Taymon Domzalski
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(Roswell, New Mexico)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 7, 1977 Lovington, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | New Mexico Military Institute (Roswell, New Mexico) |
| College | Duke (1995–1999) |
| NBA draft | 1999: undrafted |
| Position | Power forward / center |
| Number | 40, 13 |
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Jerome Taymon Domzalski (born May 7, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. At 6-foot, 10-inches, he played center and power forward positions throughout his collegiate and professional basketball career. He is the first and only scholarship athlete to have played for Mike Krzyzewski and also earn a medical degree and become a physician.
Domzalski grew up in Lovington, New Mexico with future Hall of Fame NFL linebacker Brian Urlacher. Urlacher makes reference to Domzalski in his children's book "The Middle School Rules of Brian Urlacher". There Urlacher describes Domzalski as "a gifted athlete who could do it all" and who brought national attention and excitement to Lovington with visits from famous college coaches including Bobby Knight of Indiana, Roy Williams of Kansas, Mike Krzyzewski of Duke, and Jim Harrick of UCLA who visited their small town of Lovington to check out Taymon in person.
Domzalski transferred to New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI) his senior year of High School. Highly recruited, he turned down offers from UCLA, Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas, among others, to attend Duke University. Beyond being named to the Parade All-American and McDonald's All-American basketball teams with Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Chauncey Billups, Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison, and Stephon Marbury, Domzalski graduated at the top of his class at NMMI and was named the 1995 Dial Award Winner as the top male student-athlete in the United States along with the top female student-athlete, Olympic gymnast Shannon Miller.