PHILADELPHIA - Senior forward Jaylen Bond, the leading returning rebounder in the American Athletic Conference, has been named the Temple University men's basketball team captain, announced head coach Fran Dunphy.
Bond becomes the first solo team captain at Temple in Dunphy's 10 seasons at the helm. The last Owl to be a solo captain was David Hawkins during his senior season in 2003-04.
"Jaylen was the consensus choice by a vote of his teammates," said Dunphy, the 2015 American Athletic Conference Coach of Year. "He is everything a coach wants in a captain.