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The following bio is entering the 2008-09 season...
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UNLV CAREER
Wallace begins his second as a Runnin' Rebel in 2008-09.
FRESHMAN (2007-08)
Played in 28 games, all off the bench ... missed the first seven games of the season because of a stress fracture in his foot ... averaged 2.4 points per game ... made his Runnin' Rebel debut at Northern Arizona, scoring a season-high nine points, including hitting a pair of 3-pointers and going 3-for-3 at the free-throw line (his first points as a Runnin' Rebel were on a four-point play).
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2007 graduate of Mountain View High School in Mesa, Ariz. ... broke the school's career records in scoring (1,392 points), assists (447) and steals (202) ... as a sophomore, averaged 10.0 points, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game ... scored 18 points in the Toros' 2005 state championship victory ... that team went 32-1 ... as a junior, he led the 2006 5A championship team with 17.9 ppg, 4.1 apg, 2.6 spg and in 3-point shooting ... he earned first team all-state honors as a junior leading his team to a 29-3 record ... as a senior, he averaged 17 ppg, six apg and four spg while again earning first team all-state honors ... his team won its third consecutive state title to become the first 5A team to accomplish the three-peat since 1961 ... that team was 28-4 and ranked 14th in the country by Max Preps ... coached by Gary Ernst.
PERSONAL
Kendall Ketchum Wallace was born Jan. 11, 1988, in Bloomington, Ill. ... has not declared a major ... the son of Barbara and Jeffery Wallace ... has a sister, Rachel (17), and a brother, Mitchell (15) ... his mother and father both played basketball at John Brown ... his uncle David Barham played football at Alabama, his uncle Andrew Barham played golf at Louisiana Tech and his cousin, Rufus Alexander, played football at Oklahoma and is now with the NFL's Minnesota Vikings ... his Great Uncle Riley Wallace was the men's basketball head coach at Hawaii for more than 20 years and his grandfather Loren is one of the winningest high school coaches in Illinois history ... his father coached high school basketball in Illinois for 17 years before moving to Arizona.
