2009-10 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Ashton Mitchell
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- New Orleans, La.
- HS / Prev Schools:
- Round Rock Westwood HS (TX)
Southland post-season tournament MVP ... First-team All-Southland ... league leader in assists for second year in a row ... ranks third in Sam Houston career assists ... 21st Bearkat to score 1,000 career points ... SLC "Player of the Week" Nov. 30 after leading Kats to Mayan Division Championship of the Cancun Classic with victories over ORU and Rider ... namted Cancun Classic MVP ... 2010 preseason All-Southland Conference first team selection ... All-Southland Conference second team in 2009 ... fifth point guard during Bob Marlin era to lead Southland and rank nationally in assists... stood No. 5 in NCAA Division I assists (6.9) in 2009 ... No. 2 in scoring for 2009 Kats (12.5)... scored career high 36 points in double OT win at Lamar, second highest single game total by a Bearkat at the NCAA Division I level ... 36 points included school record 22 of 27 performance at free throw line... three-year starter ... backup to All-SLC Jejuan Plair as freshman.
WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
All-State, All-Region and All-District for coach Dennis Burton ... averaged 21.3 points and 4.7 assists per contest ... shot .491 from the floor and .750 from the line ... sprinter on track team ... Hurricane Katrina in August before his senior year forced his family to evacuate to Austin to live with his uncle where he played his senior year for Westwood High School ... family returned to New Orleans at school year's end.
SAINT AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL
Averaged 18.2 points for coach Bernard Griffin, who coached former Mavs coach Avery Johnson in high school.
PERSONAL
Birthday: August 14, 1988
Parents: Roslyn and Alwin Mitchell
Reason I chose SHSU: Good basketball and great coaches
Shoe size: 10
Person who influenced me the most:
My mother, father and brother
Best advice my parents gave me: Stay humble and never be satisfied
HEAD COACH BOB MARLIN:
"One of our team captains, Ashton is a leader who really has grown in his four years in the program. He has a great feel with everyone on the team. I've been in coaching 28 years and he's the fastest point guard with the ball I've ever coached. He is the straw that stirs the drink for this team. Even more important, he earned his degree in three years and will be working on a second degree this year."
CAREER STATISTICS:
| #1 | GP | FG | FGA | Pct. | 3Pt | Att | Pct. | FT | FTA | Pct. | Reb | Avg | Ast | Avg | Stl | Pts | Avg |
| 2007 | 31 | 24 | 53 | .453 | 3 | 16 | .188 | 43 | 66 | .652 | 31 | 1.0 | 66 | 2.1 | 25 | 94 | 3.0 |
| 2008 | 31 | 75 | 176 | .426 | 22 | 71 | .310 | 51 | 76 | .671 | 70 | 2.3 | 127 | 4.1 | 53 | 223 | 7.2 |
| 2009 | 30 | 105 | 253 | .415 | 29 | 98 | .296 | 135 | 170 | .794 | 113 | 3.8 | 206 | 6.9 | 52 | 374 | 12.5 |
| 2010 | 32 | 133 | 283 | .470 | 52 | 124 | .419 | 87 | 117 | .744 | 82 | 2.6 | 162 | 5.1 | 56 | 405 | 12.7 |
| Totals | 124 | 337 | 765 | .441 | 106 | 309 | .343 | 316 | 429 | .737 | 296 | 2.4 | 561 | 4.5 | 161 | 1096 | 8.8 |
