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2   Marcell Haywood
Marcell Haywood

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Plantation, Fla.
High School:
St. Thomas Aquinas
Last College:
Queens College
Height / Weight:
6-0 / 180
Position:
Guard
Birthdate:
06/08/1980
Experience:
2 VL

ON HAYWOOD: A walk-on member of the Seminoles who will play as a graduate student during the 2002-03 season…earned his undergraduate degree in information systems in April of 2002 and will work toward earning his master’s degree in sports management during the season…played in a career-high 25 games (including the final 20 of the season) as Florida State’s primary back-up point guard during the 2001-02 season…averaged a career-high 5.4 minutes as he played in every game from Dec. 27 through both of Florida State’s games in the ACC Tournament…is in his fourth season as a member of the team after transferring from Queens College in Charlotte, N.C…has played in 34 career games during his two years of eligibility as a Seminole…was a redshirt member of the Seminoles during the 1999-2000 season but could not play due to NCAA transfer regulations…will battle for playing time in the Seminole backcourt this season…

AS A SENIOR (2002): Averaged 0.1 points, 0.4 rebounds, 0.5 assists and 0.4 steals in 25 games as the primary back-up point guard to All-ACC honorable mention selection Delvon Arrington…played in a career-high 25 games, a career-high 136 minutes, made a career-high three free throws, attempted a career-high five free throws, grabbed a career-high 10 defensive rebounds, grabbed a career-high 10 overall rebounds, dished out a career-high 13 assists, was credited with a career-high 10 steals, played in a career-high 136 minutes and averaged a career-high 5.4 minutes played per game…career-high tying two assists came in victories over Savannah State (Nov. 20) and North Carolina (Jan. 16)…one assist in four consecutive games – all victories – against Virginia Tech (Dec. 27), Campbell (Dec. 29), South Florida (Jan. 2) and Duke (Jan. 6)…another assist in Florida State’s victory over No. 15 ranked Virginia (Feb. 20) in Tallahassee…scored one point against Elon (Nov. 23), Virginia Tech and Campbell in a trio of Seminole victories…all three points came on free throws to give him his career-high of three made free throws for the season…grabbed 10 rebounds with all 10 coming in different games…also credited with 10 steals with his career-high of three coming as the Seminoles defeated No. 1 ranked and previously undefeated Duke (Jan. 6) in Tallahassee…(vs. Clemson) averaged 0.0 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.3 assists in three games against Clemson…played ten minutes in the three games as the Seminoles defeated the Tigers two out of three times including in the first round of the ACC Tournament…grabbed one rebound in Florida State’s 68-63 victory over the Tigers at home (Jan. 24)…grabbed one rebound as the Seminoles traveled to play at Clemson (Feb. 23)…(vs. Duke) averaged 0.0 points, 0.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals in two games against ACC Tournament Champion and NCAA Tournament participant Duke…earned his career-high of three steals in only four minutes of play as Florida State defeated No. 1 and previously undefeated Duke, 77-76, in Tallahassee (Jan. 6)…all three steals came in the first half and helped the Seminoles take as much an 11-point first half lead and a 32-28 lead at halftime…his second steal (off a Dahntay Jones turnover) led directly to an Anthony Richardson 3-point shot and a 27-17 Seminole lead…his third steal (off a Jason Williams turnover) came with three seconds remaining in the half and allowed Florida State to preserve its halftime lead…spelled Seminoles’ starting point guard Delvon Arrington in the second half and helped the Seminoles to the monumental victory…credited with a steal as Florida State traveled to Durham (Feb. 7) to play in Cameron Indoor Stadium…(vs. Georgia Tech) averaged 0.0 points, 0.5 steals and 0.5 assists in two games against Georgia Tech…one steal and one assist as the Seminoles traveled to play in Atlanta against the Yellow Jackets (Jan. 30)…earned two minutes of playing time as Florida State played host to Georgia Tech on Senior Night in Tallahassee (March 2)…(vs. Maryland) averaged 0.0 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.3 steals in three games against National Champion Maryland…grabbed one rebound in two minutes of play as Florida State traveled to play in Cole Field House (Jan. 26)…tied his ACC career-high with 13 minutes played and credited with one assist as Florida State played host to Maryland (Feb. 27)…earned seven minutes of playing time against the Terps in quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament (March 8)…(vs. North Carolina) averaged 0.0 points and 1.5 assists in two games against North Carolina…contributed two assists as Florida State defeated North Carolina at home (Jan. 16) for only the third time in school history…his two assists came within a 39 second span and helped the Seminoles to an early 23-7 lead…both assists came on back-to-back 3-pointers by Seminole co-captain Antwuan Dixon…Florida State led 41-30 at the half and won the game 81-71 to complete the first ever home sweep of Duke and North Carolina in the same season…one assist in six minutes as the Seminoles traveled to played at North Carolina (Feb. 17)…(vs. NC State) averaged 0.0 points and 1.0 rebound in two games against ACC Tournament finalist and NCAA Tournament participant NC State…one rebound in eight minutes as Florida State traveled to Raleigh (Jan. 8) and one assist in a career-high tying 13 minutes as the Seminoles hosted the Wolfpack in Tallahassee (Feb. 10)…(vs. Virginia) averaged 0.0 points, 0.5 rebounds and 1.0 assist in two games against NIT participant Virginia, who was ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation during the season…credited with one assist and one rebound as the Seminoles played at Virginia (Jan. 20)…added one assist in four minutes of play as the Seminoles defeated No. 15 ranked Virginia in Tallahassee (Feb. 20)…his assist came on a Mike Mathews jumper which gave the Seminoles a 24-23 lead with 7:10 remaining in the first half…Florida State trailed for only 27 seconds during the rest of the half and led 34-29 at the intermission…the win was the second of the season over a top-15 ranked team for the Seminoles…(vs. Wake Forest) averaged 0.0 points and 0.0 assists in four minutes played in two games against NCAA Tournament participant Wake Forest…earned two minutes of playing time as the Seminoles traveled to Winston-Salem (Dec. 16) and two minutes of playing time as Florida State played host to Wake Forest in Tallahassee (Feb. 2)…

