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00 Rashad Brooks Class: Senior Hometown: Mardella Springs, Md. High School: Mardella Springs Last College: Cecil CC Height / Weight: 6-1 / 205 Position: Guard Birthdate: 12/19/1975 Experience: 1L

Last Season: Solid point guard for the Cardinals, averaging 10 minutes of action a game with two starts (vs. Xavier, Marquette) ... Handed out 21 assists with 19 TOs ... Averaged 4.8 points and 2.2 rebounds over the last six games ... Scored a career-high 11 points at Houston in the Cards' regular season finale (3-4-00), adding three rebounds ... Totalled seven points, a career-high five rebounds and two assists off the bench against Saint Louis (2-23-00) ... Produced six points and three rebounds at DePaul ... Had nine points in seven minutes vs. Southern Miss ... Had five points and two assists against North Carolina ... Had five points and two assists off the bench at Alaska Anchorage (11-27-99), hitting both of his shots from the field.

Prior to Joining the Cardinals: Averaged 19.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 5.6 assists and two steals as a sophomore for Coach Bill Lewit, leading Cecil Community College to a 25-8 record and a regional championship, the first in school history ... Shot 54 percent from the field, including 39 percent from the three-point line (51 of 132), and 70 percent of his free throws ... A third-team NJCAA All-America, Brooks scored 1,067 career points at Cecil, including a single-game high of 47 against Philadephia (Pa.) Community College ... Earned first team All-Region 20 (16 teams) and All-Maryland Junior College (18 teams) honors as a sophomore ... Averaged a team-leading 1.1 blocked shots as a sophomore ... A physical player with good penetrating ability, Brooks bench presses 290 pounds and squats 525 ... During Brook's sophomore year, Cecil rose to as high as the nation's top-ranked junior college team in the Jan. 19 NJCAA Division II poll. Cecil earned a berth in the national junior college tournament in Danville, Ill. where it lost in overtime to eventual national champion Brown Mackie. Brooks left in the first half of that game with an injury ... Averaged 15.1 points and 6.4 assists as a freshman at Cecil in 1996-97 while shooting 60.2 percent from the field ... Redshirted the 1997-98 season at Cecil ... Cecil CC teammate D.J. Wootson signed with Georgia State ... Originally from Hampton, Va., Brooks played three seasons at Mardella Springs (Md.) High School before joining the Cecil program ... Possesses a vertical leap of nearly 40 inches ... Chose to attend U of L after also considering Kansas State, Iowa State and Providence ... Other Cardinals who have worn No. 00 under Denny Crum: Robbie Valentine (1982-86).

Personal: Born Dec. 19, 1978 ... Has one older sister ... Lives with his aunt Audrey Gaines ... Major is sociology ... Personal goal at U of L is to graduate ... Enjoys cleaning and reading in his spare time ... Chose to attend U of L because of the Cardinals' "tradition, coaching staff and fans" ... Signing with the University of Louisville has provided him his biggest thrill in sports ... His junior college coach Bill Lewit has had the greatest influence on his athletic career ... When he played basketball as a kid, he pretended he was Kevin Johnson ... Best basketball advice given to him was to "keep your head up."

Favorites: Basketball Player: Allen Iverson ... NBA Team: Los Angeles Lakers ... Athlete, Other than a basketball player: Tiger Woods ... Movie: The Green Mile ... TV Show: Rap City ... Musical Group/Singer: Jay Z, Lox ... Foods: pizza ... Midnight snack: fruit cocktail ... Would Most Like to Meet: God