1999-00 (AT MICHIGAN)
Was named the co- MVP at Michigan after playing 29 games and making 28 starts for the Wolverines...averaged 4.58 assists per game after collecting 133 during the season...his assists total was the 18th best single season total in school history...led Michigan in assists during 20 of the Wolverines' 29 games ...averaged 11.7 points and 3.8 rebounds...tallied a career-high 23 points against Duke...scored in double-figures 16 times throughout the season...led Michgan with 34 steals for a 1.2 average...nearly had a triple double against Georgia Tech with eight points, eight rebounds, and eight assists...averaged 32.4 minutes per game...played 40 minutes against Duke and Michigan State...recorded a career-high 43 minutes in an overtime game against Penn State...had a .391 field goal percentage and a .683 free throw percentage during his first collegiate season...led Michigan with 139 free throw attempts...was 14-of-18 from the free throw line against Iowa.
HIGH SCHOOL
Named the No. 31 prep player in the nation prior to the 1998-99 season, according to Bob Gibbons of All-Star Sports...named seventh best high school senior (perimeter player) in 1998-99 by Dick Vitale's College Basketball...named the No. 22 prospect and nations No. 4 point guard by ESPN...named the 1999 Parade Magazine fourth team high school All-American...named preseason honorable mention high school All-American by Street and Smith's in 1998-99...was the1999 Nevada Player of the Year...named preseason All-Nevada in 1998-99 by USA Today...was 1999 Las Vegas Suns state Player of the Year, and also named to the Sun's all-state first team...scored 20 points and had seven rebounds at the 1999 Nike Hoop Summit All-Star game as a member of the USA Basketball Men's Junior Select National Team...played in the 1999 Capital Classic All-Star game...participated in the 1999 Dada Classic All-Star Classic...invited to the 1999 try-out camp for the USA Basketball Men's Junior World Championship team...named to the all-tournament team at the 1999 Reebok Holiday Classic...finished his career averaging 20.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists...was a two-time first team all-conference selection in 1998 and 1999...averaged 27.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists as a senior...named the 1998 co-Most Valuable Player of the Southern Conference's Sunset Division...was a two-time first team all-state peformer in 1998 and 1999...had a triple double of 44 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 assists against Cheyenne High School in January 1998...was a1997 second team all-Southern Conference Sunset Division selection...averaged 23.9 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 6.3 assists as a junior...also averaged 17.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 5.0 assists a game as a sophomore...averaged 13.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 5.0 assists as a freshman...earned Best Playmaker and Best Defender awards at Five-Star Summer Camp...named to the Clark High School Honor Roll.
PERSONAL
Son of Kevin and Darlene Gaines...is an economics major at Houston with a minor in business administration...born on Nov. 3, 1980...nickname is Go-Go given to him by his younger sister Kristen...enjoys video games and reading.