AS A JUNIOR (2001): Averaged 0.6 points and 0.6 rebounds in nine games during his first year of eligibility at Florida State…developed into the primary back-up point guard to Delvon Arrington during the final six games of the season…played in all six of the Seminoles’ final six games and averaged 6.3 minutes played per game…earned his way into the lineup with his improved play in practice and played extensively from Florida State’s near-victory at home against Virginia (Feb. 17) through the Seminoles’ game against Clemson (March 8) in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament…averaged 6.3 minutes played per game in his final six games as compared to 1.7 minutes per game during his first three appearances… made his first career free throw in his first career game at Florida State against South Florida (Dec. 7)…(vs. Clemson) averaged 1.0 point, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steal in two games against Clemson…played a season-high 12 minutes and scored a career-high two points against Clemson in the ACC Tournament (March 8)…career-high in playing time came as starting point guard Delvon Arrington was saddled with three fouls within the first five minutes of the game…also played 10 minutes in the regular season finale at Clemson (March 3) as he tied his career-high with two assists and was credited with a season-high two steals in the Seminoles’ first victory in Littlejohn Coliseum since 1995…(vs. Duke) averaged 0.0 points and 0.0 assists in one game against National Champion Duke…earned two minutes of playing time as Florida State traveled to play Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium (Feb. 4)…(vs. Georgia Tech) averaged 0.0 points and 2.0 assists in one game against NCAA Tournament participant Georgia Tech…a career-high tying two assists and a career-high two rebounds came against Georgia Tech as Haywood helped Florida State win on Adrian Crawford’s senior night (Feb. 28)…(vs. North Carolina) averaged 2.0 points and 0.0 assists in one game against NCAA Tournament participant North Carolina…a perfect one-for-one from the field at North Carolina (Feb. 22)…replaced Arrington on three occasions against the Tar Heels and scored his only basket of the game on an aggressive drive to the basket…(vs. NC State) averaged 0.0 points and 1.0 rebound in one game against NC State…grabbed one rebound in five minutes of play as the Seminoles traveled to play at NC State (Feb. 25)…(vs. Virginia) averaged 0.0 points and 0.0 assists in one game against NCAA Tournament participant…played one minute as Florida State played host to Virginia (Feb. 17)…(vs. Wake Forest) averaged 0.0 points and 0.0 assists in one game against NIT Champion Wake Forest…earned playing time in his first ACC game as the Seminoles traveled to play at Wake Forest (Jan. 9)…

2000: Did not play as a redshirt after transferring from Queens College.

AS A FRESHMAN (1999): Earned a varsity letter as a member the Queens College varsity in Charlotte, N.C…averaged 1.1 points in 16 games played for the Division II Royals…scored 17 points in only 45 minutes played as he ranked among the team leaders in points per minute average…grabbed six defensive rebounds in his limited playing time… shot .625 (five–for-eight) from the field for the season…the Royals finished with a 25-9 record and played in the NCAA Division II playoffs…his coach at Queens was Bart Lundy…

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in 1998…a Dade/Broward County all-star selection his senior season…earned all-district honorable mention honors as a senior…team captain and team most valuable player his senior season…averaged 12.1 points, 7.6 assists, 4.9 steals, 4.0 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game his senior season…an all-tournament selection at the Kreul Classic as a senior…his high school coach was Steve Strand.

PERSONAL: Born June 8, 1980…Marcel is the son of Arlene and Les Haywood…a member of the national honor society and earned ACC Honor Roll accolades as a sophomore and junior…an uncle, Irvin Kiffin, played for the San Antonio Spurs from 1978-90…a member of the Spanish club in high school.

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