total blocks (4th in blocks per game) with 59. His performance during the season earned him the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year award. As a sophomore Reynolds-Dean averaged 11.5 points, 8,4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.7 blocks per game, again leading the team in rebounding and blocks, and ranked third in scoring behind Wheeler and Cuttino Mobley: he also ranked third in assists per game. Again he started all of his 30 games and played 30.6 minutes per game, and was named in the Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team. In 1997 he changed his name, adding Dean (his mother's last name) and creating a hyphenated surname. Jim Harrick was appointed head coach of the Rhode Island Rams for the 1997–98 season, and Reynolds-Dean retained his spot in the starting lineup: he played 34 games, shooting a career-high 50.5% from the field and averaged 11.2 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 2.5 blocks per game. He ranked 2nd in the conference in blocks per game and in total blocks with 85, which also ranked him 9th in the whole NCAA Division I. The Rams reached the Elite Eight during the 1998 NCAA tournament: Reynolds-Dean recorded 10 rebounds and 8 points in the 79–77 loss against the Stanford Cardinal. Reynolds-Dean's senior year at Rhode Island saw him rank second in his team in scoring, rebounding and blocks behind Lamar Odom: Reynolds-Dean recorded career-highs in points per game (13.2), minutes per game (32.6) and assists per game (2.6) while also shooting a career-best 72.1% from the free throw line. The Rams went on to win the Atlantic 10 Tournament in the final game against Temple. Reynolds-Dean ended his career at Rhode Island with 1,576 total points (11th all-time), 1,028 rebounds (3rd), 235 blocks (3rd) and started all of his 131 games with the Rams. College statistics |- | align="left" | 1995–96 | align="left" | Rhode Island | 34 || 34 || 30.9 || .466 || .000 || .632 || 8.7 || 1.6 || 1.1 || 1.7 || 12.1 |- | align="left" | 1996–97 | align="left" | Rhode Island | 30 || 30 || 30.6 || .500 || .000 || .691 || 8.4 || 1.8 || 1.3 || 1.7 || 11.5 |- | align="left" | 1997–98 | align="left" | Rhode Island | 34 || 34 || 30.6 || .505 || .000 || .677 || 7.6 || 1.9 || 1.1 || 2.5 || 11.2 |-