Colgate:
was a four-year letterwinner … tallied 148 points and grabbed 137 rebounds ... played in 90 games with 12 starting assignments ... had 38 assists, 32 blocked shots and 16 rebounds ... (2007-08) ... played in 32 games with 12 starts ... tallied a career-best 63 points and grabbed a career-best 57 rebounds ... shot .537 from the field - making 22 of 41 attempts ... scored a career-high eight points on Jan. 16 against Lafayette ... had a career-high eight rebounds vs. Kennesaw State on Nov. 17 ... had four games with five or more rebounds ... was Colgate's leading rebounder against Monmouth and Kennesaw St ... (2006-07) … played in a career-high 22 games … scored 39 points and grabbed 32 rebounds … had equaled his career-high with six points against Quinnipiac … had 13 assists, six blocked shots and four steals … shot .483 from the field …
(2005-06) ... played a reserve role in 18 games ... missed five games late in the season with an injury ... scored a single-season best 33 points and grabbed 28 rebounds ... had a career-best six points against Princeton and Georgetown ... equaled his single-game best with five rebounds against Iowa ... had four rebounds against Florida Atlantic and Cornell ... shot .429 from the line ... blocked six shots ... named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ...
(2004-05) ... played in 18 games ... scored 13 points and grabbed 20 rebounds ... had a season-high five rebounds against Hobart ... season-high four points against Juniata and Binghamton ... had seven blocked shots ... named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2004 graduate of William Henry Harrison High School in West Lafayette, Indiana ... was first team all-Hoosier Crossroads Conference, while averaging 12.7 points, 7.8 rebounds and three blocks per game ... served as captain in his senior season ... also first team all-area by the Lafayette Journal and Courier, Academic All-State and McDonald’s All-American nominee ... ranked the 11th best player in Indiana’s Class of 2004 by Hoosierland Report, and 16th by Indiana Basketball News ... MVP of his high school ream ... member of prestigious Indiana All-Star team ... coached by Jeff Van Arsdel ... also lettered in track ... a member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Major is Molecular Biology ... born September 29, 1985 in Lafayette, Indiana ... given name is Peter Andrew Minchella ... parents are Dennis and Lindsey Minchella of West Lafayette, Indiana ... has one brother (Daniel).
