ACADEMIC NOTES:Majoring in business economics…2010 Golden EagleScholar-Athlete recipient…Earned scholar-athlete awards inbasketball in high school.
FUN FACTS: Playedon a sixth-grade AAU team coached by NBA Hall of Famer JohnStockton and former Phoenix Sun and Utah Jazz standout JeffHornecek.
CAREER NOTES: Seenaction in 89 games with 60 starts…Recorded 373 assists inhis career, ranking fifth on NAU career top 10...4.2 assists pergame average ranks eighth in school history.
2011-12 (JUNIOR):Bob Cousy Award Candidate; Big Sky Player of the Week (Dec. 19);National Mid-Major Men's Basketball Player of the Week and Big SkyPlayer of the Week (College Sports Madness, Dec. 19)…Started26 of 29 games...Averaged career-high 6.7 points per game with 4.9assists per game, the third-best total in the Big Sky and 66th inDivision I...Scored in double digits seven times... Posted seven ofnine top scoring games of his career season... Assist-to-turnoverratio of 2.2, second-best total in Big Sky and 45th in DivisionI…Reset career-high with 24 points at Arizona State...Hitgame-winning three-pointer to secure the win with 0.6 seconds leftin the game....Named Big Sky Player of the Week for his performanceon Dec. 19...Scored 17 points against Arizona Christian with nineassists...Had eight points in season opener vs. Louisiana...Tiedcareer-high with seven rebounds against Loyola Marymount...Recorded10 games with seven or more assists.
2010-11(SOPHOMORE): Received the Most Improved Award at the teambanquet…Saw action in all 32 games...Started first 26 gamesand 30 overall...Averaged 3.7 points and 5.4 assists pergame...Reset career single-game best in every statistical categoryin first eight games...Recorded 173 assists (5.4 avg.) to lead theBig Sky, rank 31st in the nation in per game average and rankseventh among sophomores…Also tied for the fourth-bestsingle-season total and ninth-best per-game average in schoolhistory...Recorded 13 games with six or more assists, including acareer-best 13 against Idaho State and 11 against both AlabamaState and Montana...Had 10 or more four times this season...13assists against Idaho State rank tied for sixth-best total on NAUsingle-game charts...Recorded three of the top 14 assist game inschool history...NAU was 9-1 when he has seven or moreassists…Led the Big Sky in assists-to-turnover ratio andranked seventh in Division I at 2.88...Recorded top 10 careersingle-game assist totals, top six scoring totals and top sixrebounding totals...Scored in double figures two times...Had aseason-high 11 points against Air Force...Had 10 points at KennesawState...Scored nine points at Weber State with half-court, buzzerbeater at halftime.
2009-10(FRESHMAN): Saw action in all 28 games with fourstarts...Averaged 1.8 points and 2.0 assists per game in 15.5minutes per contest...Scored in 14 games on the season...Recorded2.0 assist-to-turnover ratio...Had a single-game high sixpoints at San Diego State and at Portland State...Played 20or more minutes in four Big Sky games...Played a season-high 27minutes at Sacramento State...Saw action in 25 minutes at PortlandState and double overtime win against the Vikings in Flagstaff.
HIGH SCHOOL: A2009 graduate of Judge Memorial…Played for JimYerkovich…Led Judge Memorial in Salt Lake City to the Utahstate title as a junior and a pair of top-five state finishes inhis prep career…Named the 2008 3A State Tournament MostValuable Player, while earning all-state and all-region first teamhonors…Also named to the 2009 3A All-State team for thesecond consecutive season and was the Region 10 MVP…Scored15 points with eight assists in the Senior All-State Game played inSandy, Utah…Also a four-year letter winner in baseball,helping team to a state championship in 2008 with a 26-1record…Team also finished second and third in state in 2006and 2007.
PERSONAL: BornStallon 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 AmericanUniversity.
