Dan Earl

During his high school basketball career he was named a Parade All-American. The Shawnee basketball team had a combined 59–3 record during Earl's junior and senior years.[1] In 1991–92, his junior year, Shawnee was the New Jersey Group IV state champion, ranked #1 in New Jersey and #9 in the entire United States.[2] In 1992–93 they were the South Jersey champion and was ranked #7 nationally.[2] Earl was named the USA Today New Jersey Player of the Year in 1993[1] and his 2,006 career points total ranked him as first in scoring passing Darrin severs 1,996 points of Medford vo-tech Burlington County's all-time leading scorer at the time of his graduation.[1]

Earl accepted a scholarship to Penn State University where he was the starting point guard on the basketball team all four years. He is one of Penn State's all-time leaders in scoring and assists, and he was named to the All-Big Ten Conference second team by the media and third team by the coaches in 1996.[3] He had an injury plagued college career that saw him redshirt twice and spend six years in the program.[4] Earl led Penn State in assists four times.[5] The 1995–96 Nittany Lions team started the season with a 19–2 record and was ranked #9 in the country at one point during the season.

Dan Earl played professionally in Germany, Poland, and Portugal.[6] He also spent time in the Continental Basketball Association as well as the NBA Development League.[6] He got close to making a National Basketball Association team, where in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons he spent time with the New Jersey Nets during their training camps.[6]