- Donald Sloan (basketball)
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This article is about the American basketball player. For the Scottish rugby player, see Donald Sloan (rugby union).
Donald Sloan No. 3 Guard Personal information Date of birth January 15, 1988 Place of birth Shreveport, Louisiana Nationality American High school Seagoville High School Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg) Career information College Texas A&M University Pro career 2010–present League Philippine Basketball Association Career history 2010-11 Reno Bighorns 2011-present Barangay Ginebra Kings Career highlights and awards 2010 First Team All-Big 12 2010 Big 12 All-Tournament Team
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United StatesPan American Games Bronze 2011 Guadalajara National team Donald Sloan (born January 15, 1988 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American basketball player who formerly played for the NBADL's Reno Bighorns. He played shooting guard for Texas A&M. As a senior during the 2009-10 season, Sloan led the Aggies in scoring with a 17.8 points per game average and was a first team All-Big 12 Conference selection. [1] He also played for Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association.
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High school career
Donald Sloan attended Seagoville High School in the Dallas, Texas area - over three season, Sloan's team was 93-10, and Sloan led Seagoville to the regional championship game as a senior. Sloan received two-time all-state recognition and was the 17th ranked 2006 prospect in the State of Texas by Rivals.com.[2] Kansas, Oklahoma, Marquette, SMU and Georgia Tech all recruited Sloan while he was at Seagoville – he signed with Texas A&M and Coach Billy Gillispie in November 2005.[3]
College career
Sloan played basketball for Texas A&M University from 2006-2010. He was a part of a senior class that won 100 career games at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season, setting the school record for wins by a single class.[4]
Freshman year
Sloan appeared in all 34 games in 2006–07 as a true freshman, averaging 5.2 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. Sloan earned ESPN player of the game honors with 15 points in a win at Oklahoma State. Texas A&M finished the year with a 27–7 record and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.
Sophomore year
As a sophomore, Sloan started all 36 games as A&M finished 25–11 after a second round loss to UCLA in the NCAA tournament. Sloan was third on the team in scoring at 9.5 points per game and he was second on the team with 123 assists.
Junior year
Sloan played in all 34 games as the Aggies finished 24–10 following a second round loss to Connecticut in the NCAA tournament. Sloan averaged 11.8 points and 3.6 rebounds per game and led the team with 108 assists.
Senior year
Sloan, considered by his teammates to be the team's leader,[5][6] was the leading scorer on a Texas A&M team that finished the regular season with a 22-8 record overall and an 11-5 conference mark, tying the team for second place in the Big 12 Conference.[7] Sloan scored a career high 29 points in an 84-81 loss to New Mexico on December 12. He was third in the Big 12 in scoring.[8] Sloan was named to the Big 12's first team all conference by Big 12 coaches, Dallas Morning News,[9] Colombia Daily Tribune, and Fort Worth Star Telegram. Sloan also received second team all Big 12 Conference honors from the Associated Press and Austin American Statesman.[10] He received national player of the week honors for the week of February 9th by CollegeHoops.net and was a strong contender for the 2009-2010 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year Award.[11] Sloan honored teammate and close friend Derrick Roland, whose season was ended by a broken tibia and fibula, by shaving Roland's #3 into his hair for much of the season.[12]
Following the conference tournament, Sloan was named to the all-tournament team.[13] He finished the 2010 NCAA tournament ranked seventh in Aggie history in career scoring with 1,522 points and eighth in assists with 370.
Pro career
Sloan played for the Sacramento Kings in the 2010 NBA Summer League[14] and was signed to a one year non-guaranteed contract shortly after. However, he was waived before the start of the season. He signed with the Reno Bighorns, D-League team. He is now playing as an import for the Barangay Ginebra Kings.
References
- ^ "2010 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball Awards Announced". Big 12 Sports. 2010-03-07. http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=204903228. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ^ "Donald Sloan". Rivals.com. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Donald-Sloan-24956. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ^ "Gillispie Signs Impressive Recruiting Class". ATM University. 2010-11-09. http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110905aaa.html. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ^ "Aggie men clinch bye with win over Oklahoma". ATM Battalion. 2010-03-07. http://media.www.thebatt.com/sports/aggie-men-clinch-bye-with-win-over-oklahoma-1.1258370. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ^ "Sloan Is A&M's Rock as Aggies Roll". NCAA Basketball Fanhouse. 2010-02-15. http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2010/02/15/sloan-is-aandms-rock-as-aggies-roll/. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ^ "The word on Sloan is he's good: A&M players impressed with senior’s literary talent, leadership". Houston Chronicle. 2010-02-27. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/texas/6888551.html. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ^ "Donald Sloan leading Texas A&M Aggies toward NCAA tournament bid". Sports Illustrated. 2010-02-17. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/joe_lemire/02/17/texas.am/index.html. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ^ Zwerneman, Brent. Well-rounded Sloan emerges as leader for A&M, Houston Chronicle, February 27, 2010.
- ^ "OSU's Anderson earns DMN's Big 12 men's player of the year". Dallas Morning News. 2010-03-08. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/topstories/stories/030910dnspodmnbig12men.3e7efeb.html. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ^ "American-Statesman's All-Big 12 men's basketball team". Austin American Statesman. 2010-03-08. http://www.statesman.com/sports/american-statesmans-all-big-12-mens-basketball-team-333031.html. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ^ "Add A&M's Sloan to Big 12 MVP race". ESPN Dallas: By Jeff Caplan. 2010-02-04. http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/colleges/post/_/id/4666568/add-ams-sloan-to-big-12-mvp-race. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ^ "Focused Aggies roll, honor injured Roland". San Antonio Express News. 2010-01-03. http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/aggies/Focused_Aggies_roll_honor_injured_Roland.html. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ^ Big 12 all-tournament team, KansasCity.com, March 14, 2010.
- ^ http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2010/6/28/1540775/nba-summer-league-rosters-vegas NBA Summer League Rosters - Vegas
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