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Zachary Andrews
Zachary Leon Andrews (born March 9th, 1985 in Oakland, California) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Rayet Guadalajara in Guadalajara, Spain.and c.b.PEÑAS HUESCA

Personal Life
Born in Oakland, California to Gary Andrews and Julia Lockhart. Siblings include Shante (31), Shayla (30), Shavonna (22), Shakenda (17), Latisha (20), Karrie (18), Gary (17) and Julian (16).

Growing up in a foster home from the age of 3-14, afterwards Andrews shared homes with both Michael Belton and Valerie Lopez where he acquired four additional siblings: Maurice Belton (22), Marcus Belton (28), Steven Lopez (23) and Stephanie Lopez (20) until moving out on his own at the age of 18.

While growing up in Sacramento, Andrews attended Cordova High School where he played varsity basketball as well as varsity football for three years.

Upon graduating from high school, Andrews enrolled at Yuba Community College where he played basketball and earned an AA degree. Andrews then went on to attend Bradley University in Chicago, Illinois. While at Bradley University, Andrews was a key player on the Brave's basketball team, performed in the play entitled 'Loves Labour Lost' as the character Mercade and earned his BA degree in acting.

Basketball Career / Awards and Accomplishments
Cordova High School:
 * Played both Varsity football and Basketball for three years.
 * Earned first-team all-conference honors as a senior after averaging 22.5 points and 11.8 rebounds per game.
 * Most Valuable Player of the 2003 Optimist Game for Sacramento area high school all-stars.

Yuba Community College: ]
 * Helped bring the Yuba College program to the Elite Eight of the California Community College Men's Basketball Association state tournament in 2004 with a program-best record of 24-7.
 * Averaged 10 points and 9 rebounds as a freshman.
 * Earned Bay Valley East All-Conference honors after leading the league with 10.5 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots per game during his sophomore year.
 * Finished second in the league in field goal percentage his sophomore year (.584).
 * Finished ninth in the league in scoring his sophomore year (13.5 ppg).
 * Most points scored in a game while playing at Yuba was 25.
 * As a freshman, Andrews racked up 21 rebounds in a single half of a game.
 * Earned the number 1 spot on ESPN's SportsCenter "Top 10 Plays" in 2005 after leaping over a player of the opposing team to slam an alley-oop. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoqDw1qUG1o

Bradley University
 * Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week (November 20th, 2006)
 * Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week (December 19th, 2005)
 * As a starter, Andrews averaged 9.3 points and 6.7 rebounds during his junior year, helping the Brave's to a 8-3 record.
 * As a reserve, Andrews averaged 3.9 points and 4.2 rebounds during his junior year, helping the Braves to a record of 13-8 throughout his 21 games off the bench.
 * In a game against Wwestern Kentucky, Andrews tied a school record 11 offensive boards in his second doule-double of the season with 19 points and 15 rebounds.
 * Had he not been 22 baskets shy of statistical leaders, Andrews would have led the Valley's field goal percentage (.583) during his junior.
 * His senior year, Andrews recieved the Megan C. Fong Inspiration Award in recognition of his ability to overcome his difficult upbringing.
 * Helped the Brave's to consecutive 22-win seasons, the best record since the 1958-59 and 1959-60 seasons.
 * Helped the Braves make the trip to the 2006 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.
 * Helped the Brave's make it to the second-round of the 2007 MasterCard National Invitation Tournament.
 * Set Bradley's school record for field goal percentage by making 62.1 percent of his attempts.

(1) http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=122995

(2) http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=882948

(3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoqDw1qUG1o