Darion Goins

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-3
Weight:
204
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio
High School:
Harmony Prep
Prev School:
San Jose State Univ.

2008-09
Sat out the season per NCAA transfer regulations ... will have two seasons of eligibility remaining.

2007-08 At San Jose State
Played in 19 games off the bench ... averaged 0.6 points per outing in limited action ... had three points against Northern Arizona, hitting a three-pointer ... had buckets against Appalachian State, Michigan State, Cal State Bakersfield and New Mexico State.

2006-07 At San Jose State
Played in all 30 games, starting six ... averaged 3.3 points and 1.3 rebounds per game ... was a starter in the first five games of the season and in the Cal State Fullerton contest ... made an immediate impact in the season opener at UC Santa Barbara, with season highs of 16 points and seven rebounds ... scored in double figures three times on the season ... contributed 16 points in the win over Cal Poly, with his best shooting performance of the season ... was 4-for-6 from three-point range and 6-of-10 overall in that game ... also scored 12 points against Portland State, capping a three-game stretch in which he was 14-of-25 (56.0 percent) from the field and 5-of-11 (45.5 percent) from three-point land ... had a season-high four steals at BYU ... scored eight points, going 4-for-8 from the floor, at Duke ... had a conference scoring high of six points at Hawaii, going 2-of-4 from the floor.

High School
Played one season at Harmony Prep in Cincinnati ... team recorded a 29-3 mark in that 2005-06 season ... averaged 16 points and three assists per game ... prior to that, played two years at North College Hill in Cincinnati ... helped coach Jamie Mahaffey[apos]s team to a 48-2 record in those two years, including a state championship in 2005 ... averaged 9.1 points and shot 43 percent from the field as a senior ... was a first-team all-league performer that year ... also attended Winton Woods.

Personal
Darion Allen Goins was born on Feb. 16, 1987, in Cincinnati, Ohio ... plans to major in sociology at BGSU ... son of Kenneth and Marilyn Grimes ... has a younger sister ... has a daughter, Darianne Goins, born in March of 2007.