| Mitchell Baldwin |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Rural Hall, N.C.
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| High School:
Winston-Salem Reynolds
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| Height / Weight:
6-2 / 186
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| Position:
Guard
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| Birthdate:
11/19/1982
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2004-05:
Averaged 7.5 points while shooting .468 ... Led C-USA with 2.8 A-TO ratio in C-USA games (64 assists; 23 TO) ... 2nd in C-USA in overall games: 2.38 A-TO ratio (107 ast; 45 TO) ... 4th in C-USA in C-USA games with 64 asts (4.43gm) .... 7th in C-USA: 107 asts (3.9/gm) ... .774 FT% (72-of-93) ... 2nd on team with 36 steals (1.3/gm) ... suffered three injuries during season but missed just one game: (broke bone in right hand prior to pre season Tour of Toronto (DNP); dislocated left shoulder on 1st day of practice upon return (played in season opener); dislocated shoulder vs. Saint Louis (DNP at Cincy) ... Returned from dislocated shoulder (suffered vs. SLU) vs. #25/#25 Marquette ... had postseason surgery to fully repair shoulder ... played 30+ minutes in all but two of final 14 games ... wore a protective harness for first three games following return ... Double-figure points 10 times (5 times in C-USA play) ... One 20-pt. gm (career-high 25 in season opener vs. Long Beach: 9-10 FG; 5-6 FT with four rebounds and four steals) .... Double-figures in first three C-USA games .... six games in double figures during early season 9-game win streak with 31 asts; 9 TO (3.4 A-TO ratio) ... 8-8 FT in OT vs. #22/#22 Alabama
2003-04:
Reserve point guard averaged 5.7 pts ... Double figures in 7 games ... 11 pts (5-5 FG) vs. Texas Tech (NCAA) ... 13 points (6-12 FG) vs. #9/#9 Louisville ... 11 points (6-6 FT) vs. Saint Louis ... 14 points (5-8) off bench at Southern Illinois ... 10 pts at Rhode Island ... 16 points vs. George Washington ... 11 points vs. N.C. A&T ... 32 steals with high of 3 five times ... Shot .469 from the floor ... 3.3 A-TO ratio (33 ast; 10 TO) in last 12 games ... Helped Niners rally to within three of Texas Tech in NCAA 1st round with 6 points in final :19, including four in final :09 ... Played all 40 minutes in Niners win over #9/#9 Louisville (13 pts; 6 ast; 2 st; 1 to) ... Hit 49ers final go-ahead basket vs. UL w/34 seconds left on coast-to-coast pressbreaker ... Started four of the last 12 gms (3-1) ... the 4 starts: 8.5 p; 14 ast; 4 to; .500 FG% ... 11 pts (6-6 FT) vs. Saint Louis, first C-USA game in double figures in his career ... 4-4 FT in final :45 to ice win vs. SLU.
2002-03:
Red-shirt freshman point .. fell four assists shy of qualifying for league ranking, but his 3.38 A-TO ratio in league games would have ranked 1st in C-USA (3.38; 44 asts; 13 to) ... averaged 4.1 points with 65 assists (2.2/gm), 24 steals (0.8/gm) and 33 turnovers (1.1/gm) ... the speedster shot .440 from the field and .708 from the foul line (34-48) with 7 charges taken ... Started four of last 10 games (2-2) ... Last 10 gms: 23 assists; 6 TO ... Career-high 7 assists (1 TO) vs. DePaul ... Two backcourt steals for dunks vs. Marquette ... Made six starts .... Double figures in 1st game of season (10 pts; 4-5 FG vs. Long Beach) .... Scored in all but four games (Valpo; UC; SLU; UAB) ... high of four rebounds three times ... four or more assists six times ... had five steals in home game vs. Louisville.
2001-02:
Medical red-shirt after battling tendonitis ... played in five games, with high of 7 minutes at Long Beach and six minutes vs. #5 Florida ... first career steal came against Temple's Lynn Greer ... scored two points vs. Long Beach and Richmond, with all four points coming on free throws.
At Reynolds High:
Top 100 recruit ... ranked as the #1 senior prospect in North Carolina entering his final year ... Two-time Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal Player of the Year (Frank Spencer Award) for the two-time 4A State Champions ... is the fifth repeat winner of the Frank Spencer Award and the first to play outside the ACC ... ranked as high as #30 by All-Star Sports; #76 by Prep Stars; #100 by Rivals 100 averaged 17.7 points, 5.1 assists and 2.4 steals as a senior, leading coach Howard West's Demons to back-to-back state titles ... after being named MVP of the 1999 Frank Spencer Classic, Baldwin called his coach to ask to share the award with teammate Jason McDougald, who blocked three shots in the closing seconds of the title tilt ... averaged 17.4 points with 3.1 assists and 2.1 steals as a junior, leading the Demons to a 27-2 record, the 4A state title and a national rank of #23 by USA Today ... was a first-team AAU all-America ... signed with the 49ers over Florida State, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Virginia and Oklahoma
Personal:
Parents are Donnie and Bonnie Baldwin, who both work with the Sara Lee Corporation ... was born Nov. 19, 1982 ...has a little brother Desmon who will turn 15, Dec. 1 ... majoring in Communications with a track in Mass Media ... interned in summer, `04 with ESPN-Regional Communications ... Mass Media and African-American and African Studies double major ... has done color commentary on selected women's basketball radio broadcasts ... one of five players that have a 300 lb. front squat and 300 lb. bench.
