Born: Aug 23, 1987

Height: 6’0″ / 1.83 m

Weight: 160 lbs / 73 kg

Current Team: Sacramento Kings, NBA

Hometown: Rancho Cucamonga, California

Stats:

YEAR Team Minutes Points Rebound Assist Steals Blocks 2-pt FG% 3-pt FG% FT%
13/14 LA Clippers 25.0 10.7 2.3 3.5 1.1 0.2 49.2% 35.8% 85.9%
12/13 Dallas Mavericks 29.3 12.0 2.7 5.1 1.2 0.1 49.7% 35.6% 88.0%
11/12 Indiana Pacers 29.3 10.1 2.8 4.5 0.9 0.2 46.4% 36.5% 83.5%

Bio:

Darren Michael Collison was born August 23, 1987 to parents, June and Dennis Collison. He attended Etiwanda High School where he was McDonald’s All-American Top 40 candidate and the No. 2 point guard in the West. He was also an All-CIF Southern Section I-AA Player of the Year and a Los Angeles Times All-Star. Collison led Etiwanda (31-2) in points (20.7), three-pointers, steals (2.1), assists (4.0) and added 4.0 rebounds per game. Collison attended UCLA after graduation where he was considered one of the top point guards in the nation. Darren Collison led UCLA to three consecutive NCAA Final Four appearances and became the UCLA record holder for games played during his career as a bruin. Collison was named third team All-American and selected to the All-Pac-10 Defensive Team during his collegiate career. He was recognized as the Most Outstanding Player of the Pac-10 Tournament and was the recipient of the 2009 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (an award given to the nation’s outstanding senior male collegian 6’0 and under who has excelled both athletically and academically). Darren Collison was drafted by the New Orleans Hornets as the 21st overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft.

Achievements:

Pac-10 Regular Season Runner-Up -09

Pac-10 Tournament Semifinals -09

Pac-10 1st Team -09

AP NCAA All-America Honorable Mention -09

NBA All-Rookie 1st Team -10

NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals-12

NBA Pacific Division Champion -14

NBA Western Conference Semifinals -14