John Sharper Class: Senior Hometown: Oakland, Calif. High School: St. Mary's High Height / Weight: 6-0 / 190 Position: G Experience: 3L

The most experienced player on the SDSU roster having logged 86 career games, including 52 straight... One of the most prolific three-point shooters in school history, he ranks 8th in career three-point field goals (87), 11th in three-point field goals attempted (224) and 4th in three-point field goal percentage (38.8)... Originally a walk-on, he has become a regular in the rotation and last season made 20 starts... Always a solid ball-handler (he averages one turnover every 22.4 minutes for his career) and has recorded more three-point field goals than turnovers in each of his first three seasons... Possesses the ability to play either guard position and may be the most solid perimeter defender on the team... Continues to improve his ability to break down defenses and get to the basket... His 86 career Aztec games are 16 more than any other player on the SDSU squad.

As A Junior (2004-05 Season)
MWC Rankings: 11th in three-point field goal percentage, 14th in steals, 15th in three-point field goals made
One of five Aztec players to see action in all 29 games last season... Made 20 starts, the fourth highest total on the squad, trailing only Brandon Heath (28), Marcus Slaughter (27) and Mohamed Camara (21)... Led the team in three-point field goal percentage (36.8 percent) and although he did not qualify, would have led the team in free throw percentage at 90.9 percent (20-of-22)... Coupled with his team-high 40.0 percent three-point field goal percentage last season, Sharper joins Tony Ross and Al Faux as the only players in school history to lead the team in that category in consecutive seasons... Logged the third most minutes on the team (behind Heath and Slaughter) and ranked 2nd in assists (38), 2nd in three-point field goals (43), 3rd in steals (33), 4th in scoring (177 points/6.1 ppg) and 4th in rebounding (98 rebounds/3.4 rpg)... His efforts rank on the single-season three-point charts: 13th in percentage (36.8), 14th in makes (43) and 18th in attempts (117)... He now owns two of the top 13 single-season three-point field goal percentage seasons in school history (11th in 2003-04 and 13th in 2004-05)... The only other Aztecs that can make that claim are Tony Ross and Al Faux... Has 24 career multiple-trey games, including 12 during the 2004-05 season... In his career, when Sharper makes two or more treys in a game, SDSU is 13-11 and the Aztecs are 5-1 when he makes three three-pointers or more in a game... Since the beginning of the 2002-03 season, SDSU is 12-11 when Sharper connects on at least two three-pointers and 13-23 when he does not reach two treys... Produced five double-digit scoring games during the season after failing to score 10 or more points in his first two seasons... Had no double-digit scoring games in first 60 collegiate games but has reached 10 or more points five times in the last 25 games... Made a three-point field goal in 26 of 29 games and never went consecutive games without a trey... Three-point field goal breakdown by games: 3 - five games, 2 - seven games, 1 - 14 games, 0 - three games... Posted 12 games with multiple treys... Opened the season with five consecutive multiple-trey games going 13-for-25 (52.0 percent) during the stretch... That streak set a personal best for most consecutive games with multiple treys... Ended the season with a career-high 10 consecutive games with a trey, going 15-for-37 (40.5 percent) during that span... 43 of his 56 field goals and 117 of his 150 attempts came from behind the arc... 73.7 percent of his points came off three-point baskets, the fourth highest percentage in school history among players that tallied at least 100 points in a season, trailing only Steve Sir (2002-03) 83.6 percent, Karlo Kovacic (2000-01) 77.0 and Sharper (2003-04) 75.0 percent... For the third consecutive season he recorded an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1-to-1 or better (38 assists, 38 turnovers)... Posted more three-point field goals than turnovers for the third straight campaign (43 three-pointers, 38 turnovers)... Averaged one turnover every 20.7 minutes, the best mark by an SDSU guard in 2004-05... Had 10 turnover-free games during the season and did not commit a turnover in five of the 10 games he started... Played 103 minutes, covering three entire games and parts of five games, without committing a turnover during conference play (final four minutes vs. Wyoming, 35 minutes vs. Colorado State, 29 minutes at Air Force, 19 minutes at New Mexico and the first 16 minutes vs. Utah)... Of his 38 turnovers, 13 came in three games (five at Washington (12-7-04), four vs. UC Santa Barbara (11-19-04) and four vs. New Mexico (2-26-05)... Take out those three games, and Sharper had 25 miscues in 710 minutes, for one turnover every 28.4 minutes... Started the final three games of the season, four of the final five and 11 of the final 15 games of the campaign... Played 30 or more minutes in a game 13 times during the season... Produced the two highest scoring games of his career in consecutive outings against San Diego (13 points on 12-1-04) and at UC Santa Barbara (15 points on 12-4-04)... Had consecutive double-digit scoring efforts with 10 points vs. Wyoming (1-22-05) and 11 vs. Colorado State (1-24-05)... Connected on 27-of-66 (40.9 percent) of his three-point field goal attempts in home games last season... Important to SDSU's success as demonstrated by his numbers in SDSU wins vs. losses... In Aztec wins, he averaged 7.6 points, 0.7 turnovers and connected on 19-of-45 (42.2 percent) three-point field goals; in SDSU losses, he averaged 5.1 points, 1.7 turnovers and connected on 24-of-72 (33.3 percent) three-point field goals... The Aztecs were 7-2 during the season when he shot 50 percent or better from the field (4-16 when he did not connect on at least half of his attempts).

