#20 * MARTIN KLIMES * FR * FORWARD * PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

A talented frontcourt candidate who was a red-shirt last season, Martin should immediately contribute up front for the Cats ... He spent the 2002-03 season adapting the rigors of collegiate basketball ... The first native of the Czech Republic to play basketball at Vermont, he prepped at Walsingham Academy in Williamsburg, Virginia averaging 16 points and 12 rebounds per game in 2001-02. Named second-team, all-conference, he led Walsingham that season to a 23-4 record and the Virginia Independent School League semifinals. He was named his school's athlete of the year ... Prior to coming to the U.S., he played for the BG 74 Gottingen club in Germany ... From outstanding bloodlines: his sister is Zuzi Klimesova, who played for the WNBA's Indiana Fever in 2002. Currently playing professionally in Europe, she was an all-SEC forward at Vanderbilt and played at the Patrick Gym in December of 2001 against Vermont. She will play for the Czech Republic in the 2004 Olympics in Athens ... Both of Martin's parents and an uncle played for the Czechoslavakian Olympic basketball team. Also his grandmother is considered to be the greatest all-around female athlete of post WWII Europe ... Majoring in Business Administration at Vermont ... Martin Klimes, born December 7, 1983 in Prague, is the son of Vlastibor Klimes and Dana Klimesova.

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