Appeared in 33 games, averaging 14.2 points, 5.8 assists and 1.61 steals in 35.8 minutes during senior season at Illinois … Won the 2006 Bob Cousy Award as nation’s top point guard and was a consensus Second-Team All-American … Was a Wooden Award, Rupp Award and NBWA National Player of the Year finalist … Also won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the nation’s top senior six-feet tall and under … Led the Big Ten in assists and ranked 18th in the nation … Also ranked 11th in Big Ten in scoring … Led the Illini in scoring, assists, steals, minutes and free-throw shooting (.757) … Scored 20 or more points seven times and led the team in scoring in 15 games ... Sank seven threes in recording a career-high 34 points vs. Michigan State ... Tallied 26 points and seven assists vs. Oregon ... Recorded double-figure assists four times, with a season-high 11 assists at Indiana ... Registered 15 points and six assists vs. Washington in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

AS A COLLEGIAN

Finished with career averages of 13.4 points and 4.9 assists in 34.3 minutes in 137 career games (136 starts) … Named National Player of the Year by The Sporting News as a junior ... Also a consensus First Team All-American, and was named Big Ten Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year ... First consensus First Team All-American at Illinois since 1952 … Earned consensus Second Team All-American honors as a senior ... Finished career as the third all-time leading scorer in Illinois history (1,812 points), and ranks second in three-point field goals (299), assists (674), and steals (231) ... Holds the school record for minutes played (4,698), games started (136) and is tied for the record for most games played (137) … His career assist totals ranks fifth in Big Ten history while his three-pointers and steals rank sixth … With current Jazzmen Deron Williams, helped the Illini win their first 29 games of 2004-05 season and advance to the national title game … Started all 39 games, averaging 13.3 points and 4.5 assists (3rd in Big Ten) in 32.6 minutes … Ranked second in the Big 10 and 12th nationally in three-point percentage at .434 (99-228) … Scored 12 points and dished 7 assists in national championship game vs. North Carolina … Hit 8-of-10 on threes in scoring a season-high 27 points vs. Purdue … Averaged 13.3 points and 4.5 assists in 33 games (all starts) as a sophomore (2003-04) … Named Second Team All-Big Ten and an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press … Also named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team and an Academic All-Big Ten selection … Averaged 12.0 points and 5.0 assists in 32 games (31 starts) as a freshman in 2002-03 … Named Second-Team All-Big Ten by the media and Third-Team by the coaches … Also selected to the first-ever Big Ten All-Freshman Team.