New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

Athletic swingman who will see time as a two guard and wing forward … tied with classmate Jheryl Wilson as the top returning scorer (7.1 ppg) … possesses crowd-pleasing leaping ability … will team on the court with older brother Gary, the junior captain of the Highlanders.

Jim Engles on Justin Garris: “He had a good freshman year and we expect him to continue his progress as a playmaker and shooter.” 

2008-09: One of two players in school history (with brother Gary) to play 31 games in a season. ... career-high 16 pts in finale vs. Longwood (3/4) ... 13 pts vs. Chicago State (tied career-high, 1/31). ... career-high 9 rebs. vs. Longwood (1/24). ... 11 pts, 6 rebs at Loyola (1/14); 11 pts 4 rebs, 3 assts vs. Columbia (1/9). ... season-high 12 pts at St. John's (12/8) ... scored 11 in each of first two games this season.

2007-08: Honorable mention on the Division I All-Independent team after tying for 3rd on NJIT in scoring (7.1 ppg) and leading the team in steals … scored a career-high 13 points on three different occasions (11/28 vs. Rider; 2/9 vs. Texas-Pan Am; 2/16 vs. Chicago State) … collected an impressive 10 points in 23 minutes at Washington of the Pac 10 in his second college game.

Prior to NJIT: Top 20 all-star at the highly-regarded Eastern Invitational Camp the summer before his senior year …  at Delbarton School in Morristown, NJ, averaged 11.2 ppg and was a second-team Daily Record all-area pick as a  junior. ...The Star-Ledger named Garris on its all-Morris County second team after he helped Delbarton to a 22-6 record and the Morris County Tournament crown. … repeated as a 2nd-team all-Morris pick as a senior and scored 19 points as the leading scorer in the annual Morris-Sussex all-star game … scored a career-high 33 points in the quarterfinal of the 2007 North Jersey Non-Public A Tournament. … performed well in the high-caliber Rutgers summer college league, producing multiple double-figure scoring and rebounding games before his freshman season at NJIT … qualified for NJ Parochial state track and field championships in both sprints and jumps as early as his freshman and sophomore years.

Personal: Justin E. Garris ... son of Gary and Yolanda Garris. ... will team with older brother, Gary, who transferred to NJ and will practice with the team before playing in games alongside Justin in 2008-09 ... business management major … born 2/8/89 in Westwood, NJ.