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Josh Benson arrived on campus as the second in a line of highly-anticipated local talents who made the decision to "stay home" and committed early to the Flyer program. After an injury redshirt season in 2008-09, he will be counted on to be one of the young players to replace the now-graduated Charles Little at the four spot. The 6-foot-9 big man is an ESPN Top 150 recruit out of Dunbar High School where he had averages of 18.9 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks per game during his senior year. He had the luxury of playing for the powerful Dunbar Wolverine program. Dunbar is one of the few schools in Ohio that generally has had an abundance of big men in the program, which meant as a younger player he was challenged by bigger and stronger players in his own program on a daily basis. That situation paid dividends when Benson came through in the 2007 OHSAA Division II championship game. He scored 16 points and was named MVP of the game as Dunbar won its second straight state title. For the year, he averaged 9.1 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks and was named Third Team All-Ohio. After his final season at Dunbar, Benson was named to the AP Ohio Division II First Team and also picked up Southwest District Player of the Year honors. He was rated No. 31 amongst incoming power forwards by ESPN.com. while leading Dunbar to its second straight state championship.
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