Acie Earl            

Acie Earl attended Moline High School and lived in Moline, Illinois. He was a key recruit for Dr. Tom Davis, ranked in the top 80 nationally. After redshirting his first year at Iowa, he led the Big Ten with 50 blocks on the year, despite playing only an average of 16 minutes per game and playing in 22 games.

As a sophomore, he led the team with 16.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. He also led the Big Ten again in blocks with 106 and was named 2nd team All-Big Ten.

He started in all 30 games for the Hawkeys as a junior, averaging 19.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4 blocks per game. Earl was named 1st team All-Big Ten and honorable mention All-American.

As a senior he led Iowa in scoring for the third straight year with a 16.9 points per game average. Acie also pulled down 8.8 rebounds per game as a senior, and received honorable mention All-American and was Second Team All-Big Ten.

Acie Earl ended his college career as Iowa’s and the Big Ten’s all-time leader in blocked shots with 365. He also ranked second all-time at Iowa in points scored with 1,779, behind only Roy Marble. His 365 career blocks also ranks seventh all-time in the NCAA. The Boston Celtics selected Acie Earl with the 19th pick of the 1993 NBA Draft. On April 12th, 1996, Earl scored 40 points and pulled down 12 rebounds for the Raptors in a loss to Boston in what was his best game as a NBA player. Earl was traded to the Toronto Raptors, where he played for a year before being shipped to the Milwaukee Bucks for what was his fourth and final NBA season. After his NBA career, Earl played for a number of years overseas in France, Turkey, Russia, Poland, Australia, Serbia, and other countries in Europe.

Born 6/23/1970 and is 54 years old.