Dillon Avare

Freshman Year

Redshirt freshman saw action in eight games.
Buried a key free throw in the second half of the Cardinals’ NCAA East Region championship game against Michigan State.
Scored his first career basket against Jacksonville State, adding a rebound in the game.
Redshirted the 2013-14 season.
Played six minutes in UofL’s exhibition against Kentucky Wesleyan in 2013, scoring three points and collecting three rebounds.

High School

Averaged 11.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and a team-high 4.3 assists as a senior in 2012-13 in helping Lexington Catholic post a 22-12 record and reach the 11th Region championship game.
Buried 82 three-point goals as a senior, connecting on 34 percent from that range.
Lexington Catholic produced a 24-8 record during his junior year and a 27-8 mark in his sophomore year in 2010-11, winning the 11th Region title.
Hit a three-pointer at the buzzer in the district finals to lift Lexington Catholic over Lafayette as a junior.
Won the three-point competition at the 2013 Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic all-star game.
Played with fellow UofL walk-on David Levitch on the same AAU team before high school.
His father Rick played basketball at Transylvania University.

Personal

Born March 18, 1995 ... Son of Diane and Rick Avare ... Has one younger brother, Ryan ... Major is economics with a minor in finance.
Personal goal at UofL is to “become the best player, teammate and student that I can be.”
Best moment of his athletic career to date was hitting a free throw in the Elite Eight game vs. Michigan State.
Enjoys playing ping pong and Super Smash Brothers in his spare time.
Chose to attend UofL because “I wanted to go to a great university under the best coach there is to learn and grow in some way every day.”
Best basketball advice given to him was “that I can do all things through Christ.”
Most proud of “my failth, family and work ethic.”
His dad has had the greatest influence on his athletic career.
Feels Adam Sandler would be the best actor to play him in a movie.
Few people know that he expects to graduate with a bachelor of science in economics in May of 2016.
When he played basketball as a kid, he pretended he was Steve Nash.
If you walked into his dorm room, the first thing you would notice is a cardinal bird picture.
Best thing about being a Cardinal is the support from all of the students and fans.
What impresses him the most about Coach Pitino is how he is committed to make every player the best they can be and he doesn’t settle for anything less.
Would most like to meet Stephen Curry.

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