BIOGRAPHY

Roy Denzil Hibbert is a Jamaican American professional basketball center for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA. Hibbert attended Georgetown Prep in North Bethesda, Maryland. Hibbert helped make Georgetown Prep's Little Hoyas co-champions of the Interstate Athletic Conference in 2004. Hibbert was named to the All-Big East Second Team in 2006 along with teammate Jeff Green. The two led the Hoyas to victory in the 2007 Big East Conference Championship for the first time since 1989 against the Pittsburgh Panthers. In the summer of 2007, Hibbert was the starting center on the U.S. squad at the Pan-American Games. Hibbert is also eligible to represent Jamaica because he has ancestors from the island and will represent Jamaica in the Centro Basketball Tournament being played in Santo Domingo. Following the Hoyas' upset loss to Davidson in the second round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Hibbert's collegiate career came to a close.

Hibbert was drafted 17th overall by the Toronto Raptors in the 2008 NBA Draft, and was then acquired by the Indiana Pacers. Hibbert has played at least 70 games in everyone of his NBA seasons averaging 10.6 points per game and scoring 73% of his free throws. In 2011, he played with the Pacers in their first playoff series since 2006 losing to the #1 overall seed Chicago Bulls.