Ryan Rossiter is an American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player, currently with ASC Voltaire of the French

France

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 Ligue Nationale de Basketball

Ligue Nationale de Basketball

The Ligue National de Basket is the top men's French professional basketball league. There are two divisions: French Pro A League and French Pro B League .-Pro A:...

. Rossiter was named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...

 player of the year and an All-American

NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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 as a senior at Siena College

Siena College

Siena College is an independent Roman Catholic liberal arts college in Loudonville, in the town of Colonie, New York, United States. Siena is a four-year, coeducational, independent college in the Franciscan tradition, founded by the Franciscan Friars in 1937. It has 3,000 full-time students and...

 in 2010–11

2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

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College career

Rossiter, a 6'9" big man out of Monsignor Farrell High School

Monsignor Farrell High School

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 in Staten Island, New York, played college basketball at Siena College

Siena Saints men's basketball

The Siena Saints men's basketball team represents Siena College in Loudonville, New York, United States. The Division I program competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Saints are coached by Mitch Buonaguro who just completed his first season as head coach at Siena after serving as...

. Rossiter showed signs of potential as a freshman, starting 11 games as the Saints made the 2008 NCAA tournament

2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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. As a sophomore, he started all 34 games and averaged 10.0 points

Points per game

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 and 7.9 rebounds per game as the Saints made another NCAA tournament appearance.

As a junior Rossiter broke out, averaging 13.8 points and 11.1 rebounds per game and leading the conference in rebounding and field goal percentage

Field goal percentage

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 (.571). Rossiter was named first team all-conference as the Saints won their third straight MAAC title and NCAA appearance. As a senior, Rossiter improved again. He averaged 18.7 points and 13.2 rebounds per game (placing him second nationally in rebounds per game to Morehead State's Kenneth Faried

Kenneth Faried

Kenneth Bernard Faried Lewis , commonly known as Kenneth Faried, is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA...

). Rossiter was named MAAC player of the year

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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 and an honorable mention Associated Press

Associated Press

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 All-American. Rossiter graduated as Siena's all-time leading rebounder with 1,151 in his four years. He finished with 1,457 points and 167 blocked shots (third in school history).

Professional career

After the completion of his college career, Rossiter was not selected in the 2011 NBA Draft

2011 NBA Draft

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. He signed with ASC Voltaire of the French LNB in August of 2011.