It’s Saturday, February 21 and it’s senior night. The Panthers are competing for a regular season Big South title as they play their final home game in the regular sea- son against Presbyterian. Head Coach Scott Cherry decides to start an all-senior lineup.

He said that his favorite moment on the court was when the Panthers won the regular season Big South title at home in 2014 after a victory against Campbell. The fans stormed the court and celebrated ecstatically at half court with the players. “It was awesome just to be in the center of it,” said Drye. Another one of his favorite moments was the pre-season trip to Hawaii, in which the team won the Rainbow Classic tournament. “It was the trip of a lifetime,” said Drye.

Following tip-off, both teams miss their opening field goal attempts. Following a defensive rebound, senior guard Tre Duncan is leading the High Point offense up the floor. The crowd, still standing, is anxiously anticipating the first points of the game. The shot clock begins to wind down as Duncan finds and dishes to teammate Quincy Drye waiting patiently in the corner. Quincy finds a small sliver of space in the defense and rises to shoot as the clock expires and the buzzer sounds off.

Swish. He nailed the shot with a defender draped all over him to get the scoring underway. Just as his coach Scott Cherry did during his playing days for the North Carolina Tar Heels in 1993, Quincy hit the first shot of the game on senior night. It was Drye’s first career start.

For some fans, Quincy Drye might be an unfamiliar face. But, if you follow High Point University men’s basketball closely, you should know “Q”.

“He has one of the brightest personalities in the locker room,” said Assistant Athletic Director for Men’s Basketball, Mark LaFrance.

You see, Drye is a quintessential, “There’s more than what meets the eye,” kind of guy. He’s currently designing a social networking and social media app for smartphones, which focuses on specific niches and additionally, includes a wider and broader aspect. He is musically talented and has mastered the art of the piano. He loves video games. He is “extremely good at Call of Duty.” His favorite food is macaroni and cheese and growing up, his favorite cartoon was “Dragon Ball Z”. He also loves to watch “The Walking Dead” and football with his friends on the weekends.

Drye is a part of a senior class that includes John Brown, Devante Wallace, Brian Richardson, and Tre Duncan. “Playing Division 1 was always my dream. My sister set the bar pretty high, and even though I had offers from other schools, HPU’s campus and students were second to none,” said Drye. “We have really grown from my freshman year for sure, and success is such a fun feeling. It’s also amazing just to look and see guys I’m playing with on Sportscenter.”

HPU won three consecutive regular season titles, something that only six other programs in the country have done. Drye credits that to the tough practices and qual- ity of student athletes that he plays alongside every night. Drye has seen success unfold and watch a program evolve in front of him.

Drye praises God and his family for blessing him with all of the opportunities he has had in his life. He thanks his brothers for keeping him on track. When coming to HPU, managing playing Division 1 basketball and completing the work required of a college student was a huge challenge. But Drye made huge academic stride in his time at the university and was named a Millis Scholar Athlete in 2014 his junior season. He intends to major in biology and hopes to go pre-med in the near future. Some of his favorite classes include microbiology and organic chemistry.

His best game came back on December 17, 2014 in an outing against Ferrum where he had a career high ten- point and an emphatic soaring dunk in front of the Panther’s student section.

In high school, Drye earned All-Conference and All- District honors. He was a candidate for Conference Player of the Year at Northern High School. He also scored over 20 points multiple times in his senior season. He played AAU basketball for the North Carolina Gaters and lead his team to the state tournament. Even though basketball was his primary sport growing up, he competed in the high jump, 110-meter hurdles and shot put in track and field.

Drye was born into a basketball home and family. He grew up in Durham, North Carolina where the Duke Blue Devils reign supreme. However, Drye dons Carolina blue; his father was a Tar Heels fan. All of his siblings played basketball in high school. Additionally, his older sister played at a collegiate level at Virginia Tech and moved on to play at a professional level in Europe.

Drye is the model student-athlete for High Point University and student-athletes across the country. He has proven that, with effort and the willingness to learn, you can succeed on and off the court.