NEVADA Selected by the WAC Coaches as the 2011-12 Preseason Player of the Year...named to the 2011-12 WAC Coaches first-team and media preseason teams ... Preseason WAC selection by Collegehoopsnet.com ... Returning starter at point guard who earned WAC Freshman of the Year honors joining former Pack players Ramon Sessions (2004-05), Armon Johnson (2007-08) and Luke Babbitt (2008-09) to claim the lofty honor ... Also selected to WAC Honorable Mention and Newcomer teams ... Dished out a team-high 3.5 assists per game and was second in scoring at 13.7 points per contest ... Will once again direct the team as the Pack's starting point guard in his second season in the program.
2010-11 (Freshman): Named WAC Freshman of the Year, to the WAC Honorable Mention squad and the WAC Newcomer team ... Shared the team's Rock Award with Dario Hunt, the award is annually presented to the player who represents the identity and foundation of the team as chosen by the coaches and team ... Started all 32 games and led the team averaging 3.5 assists per game and was second in scoring at 13.7 points per game ... Topped the Pack in WAC play scoring 15.8 points per contest ... Shot 74.6 percent from the free throw line which was tops among the regulars ... Averaged a team-high 4.3 free throws made and 5.8 attempted ... Among all WAC freshmen led the conference in scoring (13.7 ppg), assists (3.5 apg) and field-goal percentage (42.2 %) ... In WAC-only games led the conference freshman in the same categories averaging 15.8 ppg, 3.4 apg, shot 48.7% and topped freshmen in 3-point field goal percentage making 45.5 percent of his attempts ... Ranked in the top 15 in five categories in the WAC and in conference play ranked in seven ... 24 double figure scoring games was second to Malik Story's 25 ... Six 20-point contests tied Dario Hunt for tops on the squad ... Posted a double-double in just his third collegiate game with 10 points and 11 assists vs. Pepperdine in a Dick's Sporting Goods Preseason NIT game played at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion ... Eleven assists were tied for the high for an individual in the WAC ... Ten times led Nevada in scoring, which was second to Dario Hunt's 12 and once led the Pack in rebounding ... Had a stretch of three consecutive 20-point games with 23 at Idaho (1/12/11), 20 at Boise State (1/15/11) and 22 in a home contest with New Mexico State (1/20/11) ... Strung together nine consecutive double-figure scoring games and reached the mark in 15-of-16 games during the stretch ... Jan. 17-23 Verizon WAC Player of the Week after averaging 20.0 points, 6.0 assists, 3.0 steals and 3.0 rebounds per game, shot 75.0 percent (15-of-20) from the field and 71.4 percent (5-of-7) from 3-point range ... Season-high 24 points at Louisiana Tech (3/3/11) making 8-of-15 field goals, 4-of-5, 3-pointers and 4-of-8 free throws ... Scored in all 32 games ... Earned first basketball letter.
High School A 2010 graduate of Compton (Calif.) Centennial High School ... Won the John R. Wooden High School Player of the Year award following his senior year ... Named CIF Southern California Division III Player of the Year ... Averaged 21.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game as a senior ... Scored more than 2,000 points during his high school career.
Personal Undecided on his major ... The son of Derek and Loretta Burton of Lawndale ... His father works for Nike Sport and his mother is a bus driver at Disneyland ... Has two older brothers, Derek Jr. (31) and Derrion (26), and an older sister, Delisa (24) ... Full name is Deonte Deron Burton.
