| Height: | 6-5 |
| Weight: | 205 |
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Richmond, Va. |
| High School: | Mt. Zion Prep |
| College: | Frank Phillips Junior College |
| Position: | Guard/Forward |
| EXP: | 1V |
2010-11 Season (Senior)
A Second Team All-Big West Conference selection ... Voted
CSUN's Most Improved Player and the Andrew Chevalier co-MVP
along with Lenny Daniel ... Gained Big West Player of the Week
honors for his efforts in helping Cal State
Norrthridge collect a 66-62 victory at UC Irvine
(1/27/11) and at UC Santa Barbara (70-69, 1/29/11) ... At UC
Irvine, posted 15 points and five rebounds including a game-winning
three-point bank shot with 22 seconds to play ... At UCSB, scored a
career-high 26 points (23 points in the second half) ... Hit three
clutch free throws in the final seconds to preserve the Matador win
at UC Santa Barbara ... Also tallied a career-high 26 points at UC
Davis (3/3/11) ... CSUN's second leading scorer (14.6 ppg, #11 in
the BWC) ... Scored in double figures in 24 of the 29 games played
... Scored 24 points along with five rebounds and two steals at
California (11/16/10) ... Tallied 24 points with seven rebounds and
four assists vs UC Davis (12/30/10) ... Scored 20 or more points in
nine games ... Had career-highs in rebounds (8) and assists (4) at
Air Force (12/2/10).
2009-10 Season (Junior)
CSUN's Most Inspirational Player ... Was hampered by a painful
back injury throughout the 2009-10 season ... Nevertheless, played
in 17 games, six as a starter ... Scored a season-high 14 points
against Seattle (1/11/10) along with six rebounds, and another 14
points and five rebounds against UC Santa
Barbara (1/30/10).
Frank Phillips College
During the 2008-09 season, McLemore led the Plainsmen in scoring
at 17.6 ppg ... Averaged more than 20 points during conference play
... Started 24 of 28 games, shot .483 (174-for-360) from the floor,
.349 (37-for-106) from three-point territory and averaged 4.7
rebounds per game ... Also collected 63 steals (second-best on the
team), 88 assists (#2 on the team) and blocked 17 shots (third-best
on the squad) ... Scored in double figures in 25 of 28 games played
... That included point totals of 36 against Trinidad Junior
College and 33 against NMMI ... Also averaged five rebounds and
five assists per game ... For his efforts, McLemore gained
all-region and all-league honors ... Also named team MVP.
Ball State University (2007-08)
Began his collegiate career at Ball State University ... As a
redshirt freshman, started 17 of 29 games and averaged 8.3 ppg ...
Scored in double figures in seven games ... That included
double-digit games of 17 points against Illinois State, 16 against
Akron and 15 points against St. Joseph's.
Mt. Zion Prep Academy
As a senior, averaged 16 points, five assists and four rebounds
per game ... His expertise was long-range shooting where McLemore
drilled 90 three-point field goals and shot over 40 percent from
behind the arc as a senior ... A McDonald's All-American nominee,
McLemore helped lead Mt. Zion to a 20-10 record as a senior and a
ranking of 12th in the nation ... Also played two years as a
quarterback on the football team ... A member of the 2004 state
champion Notre Dame Academy team.
Matador Memo
Born May 13, 1986 ... Parents are Ruth and Johnnie McLemore ...
Has one brother (Johnnie Jr.) ... Roots for the Boston Celtics ...
His favorite NBA athlete is Paul Pierce ... His favorite actor is
Will Ferrell, and his favorite actress is Lisa Ray ... His favorite
television show is "The Game" ... A movie fan of "Above the Rim"
... Chose Cal State Northridge because he wanted to experience life
on the west coast ... His greatest sports moment was winning MVP
honors at the state championship game while playing for Notre Dame
Academy ... The best athlete he has played against is Josh Smith
... His best friends from another college team are Melvin Goins
(Tennessee), Joel Bankers (Hartford) and Deontay Twyman (Quinnipac
University) ... The best thing about being a student-athlete is the
competition, according to Rashaun ... The toughest part is "keeping
up with the school work" ... Would like to see more teams in the
NBA ... The person in history he would most liked to have met would
have been Martin Luther King, Jr. ... His favorite website is
www.worldstarhiphop.com ... The famous person he has ever met is
Bun B ... Would most like to switch places with Bill Gates ...
Would also like to be stranded on a desert island with Alicia Keys
... Would also like to have dinner with Vince Vaughn and Will
Ferrell ... If Rashaun had to listen to one CD the rest of his
life, it would be "My Brothers: JMAC" ... Rashaun would buy his
parents whatever they wanted if he had a million dollars ... The
best advice he offers to young people - stay in school and work
hard on-and-off the court ... No one knows how much "I love my
family" ... The best advice he ever received - "Phillippians 4:13"
... If a movie was ever made of Rashaun's life, Terrence Howard
would play the lead role ... Rashaun says he can't go a week
without talking with his family ... If he could change one thing
about the world today, he would "make the economy better" ... The
one thing that always makes Rashaun smile is "hearing my mama's
voice" ... His greatest hero - my dad because he fights through
adversity ... Pan African Studies major.
Rashaun McLemore - Career Highs
Points - 26 (2 games)
Field Goals - 10 vs UC Davis (12/30/10)
3-Point Field Goals - 4 (4 games)
Free Throws - 10 (2 games)
Rebounds - 8 at Air Force (12/2/10)
Assists - 4 (5 games)
Blocks - 2 at Eastern Washington (2/19/11)
Steals - 4 at UC Riverside (2/4/10)