Awards
- All-MWC Honorable Mention (2005, 2007)
BYU Highlights
- Appeared in 101 games including 53 starts, averaging 21.6 minutes per game
- Averaged 6.6 points, 3.5 assists and 2.4 rebounds per game
- Shot 43.6 percent from the floor, 40.2 percent from three and 75.0 percent from the free throw line
- 12th highest 3-point field goal percentage (.402)
- 12th most assists (355)
- 13th most assists per game (3.51)
- 19th most 3-point field goals made (113)
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
- 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
- Street & Smith Preseason All-Phoenix First Team selection.