New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

Prior to NJIT: Graduated from Desert Vista High School in Phoenix in 2008 after winning the state championship and spent a year at Westwind Prep and then 2009-10 at Evelyn Mack Academy in Charlotte, NC, where he played on a prep school team loaded with Division I prospects, including Oklahoma signee Calvin Newell … Played alongside big-time players at Desert Vista, as well. Those included Ryan Evans of Wisconsin, Ty Abbott, an all-Pac 10 player for Arizona State, Mike Proctor, who starts at Northern Colorado; and, Josh Lowery, who plays for Pepperdine. … At Windward Prep in Phoenix in 2008-09, Bond teamed with Fresno State’s WAC Freshman of the Year Greg Smith. Both Desert Vista in 2008 and Evelyn Mack in 2010 achieved Top 25 national ranking in USA Today. … Will was an Arizona region champ in football and track, in addition to his work in basketball. … his AAU basketball team was CTB All-Stars.

Personal: William Orlando Bond ... son of Bill and Polly Bond ... finance major at NJIT … born 11/2/90 in Dallas, TX … Will’s older bother, Lindon Bond, was a multi-sport high school athlete who played Division I college baseball at Texas Southern and then professional baseball in the minor leagues after being drafted by the Washington Nationals in 2007. Cousin, Jonathon Thomas, played college football for Oklahoma.