Averaged 13.1 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.4 blocked shots last season at Notre Dame Prep, which advanced to the finals of the 2011 National Prep Championship.
Ranked 27th nationally among small forwards by Scout.com and No. 32 among small forwards by ESPN.
Named the MVP of the White Team in the 2011 Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic All-Star game played in Louisville's KFC Yum! Center after producing 16 points, five rebounds and two assists.
One of eight Notre Dame Prep players to sign with Division I schools in 2011, including two other BIG
EAST players: Khem Birch of Pittsburgh and Todd Mayo of Marquette. Former UofL forward/center Terrence Jennings also played a season at Notre Dame Prep.
Played his first two seasons at Cardinal Hayes High School in Bronx, N.Y., before suiting up for the
Winchendon School (Mass.) for his junior campaign.
Reminds UofL Coach Rick Pitino of former Cardinal All-American Francisco Garcia with his length and high-arching shot like Garcia.
Attended the Winchendon School in 2009-10 and helped his team to a 30-10 record and the quarterfinals of the National Prep Championship. He participated in the 2010 Hoop Group Elite Camp in Reading, Pa., scoring 25 points in his final game.
Averaged 17 points, four rebounds, and three assists per game as a sophomore at Cardinal Hayes. Nunez scored 29 points in a 71-60 loss to Mount St. Michael and 24 (including 19 in the first half) in an 81-64 defeat against Bishop Ford that season.
Earned all-tournament honors in the 15U portion of the 2008 Hoop Group Jam Fest in Pittsburgh while playing for the New York Gauchos AAU team.
Chose the Cardinals after also considering Miami, West Virginia, Rutgers, Florida, Connecticut and Arizona.
Personal:
Pronounced NOON-yez
Born Dec. 29, 1991 ... Son of Herminia Nunez ... Oldest of four siblings (Thamy, Jason, James) ... Major is communications.
Personal goal at UofL is to win a BIG EAST and national championship.
Enjoys watching plays on Broadway in his spare time.
Chose to attend UofL because "it has everything I need to become successful and to become the best person and player I can be."
Few people know that he really likes dancing.
Most proud that he was able to go to college on a scholarship.
Francisco Garcia has had the greatest influence on his athletic career.
Feels Will Smith would be the best actor to play him in a movie.
When he played basketball as a kid, he pretended he was Tracy McGrady.
Wanted to wear No. 1 because "someone called me Little Penny (Hardaway) when I was 10" (1 was
Hardaway's NBA uniform number).
If you walked into his dorm room, the first thing you would notice is his big Francisco Garcia poster.
What impresses him the most about Coach Pitino: "what he has done with players like me in the past and he is a Hall of Fame coach."
Would most like to meet Penny Hardaway.
Favorites:
Basketball Player: Francisco Garcia, Tracy McGrady
NBA Team: New York Knicks
Athlete, Other than a basketball player: Alex Rodriguez
Movies: Space Jam, Through the Fire, Friday, Next Friday
TV Shows: SportsCenter, Basketball Wives, 106 and Park
Actor: Will Smith
Comedian: Kevin Hart
Subject: English
Book: Othello, Holes, Green Eggs and Ham
Web Site: Facebook
Musical Group/Singer: Chris Brown, Fabolous, Kanye West
Foods: Arroz abichuela y carne (Dominican meal of rice, beans and meat)
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