Guard, R-Fr., 5-10, 185, Chapel Hill, NC

An impact player in the backcourt who capably plays either guard spot… very competitive and fundamentally sound… has an excellent understanding of the game… strong outside shooter and ballhandler… shows no signs of the knee injury which ended his season in the second game of his rookie season… 1998-99: Received a medical redshirt after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) against Washington and Lee (11/24)… scored six points and handed out a team-high six assists in season opener against Averett… named to Guilford's Spring 1999 Student-Athlete Honor Roll… High School: Along with Guilford teammate Brad Woolley, helped East Chapel H.S. to the 1997 state 3-A basketball championship and a runner-up finish in 1998… named the Most Valuable Player of the 1997 3-A Eastern Regional Tournament… two-time All-Triad 3-A Conference pick for Coach Ray Hartsfield… graduated with East Chapel Hill's records for three-point shooting percentage and made three-pointers… member of the 1998 Herald Sun All-Area Team and a second team Raleigh News & Observer All-Area selection… received All-Triad 3-A football honors as a defensive back… also lettered in track and baseball… Personal: Coached at the East Chapel Hill Summer Basketball Camp last summer… played five years with Woolley on the Sertoma Club AAU team… helped Coach John French's squads to four North Carolina regional AAU championships… born John Paul Kindem 8/13/80 in Chapel Hill, NC… son of Gorham and Nancy Kindem… business management major… accounting minor.