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• Position: Forward
• Height: 6'7“
• Weight: 215 lbs.
• Hometown: Jamaica (Queens), NY
• High School: Bayside in Queens (NYC), NY / Blair Academy in Blairstown, NJ

Personal: Born August 5, 1988 … son of Lance Sr. and Wanda Hazel … father played basketball at York College and brother, Lance Jr., played at Queens College … majors in communications.

After three years at his local high school, Bayside, Hazel transferred to Blair Academy. However, he was reclassified as a junior in 2005. During his first year at Blair, he played against current teammate David Cubillan from St. Benedict's in the New Jersey Prep A Title game. St. Benedict's won, 74-59, as Cubillan scored 17 and Hazel had 8.

He averaged 8 ppg and 8 rpg during his senior season.

In September 2006, he committed to Marquette over Hofstra, UMass, and Rhode Island.

Averaged 11.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game as a senior at Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J. … started every game and helped the team to a 19-8 overall record … shot 47.0 percent from the field … ranked the 56th-best fifth-year prospect by HoopScoopOnline.com … averaged 8.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game as a junior at Blair … current Milwaukee Buck Charlie Villanueva is also a Blair graduate … netted eight points in the Jordan Brand Regional Game at Madison Square Garden following his senior year … began career at Bayside High School in Queens, N.Y.

Tom Keegan's short article on Hazel

• 2007 Jordan Brand Regional Team (New York), Surburban Team
• 2007 Big Apple Invitational Tournament (Notable Player)
• 2007 Recipient of Blair Academy's fine arts department book prize for instrumental music

• Blair Academy head coach, Joe Mantegna, on Hazel: “He's sort of like our undersized Ben Wallace…He plays harder than any kid I've ever coached here except for maybe Royal Ivey, who played at Texas. Pat's a great defender, rebounds outside of his plane, runs the court as well as any 6-7, 6-8 kid you want to see, and has worked tremendously hard to round out his offensive game, which is improving by leaps and bounds…But it's still probably the weakest piece right now…He's going to help Marquette win because he does all the garbage that most kids don't want to do that makes you win. He's unselfish to a T, he's a team guy and he's a real uniting personality in the locker room and school. He's just a tremendous kid.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Artice on Hazel's Commitment