Mason Rocca

Richard Mason Rocca (Evanston, Illinois, November 6, 1977) is an Italian-American professional basketball player. His father is of Italian descent. Mason currently plays basketball for the Italian Euroleague club Olimpia Milano. He stands 204 cm tall, weighs 98 kg, and he plays as a forward-center.

Richard Mason Rocca in his famous hook shot.

Club career

Rocca played collegiately at Princeton University while achieving a degree in engineering. Following his college career in 2000, he played basketball for the Trenton Shooting Stars, of the International Basketball League.

In 2001, he moved to Europe joining Aurora Jesi of the Italian LegADue. Rocca's skills would developed through hard work during this span and in 2004 he moved to Naples.

In the following three years, he became an integral part of the team and an idol of the local supporters. In 2006 he was a member of the Italian Cup Championship Napoli squad that reached the Playoff semifinal (lost against Fortitudo Bologna).

In 2007, his team has participated in the Euroleague and lost in the Italian Supercup match against Benetton Treviso.

In 2008 he joined Armani Jeans Milano where he helped the team make it to the second round (round of 16) in the Euroleague, and to the semi-finals of the Italian Lega A where they lost to Siena. He continues in 2009 to play with Armani Jeans Milano.

Italian League career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004–05	Napoli	37	16	22.8	.559	.000	.557	7.1	.8	1.5	.1	10.1
2005–06	Napoli	42	2	22.2	.599	.000	.679	7.1	.6	1.9	.2	10.7
2006–07	Napoli	37	24	26.1	.615	.000	.549	7.0	.8	1.8	.1	11.6
2007–08	Napoli	33	30	27.5	.583	.000	480	7.9	1.1	2.3	.1	11.2
2008–09	Milano	40	11	13.9	.533	.000	.611	4.3	.3	1.3	.1	5.4
2009–10	Milano	18	12	22.6	590	.000	.642	5.4	.4	1.3	.1	8.4
Career		209	95	22.2	.583	.000	.581	6.5	.7	1.6	.1	9.6

Italian national team

Medal record
Men's Basketball
Competitor for  Italy
Mediterranean Games
Gold	2005 Almería	Team Competition

Rocca was a member of the Italian senior roster at World Championship in 2006.

Awards and accomplishments

• Italian Cup (2006)

Personal life

Rocca is married to his high school sweetheart and has two children. Rocca's many nicknames include Roc-croc, May May, Strokka, and BEBO! Growing up he had two dogs, Rosie and Wizzer.

External links

• Euroleague.net Player Profile
• Basketpedya.com Player Profile

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Name	Rocca, Richard Mason
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Date of birth	November 6, 1977
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