Personal
Parents are Danny and Michelle Ainge ... father Danny is former BYU All-American, NBA All-Star and Phoenix Suns head coach and current executive director of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics ... has three brothers and two sisters ... first cousin Eric is a quarterback at Tennessee ... served mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Dominican Republic ... he and wife Crystal have one son ... sociology major.
Before BYU
HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL: Ainge averaged 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists as a senior point guard at Highland High School ... Fiesta Conference First Team and Conference MVP ... East Valley Region First Team and East Valley MVP ... second-team All-State ... as a junior, averaged 17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists ... an outstanding student with a 3.9 GPA ... earned honorable-mention all-state honors as a junior while being named to the All-East Valley First Team ... a Street & Smith Preseason All-Phoenix First Team selection.
Summary
A floor leader with excellent understanding of the game, Austin Ainge finished his BYU career averaging 6.6 points on .436 shooting from the floor while adding 3.5 assists per game. After being injured just prior to the start of his first two seasons, Ainge earned the starting point guard spot in 2004-05, finishing the year third in the MWC in assists and receiving All-MWC honorable mention honors. He was named a co-captain for the 2005-06 season and played a key role off the bench before starting 26 of 34 games as a senior and earning All-MWC Honorable Mention honors a second time. He also led the league in three-point shooting and was third in assist/turnover ratio in league play. Ainge accepted an assistant coaching position at Southern Utah University at the conclusion of his senior season.
Stats
CAREER HIGHSPOINTS: 25 at Colorado State (2005)FG MADE: 8 at Colorado State (2005)FG ATT: 14 at Colorado St. (2005), vs. Xavier-NCAA (2007)FG %: 1.000 (6-6) vs. SDSU (2006)3FG MADE: 5 vs. TCU, at SDSU (2007), at CSU (2005)3FG ATT: 9 at USU, CSU (2005)3FG %: 1.000 (4-4) vs. SDSU (2006)FT MADE: 7 vs. Wyoming (2007), at UNLV (2005)FT ATT: 8 vs. Wyoming (2007), vs. Utah State (2005)FT %: 1.000 (5-5) at Boise State (2007) REB: 9 vs. Seton Hall (2007)ASSISTS: 10 at UNLV (MWC Finals) (2007)BLOCKS: 1 (4 times) last vs. Utah (2007)STEALS: 4 at Weber State, vs. SDSU (2005) MIN: 42 at UNLV (2005)AINGE YEAR-BY-YEAR BYU STATSYear GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct2003-04 8-0 36--4.5 4-8 .500 1-4 .250 1-2 .5002004-05 30-23 831--27.7 97-226 .429 39-113 .345 52-66 .7882005-06 29-4 431--14.9 38-93 .409 17-47 .362 12-18 .6672006-07 34-26 887-26.1 83-182 .456 56-117 .479 46-62 .742Total 101-53 2185--21.6 222-509 .436 113-277 .408 111-148 .750Year Off-Def-Tot--Avg PF-FO A--Avg TO Blk Stl Pts--Avg2003-04 0-3-3--0.4 6-0 6--0.8 6 1 0 10--1.32004-05 11-77-88--2.9 54-1 124--4.1 97 1 32 285--9.52005-06 3-44-47--1.6 26-0 75--2.6 45 1 21 105--3.62006-07 10-90-100--2.9 53-0 150--4.4 79 1 22 268--7.9Total 24-214-238--2.4 139-1 355--3.5 227 4 75 668--6.6