Victor Page

Victor Martin Page (born February 19, 1975[1]) is an American former basketball player who once played for the Georgetown University Hoyas and Sioux Falls Skyforce.

Victor Page
Personal information
Born (1975-02-19) February 19, 1975
Washington, D.C.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolMcKinley Tech
(Washington, D.C.)
Winchendon
(Winchendon, Massachusetts)
CollegeGeorgetown (1995–1997)
NBA draft1997 / Undrafted
Playing career1997–2001
PositionGuard
Career history
1997–1998Sioux Falls Skyforce
1998Pop Cola 800s
1999Sioux Falls Skyforce
1999–2000Scaligera Basket
2000–2001Sioux Falls Skyforce
2001Fargo-Moorhead Beez
Career highlights and awards
  • AP honorable mention All-American (1997)
  • First-team All-Big East (1997)
  • Big East All-Rookie team (1996)

Biography

Early years

Page grew up in Barry Farms in Southeast D.C.. Page was a standout player at McKinley Tech High School, where he led the team the DC City Championship game (lost to DeMatha Catholic) during his senior year, averaging 31 points per game.[2] He was named Washington Post All Met Basketball Player of the Year. He recorded a career-high 47 points in a single game in the 1993–94 season while at McKinley Tech.[3] After his senior year of high school he spent an additional year at The Winchendon School, a prep school in Winchendon, Massachusetts.[2]

Basketball career

As a freshman, Victor Page (jersey # 44) was a member of the 1995–96 Hoyas team that advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament led by Allen Iverson, and was named in the Big East All-Rookie team.[4] In 1996–97, Page led the Big East in scoring and was named in the All-Big East first team.[4] After his sophomore season, Page entered the 1997 NBA Draft but was undrafted.

Page went 11th in the CBA draft; he briefly ascended to the NBA in September 1997 for the Minnesota Timberwolves' training camp roster, but was cut before the start of the season, and never played a regular-season game in the NBA.

He returned to the CBA to play for the Sioux Falls Skyforce. Page remains one of the greatest players in Skyforce history; he left the team in 2001 as its all-time leading scorer (since passed). His jersey, #20, was retired in 2004. He played part of the 2001–02 season with the Fargo-Moorhead Beez.[5] He also played in the 1998 PBA Centennial Cup in the Philippines with the Pop Cola 800s and in the Italian Serie A with Scaligera Basket of Verona in the 1999–00 season, averaging 18.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 8 games played in Italy.

College statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1995–96 Georgetown 373326.1.404.333.6673.21.71.50.212.5
1996–97 Georgetown 303032.3.378.373.7264.12.22.30.422.7
Career 676329.2.389.358.7013.61.91.90.317.1

Recent years

In 2003, Page was shot in the right eye while in his childhood neighborhood. Page lost the eye completely and now wears an eyepatch.

In September 2013, Page was sentenced to ten years in jail for second-degree assault.[6][7]

In June 2019, after being paroled for his previous offense, Page pled guilty to the assault and attempted rape of a 17-year-old girl in Prince George's County, Maryland. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.[8][9]

References
  1. "1997 NBA Draft Profile: Victor Page". Archived from the original on 1999-10-13. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  2. "21. Victor Page". hoyabasketball.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  3. "DC High School Boys Basketball One Game Scoring Records". dcbasketball.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  4. "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). p. 140. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
  5. 2002–2003 Official CBA Guide and Register, page 278.
  6. "FENNO: For Victor Page, reality of fall from stardom difficult to grasp". Washington Times. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  7. "Former Georgetown star Victor Page sentenced to 10 years in prison". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  8. Conway, Tyler. "TMZ: Ex-CBB Player Victor Page Agrees to 20-Year Prison Sentence for Assault". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  9. "Victor Page had to be pulled off of underage victim by neighbors, mother says". WTTG. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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