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  Asauhn Tatum
Asauhn Tatum

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Anderson, Ind.

High School:
Highland

Height / Weight:
6-11 / 210

Position:
C

2010-11: Led GVSU and finished first in the GLIAC with league-high 59 blocks (2.2 per game), which is the fourth-highest total in school history...Only Callistus Eziukwu, the school's career block leader, has ever tallied more blocks in a single-season...Already just one block shy of 10th place in GVSU career history...Also averaged 4.6 points and 4.0 rebounds per game, while shooting 57.1 percent from the field, second-best percentage on the team...Recorded a block in 24 of 27 contests, including a season-high seven rejections (in just 18 minutes) of 76-38 home win over Lake Superior State (Jan. 8). Tatum added six rebounds and five points against LSSU...Started in season's final 25 games, averaging 18.5 minutes per contest...Scored in double-digits three times, including a season-best 11 points in a 61-52 win at Northern Michigan (Dec. 18).

2009-10: Redshirted his freshman year at Grand Valley State.

High School: Averaged 11.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 4.0 blocked shots per game as a senior for an Anderson Highland squad that finished 14-9 and claimed the county championship...Tatum led the county in blocked shots and was named Anderson Highland's Most Improved Player for the 2008-09 season...ScoutingIndiana.com ranked Asauhn as the #2 center in the the state of Indiana.

Personal: Son of Vincent Tatum and Tamia Dixon-Tatum...Majoring in science at GVSU...Enjoys chess, video games, and drawing.