Player Bio: Mike Marra - LOUISVILLE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

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Mike Marra

	Class: Freshman
	Hometown: Smithfield, R.I.
	High School: Northfield Mt. Hermon School

Averaged 15.3 points, 3.5 assists, and 3.2 rebounds as a senior in helping Northfield Mount Hermon School to an 18-10 record and the quarterfinals of the NEPSAC Tournament. He connected on 36 percent of his three-point attempts.
Ranked among the top 50 shooting guards in the nation by ESPN.com and was listed No. 42 among the nation's top shooting guards by Scout. com.
Averaged 19.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 steals as a junior in helping Northfield Mt. Hermon to an 18-10 record.
As a junior at Mt. Hermon, he scored 36 points in one game while hitting 10-of-11 shots from three-point range.
Spent three seasons at Smithfield (R.I.) High school before moving to Northfield Mt. Hermon. He averaged 22.1 points and 11 rebounds during the 2006-07 season at Smithfield when he hit a school-record 111 three-pointers.
Mount Hermon has sent 17 players to NCAA Division I schools over the last three years.
Scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds for the Black Squad in the 2009 Wazoo Sports Derby Festival Classic All-Star game played in Freedom Hall. He was also a finalist for both the slam dunk and three-point shooting competitions.
Selected Louisville after also considering Notre Dame, Providence, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Personal:

Born May 22, 1990 ... Son of Bonnie and Anthony Marra ... Has one older brother (Robert) ... Major is business.
Personal goal at U of L is to graduate within four years.
Enjoys playing golf in his spare time.
Chose to attend U of L because of the atmosphere at U of L.
Best basketball advice given to him was to always have faith.
Few people know that he's plays Xbox with his brother online almost every day.
Most proud of his family.
His parents had the greatest influence on his athletic career.
Feels Vince Vaughn or Owen Wilson would be the best actor to play him in a movie.
When he played basketball as a kid, he pretended he was Michael Jordan.
Wanted to wear No. 33 because the number 33 turned sideways is his initials MM
If you walked into his dorm room, the first thing you would notice is his big bed and big television.
What impresses him the most about Coach Pitino: his dedication to the team.
Would most like to meet Will Ferrell.

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