Kyle Bankhead Class: RS Senior Hometown: Walla Walla, WA High School: Walla Walla Height / Weight: 6-0 / 193 Position: Guard/Forward Birthdate: 08/10/1980 Experience: 3V Major: Sports Management

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Walla Walla High, earning three letters each in basketball and baseball...Blue Devils won Washington State Class 4A title as a senior, going 26-3 with Big Nine Conference title...averaged 17.5 ppg and was Big Nine Conference MVP, All-State selection and All-Tournament Team MVP...junior season team advanced to Region IV tournament, earning second team All-Big Nine Conference honors.

Kyle Bankhead's Collegiate Career FRESHMAN (1999-00): Walked on at Gonzaga and redshirted.

FRESHMAN (2000-01): Became a solid weapon off the bench with his 3-point accuracy...was just hitting his stride when he was sidelined for 8 games with a fractured left third metacarpal...was leading the West Coast Conference in 3-point field goals and had scored 10 or more points in four straight games at the time of his injury...returned to action against Loyola Marymount the next-to-last weekend of the regular season and scored 10 points, going 2-for-3 from 3-point range...had season high 15 points against Monmouth, going 5-for-9 from the field, 5-for-8 from 3-point range...of 40 made field goals, 37 were from 3-point range...led WCC in 3-point percent on 37-of-73 for 50.7 percent, and his 1.48 made/game ranked 10th in the WCC...13 points at Montana helped key road victory early in the season, going 3-for-3 from the field, all from long range...scored 3 points against Saint Mary's College in first round of the WCC Tournament, his only field goal of the tourney a 3-pointer...went 1-for-5 from the field in the WCC Tournament, all from long range...came off the bench to play 19 minutes against Indiana State University in second round of NCAA Tournament, going 2-for-3 from the field and making both of his attempts from 3-point range for 6 points...played in all three NCAA Tournament games.

SOPHOMORE (2001-02): Was again a long-range threat in a reserve role, hitting 35-of-85 shots from beyond the arc for 41.2 percent...85 of his 104 shots for the season were treys...matched his career high with 15 points against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, going 5-for-8 from the field and 4-of-6 from 3-point range...also scored 11 points three times - at Monmouth, at home against Portland and in first round of West Coast Conference Tournament against Loyola Marymount...had one stretch later in the season where he went 12-for-25 from 3-point range for 48.0 percent...gave Gonzaga an offensive boost off the bench in first round of WCC Tournament against LMU, scoring 11 points on 4-for-5 day from the field including 3-of-4 from 3-point range...a pair of threes in span of a minute late in the game helped seal the victory...scored six points in NCAA Tournament First Round against Wyoming, all of his shots in a 2-for-3 game from 3-point range...named to the West Coast Conference All-Academic team with a 3.20 grade point average in sports management

JUNIOR (2002-03): Struggled from the field early in the season, going just 7-for-21 through the first five games...started to heat up at Montana, sparking comeback that saw Gonzaga come from 61-50 deficit with 10:35 to play to win 75-67...hit three treys down the stretch, including his final one with 3:58 to play to give Gonzaga the lead for good at 66-64...went 4-for-5 from the field, all from 3-point range, against Montana...sparked team to win at San Francisco when he scored a career-high 23 points, hitting 7-of-11 field goal attempts, all from 3-point range, to help pick up the slack for inured Tony Skinner...started 14 games, first start coming at home against Loyola Marymount in WCC opener as Skinner was suffering from sinus condition and had not practiced...started 11 of 13 WCC games he played, sitting out game at Portland with back spasms, then did not start next two home games against San Diego and Santa Clara...started both games in WCC Tournament and played a total of 60 minutes...went 4-for-10 from the field, 3-for-8 from 3-point range in the tournament...came off the bench in both games of the NCAA Tournament...his only field goal against Cincinnati gave Bulldogs a 13-point second-half lead, their biggest of the game in first-round victory...his 3-pointer in second-round game against Arizona broke a 39-39 tie and propelled Bulldogs to a 44-41 halftime lead over the Wildcats in a game Gonzaga lost 96-95 in double overtime...shot 44.0 percent from the field, 40.0 percent from 3-point range for the season...128 career 3-pointers and 298 3-point attempts both rank 8th on all-time Gonzaga list

Misc.: Born 8-10-80...member of National Honor Society with 3.6 high school GPA...plans to major in sports management at Gonzaga.