Jahii Carson, Cory Jefferson and Akil Mitchell highlighted today’s workout which featured a mix of bigs and wings. Marquette’s Most Valuable Performer Award winner and BIG EAST Sixth Man of the year, Davante Gardner, took the floor at the Training Center as well.
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Jahii (JAW-hee) Carson
Guard - Arizona State – Sophomore
5’10” – 180 lbs
- Named to the All-Pac-12 First Team in both collegiate seasons (2013, 2014)
- Earned 2013 Pac-12 Co-Freshman of the Year honors
- Averaged 18.5 points over his two-year career at Arizona State, which ranks fourth on the Sun Devils all-time list
- Started all 68 contests during his two seasons with ASU and became the first Sun Devil freshman to appear in and start all 35 games
- Set Arizona State freshman records in minutes per game (37.2), total points (647), field goals made (231) and attempted (488), assists (177), total minutes (1303) and 20-point games (18)
Justin Cobbs
Guard - California – Senior
6’4” – 190 lbs – Guard
- Named to the 2014 All-Pac-12 First Team
- Selected to the 2014 Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team
- Ranked 10th in the Pac-12 in field goals made (185), eighth in field goal percentage (.466), ninth in points per game (15.6) and fourth in assists per game (5.8) during the 2013-14 season
- Earned 2013 All-Pac-12 Second Team honors
- Named the 2013 Anaheim Classic MVP as well as to the All-Tournament Team
- Recorded 169 assists during his sophomore season, ranking ninth on the UCLA single-season list
- Redshirted the 2010-11 season after transferring to California from Minnesota
Davante Gardner
Forward - Marquette – Senior
6’8” – 290 lbs
- Recipient of Marquette’s Most Valuable Performer Award after senior season
- Also earned BIG EAST Sixth Man of the Year award for the second straight year, All-BIG EAST Second Team and was a Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team selection for 2013-14
- Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Jan. 28, 2014, Dec. 14, 2013, Jan. 7, 2013, and Jan. 16, 2012
- Scored career-high 29 points and posted season-high 13 rebounds vs. Villanova on Jan. 25, 2014
- After junior year, named to the NCAA All-East Region Team, received the BIG EAST Sixth Man Award and All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention, and was named the team's Sixth Man of the Year at postseason banquet
Cory Jefferson
Forward - Baylor – Senior
6’9” – 220 lbs
- Named to the 2014 All-Big 12 Second Team by the media and to the All-Big 12 Third Team by the league’s coaches
- Participated in the 2014 NCAA Final Four Slam Dunk Contest
- Played for Team USA at the 2013 World University Games, the only Big 12 Conference player to participate
- Selected to the 2013 NIT All-Tournament Team as well as the Charleston Classic All-Tournament Team during his junior season
- Ranked sixth nationally during the 2012-13 season in field goal percentage (.610), which is the second-best single-season percentage in program history (min. 200 attempts)
- Sat out the entire 2010-11 season as a redshirt in the Bears program
Artem Klimenko
Center – Russia
1/10/94 – 7’0” – 242 lbs
- Attended the 2012 Adidas Eurocamp in Treviso, Italy
- Led Avtodor to the Russian Superleague Semifinals in 2013
- Recorded 24 double figure scoring games and five double-doubles in 2013-14
- Posted a season-high 27 points and 14 rebounds on 10-of-16 shooting from the field vs. Univ. Surgut on Feb. 20, 2014
- Averaged 7.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game in 42 contests with Avtodor Saratov in 2012-13
- Born in Saratov, Russia
Akil Mitchell
Forward - Virginia – Senior
6’8” – 235 lbs
- Finished career ranked third all-time at Virginia in games played, seventh in total rebounds (798) and tied for 14th in double-doubles (15)
- Named to the 2014 All-ACC Defensive Team by the coaches and media
- Earned 2013 All-ACC Third Team honors
- Named to the 2014 ACC All-Tournament Second Team
- Appeared in and started a school-record 35 games during his junior season and led the Cavaliers in rebounding in 28 games
- Helped Virginia to an ACC regular season title, ACC Tournament championship and an NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance as a senior