JUNIOR COLLEGE
Totalled 596 points (9.3 ppg), 399 rebounds (6.2 rpg), 106 blocks, 104 assists and 77 steals, while shooting 54 percent from the field during his junior college career, in helping pace perennial NJCAA powerhouse Okaloosa-Walton Community College to a two-year composite mark of 54-10 (.844)... Averaged 11.0 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 54 percent from the field, this past year in helping lead coach Bruce Stewart's OWCC contingent to a 25-4 record, Panhandle Conference championship and No. 5 season-ending NJCAA team ranking... Topped the 2001-02 Raiders with 66 blocked shots and ranked second on the club with 47 steals... Garnered NJCAA All-Region VIII and Florida Community College Activities Association (FCCAA) All-State honors in addition to being a FutureStars Junior College All-America Third Team selection as a sophomore... Named to the 2001-02 All-Panhandle Conference First Team as well as earning all-academic first-team league plaudits for the second straight year... Rated as the No. 17 junior college player in the country by the Prep Stars Recruiter's Handbook and garnered high honorable mention all-America accolades by recruiting analyst Rick Ball... Averaged 7.9 points and 5.1 rebounds per contest as a collegiate rookie to garner all-conference freshman accolades... Shot 54 percent from the field and was tied for team runner-up honors with 40 blocked shots as a freshman to help pace OWCC to a sixth-place NJCAA Tournament finish as well as FCCAA and Region VIII championships en route to a 29-6 record.

HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time all-district and all-metro selection at John Ehret High School in New Orleans... Also twice collected all-West Bank laurels, earning outstanding boys player laurels as a senior... Averaged a team-leading 15.7 points and 9.6 rebounds per game as a prep senior in garnering Class 5A first-team all-state honors by the Louisiana Sports Writers Associa-tion... Shot 64 percent from the field and had a team-most 45 blocks to earn team MVP and best defensive player plaudits, while helping lead coach Reggie Frilot's Patriots to a 31-1 record and No. 1 state ranking during the 1999-2000 season... Voted MVP of the 1999 adidas Elite Eight Tournament and was chosen Amateur Athlete of the Month for January 2000 by the Nokia Sugar Bowl Sports Selection Committee... Averaged 13.1 points and 8.7 rebounds per contest, while shooting 52 percent from the field and being credited with a team-high 49 blocks, as a junior to help lead John Ehret High School to the state tournament quarterfinals and a district championship with a 27-8 record.

PERSONAL Branden Michael Vincent was born October 11, 1982, in New Orleans, La... Majoring in fitness management... The son of Mack and Beatrice Vincent... His older brother, Mack, is a wide receiver at Louisiana-Monroe, having led the Indians with 47 catches and 619 receiving yards in 2001.