2006-07: Tied his career high with 19 points in the Big West Tournament semifinal loss to Long Beach State (3/9/07)...originally scored a career-high 19 points in back-to-back games against Pacific (2/1/07) and Cal State Northridge (2/3/07)...hit 10 of 15 field goals in those games and 14 of 16 free throws...hit 12 of 12 free throws in the Feb. 3 win over Northridge....scored 18 points in loss against UCSB (2/8/07)...scored 15 points, hitting 5 of 9 field goals, in the loss to Fullerton (1/20/07)....was third on the team with 63 assists, posting a career-high eight in the loss at Oregon ...scored 16 points in win at UC Davis (12/30/06), hitting 5 of 6 field goals...snared a career-high 14 rebounds and scored 15 points in victory over Sam Houston State (12/16/06)....ranked fourth in the Big West in free-throw percentage at .810. JC: Transferred to UCI after playing two seasons at Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Tex....was a two-year starter there, averaging 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists last season for coach Dale Dotson....scored a high of 27 points against Tyler Junior College....was named to the All-Region 14 honorable mention team....was rated No. 65 in the JucoJunction.com list of the top 100 JC players in 2006. High School: Averaged 16 points per game as a senior at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles....averaged 12 points his junior season....named to the 2004 All-City second team for the CIF/L.A. City Section. Personal: Majoring in literary journalism....parents are Clement and Chio Awaji.