custom33Lnumber42weight210positionForwardhighschoolCampbell Hall HSfirst_nameJoeyearRS SeniorhometownAltadena, Calif.height6-6last_nameFord2008-09 (Junior): Leading the Tigers with a team-best 44 steals in addition to 11 blocks, Joe was selected as Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Year by the league's coaches ... Joe scored 145 points and grabbed 135 rebounds ... With 88 career steals, Joe is tied for fifth on the all-time top 10 ... Joe was eighth in the Big West in steals (1.29 per game) and 10th in assists (2.48) ... He has scored in double-figures eight times in his career, including five times as a junior ... Joe tied his career high with 13 points against Idaho on Mar. 23 ... Ford tied his career highs with seven assists and four steals on Feb. 25 against UC Davis ... He had a career-high 13 points against UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 24, scoring the first nine points of the game for the Tigers ... Ford had 12 points against Cal State Bakersfield on Dec. 3, hitting all five of his shots from the field ... Joe was named a finalist for the 2009 V Foundation Comeback Award, for his determination in returning to the Tigers' team.2007-08 (Sophomore): Joe rebounded from injury and led the team in shooting percentage, sinking 65.7 percent of all his field goals ... Joe had nine performances in which he was perfect from the floor ... To start out the season, he averaged five points or better and finished out the year with 113 total points and averaged 3.6 points and 3.0 rebounds per game ... Ford had two double-digit performances against Long Beach State on Jan. 10 (10 points) and Cal Poly on Jan. 28 (11 points) ... Joe's 32 steals were the second most on the team.2006-07 (Sophomore): Joe was limited to four games in 2006-07 due to injury, and redshirted for the Tigers ... He scored 14 points in four games, with 10 points coming in the Tigers' victory over Cal State Northridge on Dec. 30. 2005-06 (Freshman): Joe had 28 points, 28 rebounds and eight steals in the 2005-06 season ... Ford started Pacific's opener against Sonoma State on Nov. 18, scoring four points ... He scored a season-high five points against Savannah State on Nov. 21.High School: Joe attended Campbell Hall High School in North Hollywood, Calif., where he led the Vikings to a perfect 32-0 season in 2004-05 capped off by a 74-53 victory over Saint Mary's of Berkeley in the state final at ARCO Arena ... He averaged 21.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game in his senior year ... Joe also led the Alpha League with 5.3 assists and 2.6 blocks per game ... In addition to leading the Vikings to an 85-7 record over his final three years of high school, Joe was named John Wooden Player of the Year for Division IV in the state of California in 2004-05 ... He was the CIF Division IV Player of the Year in 2004-05, and was an All-CIF Division IV First Team selection in 2003-04 ... During his senior year, Joe averaged 21.8 points and 8.9 rebounds per game ... In his career at Campbell Hall HS, he earned numerous honors, All-Alpha League First Team honors as a sophomore and First Team All-San Fernando Valley ... In three tournaments, Ford was named the MVP ... He also earned team MVP honors as a junior, while leading Campbell Hall HS to 27 wins.Personal: Joseph Ford was born in Los Angeles, Calif. ... He is the son of Joseph and Lerna Ford, and has a younger brother Robert, who was his teammate at Campbell Hall HS ... Joe is an education major in his fifth year at Pacific ... When he's not studying or on the court, he enjoys video games, music and television.Coach Thomason on Ford: "Joe was the captain of our team last year and will be this year too. I think Joe had an exceptional season for someone who was not supposed to play last year. Joe is an energetic guy that can play point or the three spot and he helps us in so many ways. Joe brings us energy and activeness right as the game starts every night. I think that Joe should be a starter for us either at the one spot or the three spot."