Career Highlights: Earned Consensus First Team All-American honors as a senior. Also a finalist for the Naismith and Wooden Awards. Named the winner of the 2007 Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award. A member of the Wooden Award All-America Team. Named First Team All-Big 12 his junior and senior seasons. Named Honorable Mention All-Conference as a sophomore. Finished collegiate career at Texas A&M’s third all-time leading scorer with 1,669 points, third in assists with 545 and sixth in steals with 156.
Senior (2006-07): Led team in scoring (18.1 ppg, ranked fifth in the Big 12) and 5.0 assists (third). Also ranked fifth in the conference in field goal percentage (.500). Scored 20 or more points 18 times. Posted season-high 33 points at Texas. Registered 31 points on 10-for-15 shooting vs. Baylor. Recorded 21 points in a win at Kansas. Scored a team-high 21 points vs. UCLA. Posted 21 points and a career-high 15 assists vs. Texas. Dished out 14 assists vs. Grambling. Led team with 26 points vs. Louisville in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Junior (2005-06): Led team in scoring (16.1 ppg) and assists (4.0 apg). Ranked in the top 10 in the Big 12 in scoring, assists, steals and field goal percentage. Paced team in scoring 15 times. Registered career highs of 35 points and seven steals at Oklahoma State. Recorded 22 of his game-high 28 points in the second half at Kansas State. Scored 30 points vs. Mississippi Valley State. Posted 23 points vs. Syracuse in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Sophomore (2004-05): Averaged 12.0 points and 4.9 assists (ranked third in the Big 12). Scored in double figures 20 times and topped the 20-point mark four times. Posted a season-high 25 points and nine assists vs. Houston. Tallied 24 points and six assists vs. Texas. Scored 22 points vs. Baylor and at Oklahoma State. Registered a double-double of 11 points and a season-high 14 assists vs. Missouri.
Freshman (2003-04): Averaged 7.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists (ranked eighth in the Big 12). Scored in double figures 10 times, with a season-high 19 points at Tennessee. Recorded 18 points and nine assists vs. Grambling. Posted 15 points vs. Nebraska. Dished out a season-high ten assists vs. Baylor.
Strengths: Cerebral and fundamentally sound floor leader who performs extremely well in pressure situations. Creates well off the dribble and uses body control and the ability to use both hands to finish at the basket.
Personal: Majored in agricultural leadership. Favorite NBA player is Ray Allen and favorite NBA team is the Sacramento Kings. Great uncle is former Chicago Cubs great and Hall of Famer Ernie Banks.
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