TAMUCC: One of three four-year seniors on the team...Third on the career all-time assist list...Has appeared in all but one game in three seasons.

AS A JUNIOR (2005-06): Appeared in all 28 games averaging 5.0 points and 1.6 rebounds a game...Was third on the team in assists with 71 and moved into third on the all-time assist list with 219...Dished out at least six assists in five games...Was third on the team in steals with 39 and was tied for second on the team in free-throw percentage hitting 81.3 percent (26-32)...Had at least one assist in all but two games...Set a career-high with 17 points against Texas A&M-International and Houston, hitting a career-high six field goals against A&M-International...Tied a career-high with three 3-pointers made against IPFW...Played at least 10 minutes on all but one game...Was 100 percent from the free-throw line six times including 6-of-6 against Houston.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2004-05): Started 24 of all 28 games he appeared in...Averaged 5.4 points, 2.0 rebounds and a team-high 118 assists, ranking second all-time for assists in a season...Tallied four games in which he scored in double figures with a season-high 14 in a home win against Wiley College, hitting 5-of-10 shots from the field...Scored 11 points against Texas-Pan American and at Northern Colorado as well as 10 points at Baylor...Dished out a career-high 10 assists in a home win over Central Baptist and had at least five assists in 14 other games and had at least one assist in every contest?Pulled down a season-high seven rebounds against Central Baptist?Hit .465 from the field, hitting 53-114 for the year, as well as 38-of-52 from the free-throw line.

AS A FRESHMAN (2003-04): One of three players to appear in all 26 games and the only freshman to do so...Averaged 10 minutes of playing time, averaging 2.2 points, 1.5 rebounds and dished out 30 assists in his first collegiate season...Set a season and career-high with 14 points, shooting 5-of-6 from the field, including two of two from three-point range against Northern Colorado ...Was the most proficient three-point shooter, hitting 11-23 (.478)...In his first collegiate game, played 13 minutes scoring two points shooting
1-of-2 from the field while grabbing two rebounds with three assists.

IN HIGH SCHOOL: Averaged 19.1 points, 3.2 assists, and 3.7 steals for Ray HS...Played for coach Sam Odoms...Has been selected to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times all-South Texas squad as a junior and senior...A two-time all-district and all-region selection, the first ever from Ray HS...Named District 5A MVP as a senio...Garnered first-team All-State honors as a senior...Led the Texans to the state championship game as a senior.

PERSONAL: Taurean Mitchell was born Feb. 5, 1985...The son of Jesse and Jackie...Has four siblings, Siobhan, Ernest, Camesha, and Cjuvonte.