Profiles Of Duquesne University Shooting VictimsPOSTED: 5:28 pm EDT September 17, 2006 The following information about the students shot at Duquesne University on Sept. 17, 2006, was compiled by WTAE Channel 4's news exchange partner, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Sam Ashaolu, 6-foot-7, 225-pound forward, a junior, Toronto native 23 years old; transferred to Duquense from Lake Region State College in Devils Lake, N.D. this past summer. Ashaolu was raised in Toronto, Ontario, before attending Trinity Valley College in Athens, Texas, and Lake Region. He is a cousin of former NBA great Hakeem Olajuwon.Stuard Baldonado, 6-foot-7, 250-pound power forward, a junior, native of San Andres, Colombia, 21 years old; regarded as one of the top 40 junior college players in the nation. He is considered Duquesne's best incoming recruit from the Class of 2006Aaron Jackson, 6 foot 2, sophomore, guard, 20, one of the two holdovers from last year's team; native of Hartford, Conn.Shawn James, a 6-foot-10 forward, junior, native of Brooklyn, N.Y; 23. James was the nation's leading shot blocker last year while playing for coach Ron Everhart at Northeastern in Boston. James, who turned 23 earlier this month, was born in the West Indies and moved to New York City in 1990. James is ineligible to play for Duquesne this year.Kojo Mensah, 6-foot-1, 180-pound guard, junior, 21, native of Brooklyn N.Y.; transferred to Duquesne last month after a bitter departure from Siena. He is paying his own way this academic year because Siena refused to release him from his scholarship. Mensah, a walk-on who is ineligible to play until next year, played with James on a Junior AAU team. Click here to read WTAE Channel 4 Action News coverage of the shootings on the Duquesne University campus. Copyright 2006 by ThePittsburghChannel. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | Pictures In The NewsWTAE-TV Pittsburgh on Facebook
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