Monmouth University Athletics

QUICKLY: Solid first season at Monmouth, where he set the single-season blocked shot record... Building on consistency for final season... Sat out 2004-05 season due to NCAA transfer rules... Owns NCAA All-Division single-game record for blocked shots with 18 on two occasions.

2005-06 (Junior): Appeared in 25 games for the Hawks during his junior season... Set the Monmouth single-season blocked shot record with 74, 16 more than Steve Wriedt's previous school-mark set in 1990-91 and 1991-92... Averaged 8.0 points per game, while hauling in 5.2 rebounds... Led team with 2.96 blocks per game... Made first appearance in loss at San Francisco (11/21), adding two points, three rebounds and a block... Carded five points, four rebounds, two assists and two blocks in MU's win over Southern Illinois (11/24) in the Great Alaska Shootout... Grabbed four rebounds, with two blocks in loss to Rider (11/25)... Recorded four blocks and four rebounds, to go along with six points at Seton Hall (12/8)... Added six points, with five rebounds and seven blocked shots in win at Hartford (12/28)... His seven blocks was one off the single-game record at Monmouth... Posted break-out game at St. Francis [N.Y.] (1/3) with 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting, six rebounds and four blocks... Carded 17 points and seven rebounds in win at Central Connecticut State (1/12)... Notched 20 points (10-for-12 FT), with eight rebounds and five blocked shots in win at Quinnipiac (1/14)... Grabbed seven rebounds versus Mount St. Mary's (1/19)... Added 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting, with seven caroms and three blocks at Robert Morris (1/26)... Carded seven-point, five-rebound, four-block effort in win over CCSU (2/4)... Registered first double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds, while adding three blocks in win at Wagner (2/6)... Posted 10 points, five boards and three blocks at Mount St. Mary's (2/18)... Added 10 points and eight rebounds, with five blocks in NEC semifinal win at CCSU (3/5)... Recorded six points, seven rebounds and six blocks in Monmouth's NEC Championship game victory at Fairleigh Dickinson (3/8)... Notched seven points, six rebounds and five blocked shots in NCAA Opening Round win over Hampton (3/14).

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY: Played two seasons at Lincoln (Pa.) University as a center for Coach Robert Byars... Led Division III with 97 blocked shots as a freshman in 2002-03... Averaged 12.6 points, 10.9 rebounds and 6.9 blocks as a sophomore... Blocked an NCAA single-game record 18 shots in win over Valley Forge Christian College on Dec. 13, 2004... Tied his own record with 18 blocks in overtime loss to Jersey City State University later in the season... Logged three triple-doubles and 11 double-doubles as a sophomore... Averaged 4.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.0 blocks as a freshman.

BEFORE MONMOUTH: Earned one letter as a center at Randallstown (Md.) High School... Played center for Coach Kim Rivers... Helped squad to a 22-2 mark and a state championship in 2001-02.

PERSONAL: Son of John and Margaret Tate and John Bunch Sr... Born on September 22, 1984 in Washington, D.C... Majoring in communications.

BUNCH'S CAREER-HIGHS:
Points: 20 at Quinnipiac (01/14/06)
Rebounds: 8 at CCSU (03/05/06), at Quinnipiac (01/14/06)
Assists: 3 vs. Long Island (03/02/06), vs. Wagner (02/13/06)
Steals: 1 on seven occasions
Blocks: 7 at Hartford (12/28/05)
Minutes: 33 at Quinnipiac (01/14/06)