Damian Woolfolk is an American

United States

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 basketball player who is best known for his college career at Norfolk State University

Norfolk State University

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 between 1997–98 and 1999–2000. A native of the Ruther Glen, Virginia

Ruther Glen, Virginia

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, the 6'5", 210-pound shooting guard

Shooting guard

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 was the two-time Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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, first as a junior

Junior (education)

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 in 1998–99

1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

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 and again as a senior

Senior (education)

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 the following year. He scored 1,711 career points while playing for the Spartans, which through 2009–10

2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

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 was the 10th highest total in school history. He played in 82 career games for a per-game average of 20.8 points per game. His 23.5 points per game average as a junior led the MEAC and was also the fifth-highest in all of NCAA Division I, while his 20.9 per game average as a senior led the MEAC once again.

After college, Woolfolk had a stint playing for the short-lived Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs

Tampa Bay ThunderDawgs

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 in the American Basketball Association

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, whose franchise lasted for only the 2000–01 season.