Robert Vaden

Prev School:
Indiana
Height:
6-5
Weight:
205
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Indianapolis, Ind.
High School:
Pike

Senior Season (2008-09)

Conference USA Second Team All-Conference
NABC Second-Team All-District
Led team and was fifth in C-USA averaging 17.6 ppg
Drained a C-USA best 112 3-pointers, third most in a UAB single-season
Scored in double-figures in all but two games
Eight 3-pointers and 28 points at Old Dominion
Scored 1,000th UAB point at Memphis (1/17)
Double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds against USF
Game-high 24 points at Notre Dame in Second Round of NIT
- Also scored 2,000 career point against the Fighting Irish

Junior Season (2007-08)

Broke single-season school records of points (695), threes made (142) and threes attempted (355)
His marks from beyond the arc also set the single-season records for Conference USA and placed him second and fifth in the nation in three-pointers made and attempted
NABC and USBWA First Team All-District, becoming the first UAB player since 1991 to earn such honors (Andy Kennedy earned accolades in 1990 and `91)
Named the Conference USA Newcomer of the Year and was a C-USA First-Team honoree
Ranked among the top-10 single-season school records in points per game average (21.1, T-2nd), field goals made (220, 8th), field goals attempted (539. 4th), free throw percentage (86.3, 4th) and minutes played (1,170, 4th)
Reached the 20-point plateau in 17 contests during season, which tied a school record
Recorded four 30-point performances, one off the school record
C-USA Player of the Week for the week of March 3, which he averaged 35.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game in wins over UTEP and Tulane
Career-high 41 points in win over UTEP on Feb. 27, which set a school record for points in a road game and tied the school record for points in a game
- Set the school mark for threes in a game with nine against the Miners
Followed that performance with 30 points in the win over Tulane (3/1)
C-USA Player of the Week honor after scoring a then-career-high 33 points, 28 of which came in the second half, en route to a 79-76 win over Kentucky (12/15)
- 10-of-18 field goals and 7-of-11 threes in the win over the Wildcats
33 points and added five rebounds in win over Southern Miss (1/16)
27 points in victory over Old Dominion (12/29)
27 points and five boards in one-point loss to then-No. 1 Memphis (2/16)
26 points and eight threes made in win at Georgia State (11/10)
26 points in 43 minutes of action at Southern Miss (2/5)
25 points on the strength of seven three-pointers in the win over Alabama State (1/2)
25 points on 9-of-18 shooting from the floor and 7-of-13 from beyond the arc in win over Jacksonville (11/24)
24 points on 8-of-17 shooting from beyond the arc in the win over SMU (2/23)
23 points at Marshall (1/19)
scored double figures in all but one game during season.

Indiana (2004-06)

Emerged as one of the top players in the Big Ten during his two seasons at Indiana under head coach Mike Davis
His versatility enabled him to lead the Hoosiers in assists (109) and steals (38), while also ranking second on the squad in scoring (13.5 ppg) and rebounding (5.5 rpg) during the 2005-06 campaign
Started every game for IU during his two seasons, running his consecutive start streak to 60 games, the most by an IU player since Jared Jeffries started 70 consecutive games from 2001-2003
2006 Big Ten Honorable Mention in 2006
2005 Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2005
Hit 12 straight three-pointers during a three-game stretch against Butler (4-of-4), Ball State (6-of-6) and Michigan (hit first two attempts), which fell only three short of the NCAA Division I record of 15
Hit a school record-tying eight three-point field goals on his way to a career-high 26 points against Iowa
Recorded three double-doubles during the campaign
Big Ten Player of the Week honor on Jan. 2 with a terrific performance at Ball State in which he set a school record going a perfect 6-of-6 from three-point range
Team-high 18 points and three assists in 36 minutes in the NCAA Tournament first-round win over San Diego State
finished freshman campaign as both the team's third-leading scorer (10.2) and rebounder (4.3) \
- also led IU in free throw percentage (.803) and total minutes (980) as a freshman.

High School

Averaged 26 points and eight rebounds per game at Bridgton (Maine) Academy in 2003-04
Led team to 27-7 mark and a semifinal appearance in the New England Class A Prep School Tournament
Rated No. 47 in the final Insiders.com Top 100
Came off the bench to score 21 points on 6-of-8 from the floor and hitting all three of his three-pointers in the 2004 Jordan Capital Classic on April 17
As a junior at Indianapolis Pike High School, averaged 13.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game to lead the team to a 29-0 record, the Indiana Class 4A title and a No. 2 ranking in the final USA Today national prep poll
Rated eighth among small forwards and 44th overall by Rivals.com
Indianapolis Star Marion County Player of the Year.

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