Nov. 15, 2006

The Patriot League's 2006 Player of the Year and Tournament Most Valuable Player, Charles Lee, has signed a contract with Gilboa/Afula of the Israeli Premier Basketball League. Lee, who graduated from Bucknell last May, had been in preseason camp with the San Antonio Spurs.

A three-time All-Patriot League selection, Lee was a member of the back-to-back Patriot League championship teams at Bucknell in 2004-05 and 2005-06. The Bison also advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament each of those seasons.

Lee's 1,147 career points rank him 37th in Patriot League history (and 21st all-time at Bucknell. He is 14th all-time in career Patriot League steals with 167 (fifth at Bucknell) and became the 15th player in Bison history to record 1,000 points and 500 career rebounds (568, 18th all-time at Bucknell).

Lee became the fifth Patriot League student-athlete in 2006 to be named both the Patriot League Player of the Year and Tournament MVP in the same season. He earned his second-straight First-Team All-Patriot League nod in 2006 and received honorable mention for All-American from the Associated Press after averaging 13.2 ppg helping the Bison to a program-best 27-5 mark and the first-ever undefeated regular season in Patriot League (14-0) play.

Lee was also named 2005 Patriot League Tournament MVP and Second-Team All-Patriot League in 2004.