Guard • 6-3 • 205 • Jr. • Wellford, SC • Byrnes High School 

2004-05: Will play both small forward and power forward this season ... preseason All-South Atlantic Conference (SAC) selection ... should be our best defensive player and rebounder every game ... tremendous athlete and great offensive rebounder ... can score in different ways including from beyond the arc and running the floor ...will need to be a leader this season ... 2003-04 Played in all 28 games with 24 starting assignments ... averaged 7.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists while shooting 44.9% from the field, 35.6% from three-point range, and 61.8% from the free throw line ... scored in double figures in 10 of 28 games ... led team in scoring on two occasions ...  scored a season-high 15 points on two occasions: vs. Armstrong Atlantic State (11/15) & vs. Lander University (12/03) ... tallied first double-double of his career with 13 points and 11 rebounds versus Tusculum College (2/04) ... dished out a career-best seven assists in PC’s 69-67 win over Wingate (1/04) ... 2002-03: Played in all 36 games with 17 starting assignments ... averaged 6.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 0.9 assists while shooting 51.1% from the field, 40.4% from three-point range, and 70.8% from the charity stripe ... finished seventh in the SAC in three-point percentage ... scored in double figures seven times ... tallied a season-high 21 points in PC’s 81-80 loss to Wingate (2/12) ... set season-high with seven rebounds in PC’s 64-60 win over Mars Hill (1/22) ... In PC’s  77-58 win over #4 seed Shaw University (3/15) in the NCAA DII South Atlantic Regional semifinals, he scored 19 points and added three rebounds ... added 11 points in PC’s 71-59 upset win over #1 seed Columbus State (3/14) at the NCAA regional first round ... High School: 2002 graduate of Byrnes High School where he played for Rick Leonard ... named to All-Region team and participated in East/West and North/South All-Star Games ... averaged 16.0 points and 2.1 assists per game ... PERSONAL: Howard Tramaine Ballenger ... born February 3, 1984 in Spartanburg, S.C. ... son of Rejetta and Howard Ballenger ... majoring in chemistry.

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