As a Sophomore (2003)
MWC Rankings: 14th in three-point field goal percentage
Saw action in 29 of 30 games, with his lone did not play coming against UC San Diego (12-6-03)... Ended the 2003-04 campaign having played in 23 consecutive games... Made five starts, including the home finale against Utah (3-6-04)... Averaged 4.1 points, 0.9 rebounds, 0.9 apg, 0.9 spg and 17.9 mpg in his 29 appearances... Most remarkable was what he didn't do - turn the ball over... Despite splitting time between the two guard positions, Sharper had just 19 turnovers in 520 minutes of action for an astounding average of one turnover every 27.4 minutes of action... Connected on 38 treys to post a remarkable 2-to-1 three-point field goal-to-turnover ratio... Also had 26 steals... Had 18 games in which he did not commit a turnover... His three-point field goal percentage of 40.0 was not only tops on the team, but the 11th-best single-season mark in school history and the fourth-best figure in Steve Fisher's five seasons on The Mesa... His 30 treys were the 29th highest single-season total... Went five consecutive games without a turnover from Dec. 31, 2003 to Jan. 17, 2004 (broken Jan. 24, 2004, at Colorado State), covering a span of 114 minutes... Scored eight points vs. Wyoming (2-21-04), his sixth game of the year with at least eight points... Scored eight points in 20 minutes at Brigham Young (2-7-04)... Was a perfect 2-for-2 from the field and scored seven points in a win over New Mexico (2-2-04)... Earned the fifth start of his career against Utah (3-6-04).... Also started against Air Force (1-31-04) and the last three games of the non-conference schedule... Tied a career-high with nine points on 3-of-4 shooting in a career-high 34 minutes in his return home to the Bay Area at Saint Mary's (1-7-04)... Played at least 10 minutes in 27 of his 29 games he played in the `03-'04 season, including 12 games with at least 20 minutes... 75 of his 97 field goal attempts were from three-point range, including 30 of his 38 makes... Made seven of his first nine attempts (77.8 percent) from three-point range... Earned his first career start and played 25 minutes against Portland (12-31-03)... Saw 20 minutes of action at Arizona (12-22-03) where he dished out a career-best four assists... Ended a cold streak from behind the arc (1-for-7) by hitting three-of-four from deep against Cal Poly (12-18-03), to give him a career-high nine points and also tallied three assists... Scored eight points in season opener against Long Beach State (11-21-03) on three of four shooting, including two of three from behind the arc, in 20 minutes off the bench... Tied for team-high honors by topping the hockey plus/minus category in two of the final eight games... Earned a scholarship over the summer after proving his worth during his freshman year in which he was a walk-on... Fractured his third metacarpal in his right hand while playing basketball early in the 2003 summer... Wore a cast and missed more than a month recovering from the injury... Worked on his left-hand ball skills during the recovery process.

As A Freshman (2002-03 Season)
Played in 28 of 30 games for the Aztecs and logged 236 minutes - the ninth highest total on the team, sixth among non-seniors... Averaged 1.9 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game... His averages per 40 minutes were 8.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists... Despite playing a majority of his minutes at the point guard position, he committed a mere 12 turnovers during the 2002-03 campaign (one turnover every 19.7 minutes of action)... Played in 18 games in which he did not turn the ball over and never had more than two miscues in any one game... Played 11 or more minutes nine times during his freshman campaign... Proved to be an excellent long-range shooter, connecting on 14-of-32 three-point field goal attempts (43.8 percent)... That percentage would have led the team and ranked third in the Mountain West Conference had he had enough attempts to qualify... He was the league's top three-point shooting freshman with at least three attempts (teammate Steve Sir was third in that category)... Sharper's long-range shooting and ability to run the point is best demonstrated by his three-point field goal to turnover ratio of 1.17-to-1... 30 of his 36 field goal attempts during the season came from three-point range, connecting on 16 total - including 14 three-pointers... Made a three in 11 of his final 21 games and made at least one trey in 13 games during his freshmen season... Had three points, one rebound, one assist and no turnovers in seven minutes vs. UC Santa Barbara (3-19-03)... Scored five points in 13 minutes against UNLV (2-11-03)... Played 13 or more minutes in four straight games from Jan. 25-Feb. 11... Played a career-high 20 minutes vs. Colorado State (2-1-03) and followed that up with 15 minutes, his second highest playing total, against Wyoming (2-3-03)... Played a career-high 20 minutes against the Rams (2-1-03), where he had four points, three rebounds, one assist and no turnovers... Played 16 minutes against Loyola Marymount (1-3-03) and 14 minutes of action at New Mexico (1-25-03)... Had three points, two rebounds, one assist and no turnovers in 14 minutes against the Lobos... Made a three in his only attempt from the field in seven minutes against Utah (1-18-03)... Scored a point and added an assist with no turnovers in 13 minutes against San Diego (1-8-03)... He scored three points, added three rebounds, two assists and did not commit a turnover against the Lions... Had three points, two rebounds and one assist in 11 minutes against IPFW (12-30-02)... Connected on 2-of-4 attempts from three-point range in eight minutes of action against Florida Atlantic (12-28-02)... Contributed a three-pointer - his first career points - to SDSU's school-record barrage of 16 treys against UCSD (12-2-02).

High School
A graduate of St. Mary's High in Berkeley, Sharper excelled on and off the court... An honors student all four years in high school, he helped lead the Panthers basketball squad to a 59-8 record his final two seasons... A nominee for California Mr. Basketball, Sharper earned third-team all-state accolades from CalHiSports.com... Participated in 2002 Fullcourt Press All-West Camp... One of 10 prep players to earn a position on the Cal-HiSports.com's Division IV all-state team... Also earned all-metro and all-league distinction... In addition to averaging 21.2 points as a senior, he also averaged six assists per game and connected on 85 percent of his free-throw attempts... Team claimed the California high school Division IV championship his junior season... Played for Jose Caraballo in high school.