Rian Pearson
Year: Senior
Position: Guard
Height: 6-4
Weight: 190
Hometown: Raytown, MO
High School: Raytown South
College: UW-Green Bay
2012-13 - Toledo
Named to NABC All-District 14 First-Team and All-MAC First Team...Ranked third in MAC with 17.9 ppg and also appeared in league rankings with 4.7 def. rpg (6th), 1.7 spg (6th), 33.2 mpg (6th), 6.8 rpg (8th) and 2.1 off. rpg (11th)...Scored career-high 30 points vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Nov. 28)...Sank career-best 16 free throws which are tied for third most in a game in school history...Notched three double-doubles - 29 pts. & 14. reb. vs. EMU (Feb. 9), 18 pts. & 12 reb. at CMU (Feb. 16) & 21 pts & 11 reb. vs. McNeese State (Feb. 23) - in a four-game period...Tallied 28 points at FGCU (Nov. 22) and grabbed season-best five steals vs. Samford (Nov. 21)...Led UT in scoring on 13 occasions, including first double-double of season (11th of career) with 24 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and three steals vs. UIC (Dec. 29)...Scored 27 points and grabbed nine rebounds at Kent State (Jan. 9)...Ended the season with a career-best 14-game double-digit scoring streak (Jan. 19-pres.).
2011-12 - Toledo
Started all 36 games...Named to NABC All-District 14 First-Team, All-MAC Second Team and Academic All-MAC squad...Finished third in MAC Player of Year voting...Tied for first in MAC with 16.4 ppg and ranked third with 8.3 rpg...Became first sophomore to lead league in scoring since Marshall’s Tamar Slay in 1999-2000 campaign...Also led MAC in conference games only with 17.3 ppg and was third with 8.1 rpg...Led MAC with 2.9 offensive rpg and was tied for third with team-high 5.4 defensive rpg, tied for sixth with team-high 1.6 spg and seventh with team-best 32.2 mpg...Ranked fifth nationally in rebounding among guards...Named MAC West Player of Week three straight weeks with 22.5 ppg and 8.5 rpg vs. Miami and KSU, 27.5 ppg and 10.5 rpg vs. Akron and Buffalo and 15.5 ppg and 13.0 rpg vs. Ohio and BGSU...Named MAC Scholar-Athlete of Week twice (Jan. 30, Feb. 13)...Led team in scoring and rebounding on team-high 17 and 28 occasions, respectively...Tallied season-high 29 points, 12 boards and four steals at Akron Feb. 1)...Notched 27 points, five boards and three steals vs. UIC (Nov. 26)...Scored 26 points with eight boards vs. Buffalo (Feb. 4)...Scored 18 points and grabbed career-high 17 rebounds vs. Ohio (Feb. 8)...Ranked second in MAC with 10 double-doubles...Tied school record with seven steals vs. Ball State (Jan. 10) in addition to registering 19 points, seven rebounds, three assists and one block in season-high 38 minutes.
2010-11
Sat out campaign after transferring from UW-Green Bay.
2009-10 - Green Bay
Saw action in 32 games...Sat out first three contests due to minor knee surgery...Averaged 6.4 points and 2.7 rebounds in 16.5 minutes per game...Came on strong at end of year, averaging 11.3 ppg and 4.9 rpg over last seven games...Scored season-best 17 points vs. Indiana State (2/20)...Tallied 14 points and six rebounds against Saint Louis (3/22) in second round of College Basketball Invitational.
High School - Raytown South
A 2009 graduate of South High School...Averaged 23.0 points and 8.8 rebounds per game as senior...Selected to Missouri Coaches Class 5 all-state team and Missouri Media Class 5 all-state second team...Scored team-high 21 points to lead Missouri to victory in 2009 Kansas vs. Missouri High School All-Star Challenge...Earned all-conference and second-team All-Metro accolades as junior.
Personal
Full name: Rian Lamont Pearson...Age: 22 (born July 6, 1990)...Son of Roderick and Pam Pearson...Father played college basketball at Central Missouri State and works for Ford Motors...Mother is employed by American Red Cross...Brother, Roderick Jr., played collegiate basketball at Oral Roberts and Southeast Missouri State...Also has two sisters, Rita and Djenaba...Majoring in individualized program.
