2008-09 [Junior]: Emerged once again as the starter at point guard for the Warhawks after injuries hampered the position … Appeared in all 30 games on the season, picking up the start in 23 contests … Upped his production from the season before and averaged 6.1 points and 1.3 boards in 24.0 minutes per game … Tallied the top eight scoring performances of his career during the season including a career-high 16 points against Louisiana-Lafayette (2/12) … Topped double digits eight times on the campaign, including six against league foes … Also topped 10 points against NCAA Tournament-participant Stephen F. Austin (11/25) and at Auburn (12/6) … Came four assists shy of being ULM’s first player in three years with 100 or more assists … Had a career-high, and ULM season-high, nine assists with only one turnover at UALR (12/31) … Had 17 games of two or more assists and 15 games with a positive assist-to-turnover ratio … Also finished second on the team with 29 steals … Finished the season ranked 10th overall in the Sun Belt Conference in assists per game (3.20) and ninth overall in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.57).
2007-08 [Sophomore]: After joining the Warhawks as a walk-on was thrust into a starters role at point guard following a rash of injuries ... Appeared in 27 games for ULM, picking up the start in 11 of them – all against conference opponents ... Averaged 2.6 points and 1.7 assists per game against the Sun Belt ... Scored a career-high nine points at Louisiana-Lafayette (2/14) ... Tallied career-highs in rebounds (4) and assists (7) against Middle Tennessee (1/24) ... Scored 61 total points on the year for an average of 2.3 per game ... Pulled down 25 rebounds and added 42 assists – fourth-most on the team ... Led the team in assists eight times ... Averaged 15.3 minutes per game.
Prior to ULM: Lettered one year at St. Catharine College in Bardstown, Ky. for Wade O’Connor ... Averaged 12 points per game and 3 assists per game for the Patriots ... Was a three-year letterwinner in high school at L.W. Higgins High School and then at Ouachita High School ... As a senior, averaged 12 points, seven assists and six steals per game ... Helped lead his team to a championship game appearance as a senior ... Named All-Northeast Louisiana, Second Team All-District and team Co-Defensive Player of the Year while leading the district in assists and steals.
Personal: Full name is Kenneth DeJuan Averette ... Born on May 13, 1988 in Birmingham, Ala. ... Son of Kenneth and Sandra Averette ... Has two older sisters ... His father played for Oklahoma City College and his cousin, Tronn Moller, played at Louisiana Tech.
