Missed entire 2007-08 season after undergoing shoulder surgery • possesses great leadership skills and tremendous court savvy.

2007-08:
Missed season after having shoulder surgery.

2006-07:
Redshirted after having wrist surgery.

2005-06  |  Sophomore Season:
Played in 10 games • scored three points, was 1-of-1 from three-point range vs. Grambling (12/21) • saw action vs. Wake Forest in NIT First Round (3/15) •Academic All-Big Ten.

2004-05  |  Freshman Season:
Played in 10 games • scored his first points as a Golden Gopher vs. St. Francis (Pa.) (12/22) • played a career-high eight minutes vs. Coppin State (1/1).

High School:
A graduate of Wayzata High School • named all-conference his senior season • lettered three years in basketball • named to the Minnesota Basketball News Top 100 • averaged 12.1 points and 5.4 assists his senior year • shot .472 from three-point range and .770 from the free-throw line • played on the Minnesota Magic AAU team with Gopher teammates, Spencer Tollackson and Miles Webb • competed in two National AAU Final Fours • National Honor Society member.

Personal:
Sport studies major • son of Phil (Flip) and Debbie Saunders • father was a Gopher basketball letterwinner from 1974-77 and is the head coach of the Detroit Pistons • was the head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves from 1995-2005 • mother was a U of M dance line member from 1974-76 • born April 28, 1986.