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Overview: An explosive point guard who has great shooting range and made a huge impact on KU's 2007 Big 12 Championships and NCAA Tournament Elite Eight run... Along with teammate Mario Chalmers, one of 30 invited to try out for Team USA for the 2007 Pan Am Games... Also participated in the Steve Nash Skills Camp in summer 2007... An exciting player who earned McDonald's and Parade All-American honors in high school... Can beat teams many different ways... A strong candidate for postseason accolades... Committed to Kansas in the early signing period... Recruited in three sports - basketball, baseball and football.

Sophomore Season (2007-08): Scored in double figures in each of his starts... Against Kansas State (March 1), he tied his career-high in steals with four and his season high in minutes played with 29... Set career-highs against Baylor (Feb. 9) with five made free throws and seven attempts... Started for the first time against Loyola (Md.) (Jan. 8) after missing six games due to a stress fracture in his foot... Also had his first career block against Loyola (Md.)... Set a career-high with seven rebounds versus UMKC (Nov. 11)... Had surgery on his foot for a stress fracture discovered following the UMKC game.

Freshman Season (2006-07): Member of the Big 12 All-Rookie team who averaged 22.3 minutes and 9.3 points per contest... An All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection who averaged 11.3 points and 25.3 minutes in Big 12 play... A solid free throw shooter making 76.6 percent, second best on the team... Ranked eighth in the Big 12 in assists per game with 3.63 in conference play... Was fourth in league games in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.07... Ranked in the following KU freshman records: points (11th with 354), three-pointers (6th with 47), three-pointers attempted (5th with 116), games played (3rd with 38), assists (8th with 112) and free throw percentage (7th at 76.6)... Led Kansas in scoring five times and in assists on 12 occasions... Posted 20 double-digit scoring games, including three 20-point-plus efforts - 23 vs. Missouri (Jan. 15), 20 at Kansas State (Feb. 19) and 20 vs. Texas (March 11) in the title game of the Big 12 Championship... Had 18 contests with three or more assists... A solid contributor who made four or more field goals in 19 games as a freshman... Made 40.5 percent (47-116) from three-point range... Started his first collegiate contest against Northern Arizona and had three starts on the season - vs. Iowa State (Feb. 24) and at Oklahoma (Feb. 26)... Made multiple three-pointers in 16 games, including a 4-for-6 effort against Tennessee State (Nov. 21) and a 4-for-7 game against Missouri (Jan. 15)... Was the driving force in KU's 80-77 win versus Missouri (Jan. 15) with 23 points and five rebounds... Also had a stellar game versus Texas in the 88-84 overtime win for the Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City with 20 points, a career-high six rebounds and three assists... Played a key role in big games as he scored 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting (3-for-4 from three-point range) versus Texas A&M (Feb. 3)... A solid student earning Athletic Director's and Big 12 Commissioner's honor rolls in spring 2007.

High School: Richard T. Crane Tech (2006)... Coached by Anthony Longstreet... Averaged 33 points, eight rebounds and six assists his senior season for the Cougars... McDonald's All-American... Third-team Parade All-American... First team all-state selection in 2006... Played in the Michael Jordan All-American Classic in April 2006... No. 21-ranked player in the class of 2006 and the No. 4-ranked point guard by Rivals.com... Averaged 19.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists his junior season... Guided Crane to the 2003 and 2005 conference and city championship titles... Best game was a 45-point effort against Young his senior season.

Off the Court: Full name is Sherron Marlon Collins... Born March 18, 1987, in Chicago... Undecided on major... Mother is Stacey Harris... A standout wide receiver/free safety on the Crane Tech Prep football team... Broke the Chicago Public League record with 250 receiving yards against Carver as a sophomore... Was a pitching standout on the Crane Tech baseball team.

Career Honors: 2007-08: Final Four All-Tournament Team... Big 12 Six Man Award... Big 12 All-Reserve Team (media)... co-Big 12 Player of the Week (March 9)... Preseason Honorable Mention AP All-American... Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention. Summer 2007: Team USA Pan-Am Trials 2006-07: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention... Big 12 All-Rookie... Big 12 All-Freshman team by media... Athletic Director's and Big 12 Commissioner's honor rolls (spring 2007).