Azusa Pacific University Athletics

2008 (freshman): A gifted athlete with plenty of potential, newcomer Darin Stewart will sit out the year to satisfy NAIA transfer requirements from a prep school ... A good shooter who is noted for his smooth style of play ... Could develop into a very good player over the course of his college career.

PREP SCHOOL: Played the 2007 season at La Lumiere Prep School in La Porte, Ind., the same prep school that produced Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts ... Named co-MVP after leading the Lakers to a 19-8 record with a 21.8 scoring average ... Also averaged 6.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists while playing for head coach Delray Brooks, the 1984 USA Today High School Player of the Year ... Tallied a single-game best of 35 points.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated at Nampa (Ida.) High in 2006 where he competed in both basketball and track & field ... Averaged 10.7 points and 4.8 rebounds during his 2006 senior season. PERSONAL: Born March 19, 1988, in Spokane, Wash. ... Has 2 brothers (Kyle, Devon) and 3 sisters (Carlyn, Savannah, Chloe) ... His father, Tommy Stewart, played for current assistant coach Jim Larson at Whitworth College in the early 1980s ... Majoring in business marketing ... Is a member of the Business Professionals of America, an organization for students pursuing careers in business management.