wikipedia.org

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