DANIEL MARKUS
University of Redlands
Basketball
The lowdown: The 6-foot-2 senior guard is averaging 10 points and 3.4 rebounds. Has scored in double figures 10 times this season with a high of 16 points coming twice. Was the teams second-leading scorer last season as a junior at 18.2 points per game. He collected 74 3-pointers, 47 assists and 30 steals. Career-high or 36 points included nine 3-pointers and came in his junior year against Biola. Earned second-team All-SCIAC honors and was a CoSIDA Academic All-district and All-American honoree. Carries a 3.9 GPA.
Age: 21
Hometown: Orange
High school: Mater Dei High School, 2004
Major: Global business
Favorite athlete: Tiger Woods
Favorite team: Arizona Wildcat basketball
Role model: My parents (Mike and Mary)
Cant miss TV show: The Simpsons, South Park
Most memorable sports moment: Breaking the NCAA team scoring record in the 2004-05 season (132.4 ppg).
Person most influential in your athletic success: Gary McKnight (my high school coach).
Celebrity you most want to meet: Lauren Conrad
Favorite food: Chinese dumplings
Favorite movie: Shawshank Redemption
Last good book you read: The Art of War by Sun Sze
Whats in your CD player/iPod: Beatles 1
Other hobbies: Golf, reading
Worst job you ever had: Pizza delivery boy
Favorite vacation spot: Palm Desert
Best advice anyone has given you: Its not what you do, but how you do it.
Pre-game ritual or superstition: I dont believe in them.
What would you like to be doing in five years?: Using my Chinese language skills to do business in China for a multinational company.
– Compiled by Michelle Gardner
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