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Born: January 16 , 1970
Palo Alto, California
Simi Valley High School, 1988
University of California, Los Angeles 1992
CAREER
Simi Valley High School:
Basketball:
Don was a appear letterman at Simi Valley High School 3-year
All League and All C.I.F., where he led his high school to
three Marmonte League Championships, ant
to the finals of the C.I.F. Tournament in 1987. In 1988 the
Simi Valley Pioneers were Southern Section Basketball Champions.
He holds season and career records in point average (31.5
season and 26.3 career) most points scored season (1008) and
career (2343). field goals season (379) and career (904),
free throws - season (18), career (533) and career rebounds
(1120).
University of California Los Angeles:
At UCLA Don was a four-year starter on the basketball team
(1989-1992 ). In his freshman year he scored a career high
41 points against North Texas and finished the season with
freshman records in scoring average (18.6 ppg) and rebounds
(7.5 rpg). In 1992 he was an All-American and helped lead
the Bruins to a conference championship and appearance in
the Elite Eight as he broke the Pac-l0 career scoring record.
In his Bruin career he was a three-time team MVP and three-time
all conference selection. He led the team in scoring three
times twice in rebounds and twice in field goal percentage.
He also led in free-throw
percentage all four seasons including 1991 - 1992 when he
made 92.1% of his free throws and led the nation.
His UCLA records include most career points (2,608) career
field goals scored (943 - tied with Lew Alcintor)
career attempts (1,776), most career 20-point games (68) and
career games scoring in double figures (123) including 68
straight). He also ranks second in career free throw percentage
at 86.0%. He ended his
college career averaging 20.5 points and 7.8 rebounds.
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Professional:
Don was the 19th overall pick in the First Round of the NBA
draft in 1992 where he was drafted by the Detroit Pistons
traded to the Clippers and traded to Washington. In 1995 he
went to Denver and in 1996 to
Philadelphia. In 1997 he was with New Jersey, 1998 with Seattle,
1999 with Phoenix and 2000 with Miami.
His best season was in 1993-94 when he averaged 18.2 points
and 6.2 rebounds for Washington.
In 1995-96 he averaged 22.4 points per game in five starts
for the Nuggets.
Due to tendonitis of the knees he missed all but nine games
in 1997-98.
Among his career highs: scored 38 points twice: attempted
27 and made 14 field goals against Golden State in 1995, attempted
16 and made 13 free throws against Minnesota in 1999, had
eight offensive rebounds against
Detroit in 1994 had 10 defensive rebounds three times a total
of 15 rebounds against Portland in 1993 7 assists against
Orlando in 1994, 3 steals against Golden State in 1995, at
least 2 blocks in seven games.
COMMUNITY
Don lives in Westlake and is presently an analyst for UCLA
broadcasts.
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