Stallon Saldivar

21 - Stallon Saldivar

Height: 6-0
Weight: 185
Year: Jr.-2L
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
High School: Judge Memorial
Position: G

ACADEMIC NOTES: Majoring in business economics…2010 Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete recipient…Earned scholar-athlete awards in basketball in high school.

FUN FACTS: Played on a sixth-grade AAU team coached by NBA Hall of Famer John Stockton and former Phoenix Sun and Utah Jazz standout Jeff Hornecek.

CAREER NOTES: Seen action in 60 games with 34 starts…Recorded 230 assists in first two seasons…3.9 assists per game average ranks tied for ninth in school history…

2010-11: Received the Most Improved Award at the team banquet…Saw action in all 32 games...Started first 26 games and 30 overall...Averaged 3.7 points and 5.4 assists per game...Reset career single-game best in every statistical category in first eight games...Recorded 173 assists (5.4 avg.) to lead the Big Sky, rank 31st in the nation in per game average and rank seventh among sophomores…Also tied for the fourth-best single-season total and ninth-best per-game average in school history...Recorded 13 games with six or more assists, including a career-best 13 against Idaho State and 11 against both Alabama State and Montana...Had 10 or more four times this season...13 assists against Idaho State rank tied for sixth-best total on NAU single-game charts...Recorded three of the top 14 assist game in school history...NAU was 9-1 when he has seven or more assists…Led the Big Sky in assists-to-turnover ratio and ranked seventh in Division I at 2.88...Recorded top 10 career single-game assist totals, top six scoring totals and top six rebounding totals...Scored in double figures two times...Had a season-high 11 points against Air Force...Had 10 points at Kennesaw State...Scored nine points at Weber State with half-court, buzzer beater at halftime.

2009-10 (FRESHMAN): Saw action in all 28 games with four starts...Averaged 1.8 points and 2.0 assists per game in 15.5 minutes per contest...Scored in 14 games on the season...Recorded 2.0 assist-to-turnover ratio...Had a single-game high six points  at San Diego State and at Portland State...Played 20 or more minutes in four Big Sky games...Played a season-high 27 minutes at Sacramento State...Saw action in 25 minutes at Portland State and double overtime win against the Vikings in Flagstaff.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2009 graduate of Judge Memorial…Played for Jim Yerkovich…Led Judge Memorial in Salt Lake City to the Utah state title as a junior and a pair of top-five state finishes in his prep career…Named the 2008 3A State Tournament Most Valuable Player, while earning all-state and all-region first team honors…Also named to the 2009 3A All-State team for the second consecutive season and was the Region 10 MVP…Scored 15 points with eight assists in the Senior All-State Game played in Sandy, Utah…Also a four-year letterwinner in baseball, helping team to a state championship in 2008 with a 26-1 record…Team also finished second and third in state in 2006 and 2007.

PERSONAL: Born Stallon E. Saldivar March 28, 1991 in Salt Lake City, Utah…Son of Danny and Sandy Saldivar…Has one sister, Shannon…Also considered Weber State and American University.