#1 Iman Shumpert

Career Notes

One of the ACC’s top defensive players over his final two years, decided to forego his senior year and enter the NBA Draft … Usually drew the defensive assignment on the team’s top wing scorer … Versatile and durable guard with the skills to play both the point and the wing.

Surpassed 1,000 points in his career when Tech played Florida State on Feb. 10 … Finished his career in 32nd place with 1,166 points … Had 55 double-digit games in his career … Reached 11th place on Tech[apos]s career list for assists (382) and 4th in steals (207) … Recorded the 4th triple-double in Tech history Jan. 25 vs. Virginia Tech (22 pts, 12 reb, 11 ast) and the first for a Tech player in an ACC game … Had 7 career double-doubles, including 5 as a junior in points and rebounds, 2 during his freshman year in points and assists.

2010-11 – Game-by-Game Statistics

Second-team All-ACC and a member of the conference[apos]s all-defensive team … Became the 7th player in ACC history to lead his team in scoring, rebounding and assists … Was the 4th to lead in those three categories and steals … Ranked 4th in the ACC in scoring, 15th in rebounds, 10th in FG and FT pct., 1st in steals (7th in the nation) … Averaged 18.8 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 3.6 apg vs. the ACC … In ACC games only, he was 2nd in scoring, 15th in rebounds, 10th in assists, FG and FT pct., 1st in steals …Successfully defended some of the opponents[apos] top scorers this year, holding players like Virginia Tech[apos]s Malcolm Delaney, UTEP[apos]s Randy Culpepper and Richmond[apos]s Kevin Anderson (A-10 player of the year) well under their season scoring averages.

His game against Virginia Tech on Jan. 25 was one of Tech[apos]s most dominating performances ever … Along with his triple-double and 7 steals, held Delaney 10 pts under his scoring average (8 pts, 3-11 FG, 8 turnovers) … Named ACC Player of the Week for that effort … Scored in double figures in 29 games, including his last 16 in a row … Scored 20 or more 11 times … Matched his career-high of 30 against North Carolina, one year to the day after he scored 30 against the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill.

Had 4 double-doubles in points and rebounds other than his game against Virginia Tech … Challenged for a triple-double against Charlotte (28 pts, 9 reb, 8 ast) … Led Tech in free throws made and attempted by a wide margin, more than doubling his sophomore year totals … Scoring average increased by 7.3 ppg over his sophomore year (4th-best mark in the ACC), rebound average up 2.3 per game … Dean[apos]s List for the fall semester.

2009-10 – Game-by-Game Statistics

Started every game of his career until Dec. 5 against USC … Underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair a damaged meniscus in his right knee on Dec. 3 and missed Tech[apos]s next six games … Brilliant offensively at times after his return on Jan. 2 at Charlotte, but inconsistent … Followed two straight scoreless games against Wake Forest and North Carolina with 17 points at Maryland and 24 against Boston College.

Had five double-digit games in the final 10 games, including two in the ACC Tournament (14 vs. Maryland, 12 vs. Duke) … Named to the ACC All-Tournament second team after averaging 10.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists in four games … Had double-digits back-to-back at Virginia (15) and North Carolina (career-high 30) in mid-January, as well as in games against Florida State (10) and Wake Forest (11) in late January … Then scored 31 total points in the next six games before Maryland.

Tech[apos]s third-leading scorer overall (10.0 ppg), and in ACC games (11.1 ppg) … Scored in double digits 12 times, eight of them in ACC play … Performance at UNC was the best of his career, including 10-of-17 shooting from the floor, 3-of-5 on threes, 7-of-9 from the foul line … Eighth in the ACC in assist average for conference games only (4.1 pg) and eighth for all games (4.0 pg) … Second in the ACC in steals (1.9 pg) for all games and for conference games only (1.9 pg) … Averaged a team-high 30.1 minutes, 30.4 in ACC games.

2008-09 – Game-by-Game Statistics

Tech[apos]s fourth-leading scorer for the season, both overall and in ACC games … In ACC games, he averaged 10.5 ppg, hitting 34.5 percent of his three-point attempts … Had 16 double-figure scoring games this season … Went scoreless once at North Carolina (0-for-6 FG, 4 assists) on Feb. 28 … Averaged 11.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and made 8-of-14 shots from the floor in two ACC Tournament games … Tied for first in the ACC in steals (2.1 pg) … Had 22 in his last seven games, including a career-best six against Clemson on Feb. 22 and six in two ACC Tournament games.

Scored a career-high 22 points Jan. 17 at NC State, and scored 18 points on two occasions (Vanderbilt, Virginia) … Fourth in the ACC and 45th nationally in assist average (5.0 pg) … Had three double-digit assist games, 12 vs. Penn State, 11 vs. Georgia State, 10 vs. Alabama, as well as six other games with six or more … Third among ACC freshmen in scoring average, first in assists and second in minutes played … Second on Tech chart for minutes played (31.6 overall, 32.3 in ACC games) … His 154 assists were Tech[apos]s 20th-best mark for a single season.

Hit the game-winning and game-tying baskets in the final 19 seconds of Tech[apos]s 76-74 victory over No. 6 Wake Forest on Jan. 31 … ACC Rookie of the Week on Dec. 8 for his performances against Penn State and Vanderbilt … Key figure in win over Vanderbilt with a 18 points and six assists (11-of-14 FT) … His 12 assists against Penn State, most for a Tech player since Jarrett Jack[apos]s 12 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff in 2002 … Also scored 14 points against the Nittany Lions for his first career double-double … Played a team-high 43 minutes in Tech[apos]s OT victory at Mercer, scoring 11 of his 13 points after halftime … Played 42 minutes in OT loss at NC State.

High School

Named to play in the McDonald[apos]s All-American game, the 16th Tech player to do so, and was a third-team Parade magazine All-American … Two-time, first-team all-state performer in Illinois … First-team all-state player at Oak Park and River Forest High School who also was one of the nation[apos]s top 30 seniors … Rated No. 15 among the nation[apos]s senior players by Scout.com and No. 26 by Rivals.com … Helped OPRF to three conference titles and was named conference MVP as a junior and senior … Averaged 15.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists as a senior … Also named to play in the Jordan Capital Classic … Averaged 15 points his junior season before missing the latter part of the season recovering from a broken elbow … Grew from 5-7 as a freshman to 6-2 as a sophomore, and made a similar leap from being an unheralded guard to a top national prospect in the last year.

Personal

Full name is Iman (pronounced ee-MON) Asante Shumpert … Born June 26, 1990 … Son of Odis and L[apos]Tanya Shumpert … Mother is an adjunct professor of art and design at Columbia College in Chicago, father is an insurance broker … Likes creative writing and broadcast journalism … Majoring in Sociology.