Andrew Steele Class: Sophomore Hometown: Birmingham, Ala. High School: John Carroll Height / Weight: 6-3 / 215 Position: Guard Birthdate: 05/14/1990 Experience: HS

2008-09 (FRESHMAN): Played in 29 games and averaged 3.3 points per outing ... earned the team's Guy Lee Turner Defensive Award as the team's top defender ... scored eight points and sank 2-or-2 shots from three-point range versus Auburn ... played 24 minutes off the bench at Mississippi and had a career-high seven rebounds and four assists ... had nine points in a career-high 36 minutes at Auburn ... scored 10 points in his first game against Florida A&M ... grabbed four rebounds and scored seven points in the home win over Arkansas ... had the second best assist-to-turnover ratio on the team at 1.5 ... averaged 4.7 points in the final six games of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Graduated from John Carroll Catholic High School in Birmingham, Ala...the 2008 Alabama Sportswriters Association Class 5A Player of the Year...a 2008 Alabama Sportswriters' Association First-Team Super All-State selection and First-Team Class 5A All-State selection...the 2008 Birmingham Tip-off Club Player of the Year...played in the 2008 Alabama vs. Mississippi All-Star Game...the 2008 Birmingham News Metro Player of the Year...First Team All-Metro...scored 1,501 points, had 696 rebounds, had 337 assists, and had 305 steals in his prep career...as a senior in 2008, he averaged 16.1 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.7 steals and 4.6 assists...shot 54 percent from the field as a senior and 48 percent for his high school career...the 2007 Birmingham News Metro Player of the Year and a First-Team All-Metro selection...a 2007 Alabama Sportswriters Association Class 5A First-Team All-State selection...named the 2007 Central Region Most Valuable Player and All-Central Region Tournament...a member of the 2007 Class 6A All-State Tournament Team...named to the 2007 Over the Mountain Journal Player of the Year...coached by Marty Smith at John Carroll...also was a football recruit, completing 194-of-324 passes for 2,367 yards and 14 touchdowns in 10 games in 2007...was active in high school as student council member...member of the Math National Honor Society, the French National Honor Society, the National Honor Society and the Campus Ministry Team ... born May 14, 1990...son of Ronald and Linda Steele...has one brother, Ronald, a former point guard for the Crimson Tide...majoring in marketing.