University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

As A Junior: Played in all 25 games including 19 as a starter…Fifth on the team in scoring with 8.4 points per game…His 37 assists was third best on the team…Averaged 2.7 rebounds per contest…Posted double figures in scoring seven times including a career high 18 points in just his second game as a Pacer in a 79-76 win over Mount Olive…Was named to the 34^th Mount Olive Pickle Classic All-Tournament Team…Grabbed a career high nine rebounds in an 85-62 win over Newberry…His 40 made three-pointers and 40.0 three-point shooting percentage were second best on the squad in 1999-00.

Sante Fe Community College: Averaged 14.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 3.0 assists as a sophomore…Was named to the Mid-Florida all-conference team.

Paxon High School: Averaged 22.4 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 4.0 assists as a senior…Named all-conference, all-city, and all-state…Set a Jacksonville (FL) record with 117 three-pointers in 1997…Made six three-pointers in one quarter…Played quarterback for his high school football team.

Personal Data: Areon Va’Shau Atkinson was born November 22, 1978…Son of Glenda Atkinson…Majoring in Sociology.