2004-05: Finished 4-year career as UAA's all-time leader in 3-pointers made (243) and free throw percentage (.884) ... also placed high on career lists in points (7th, 1,173), 3-point percentage (5th, .413) and attempts (2nd, 583), games played (5th, 107), and steals (T-14th, 97)... team's No. 2 scorer (12.4 ppg) and steals man (1.3 spg) as a senior ... held Great Northwest Athletic Conference ranks of No. 8 in 3-pointers per game (2.15), No. 14 in 3-point pct. (.392) and No. 13 in steals ... named GNAC co-Player of the Week after leading Seawolves to 83-82 Senior Night victory over UAF with 32 points (9-16 FG, 4-7 3FG, 10-11 FT), 5 assists and 0 turnovers ... scored double-figures 18 times, including 17 of the final 20 games ... had 24 points (9-12 FG, 6-9 3FG) in 93-90 win over Central Washington (1/13), and 30 points (10-13 FG, 6-9 3FG) in win over Ohio Valley (12/30) ... voted Player of the Game in Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout loss to Furman (11/26), leading UAA within one point after trailing by 20, with 23 points (9-15 FG, 5-7 3FG, 3 assists and a pair of steals ... made 28 consecutive free throws from Feb. 5-26 ... one of only five Seawolves to see action in all 27 games.
2003-04: Seawolves' top perimeter reserve, averaging 8.7 points on .456 (62-136) three-point shooting...tied for sixth in the GNAC in 3FG% and was ninth with 2.07 3FG per game...scored double-digits 13 times, including a season-high 25 points (7-12 3FG) in a win over Columbia Union, and 22 points (6-11 3FG) in an OT loss to Seattle Pacific...other top games included 15 points (3-7 3FG, 4-4 FT) and 2 steals in Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout win over Texas State; and 10 points (3-4 3FG) and 2 assists in NCAA Tourney loss to BYU-Hawaii...committed only one turnover per 37 minutes played, the best ratio on the team...finished junior year No. 2 on UAA career three-pointers list with 185, No. 5 in three-point percentage (.420) and No. 21 in scoring (837).
2002-03: Team's second-leading scorer and No. 19 scorer in GNAC at 11.6 ppg...led team and held GNAC ranks of No. 4 in three-point percent (.424) and No. 3 in threes per game (2.46)...tied own UAA school record with nine three-pointers against Saint Martin's on Jan. 11...led Seawolves in scoring six times and went over 20 points on five occasions...named to all-tournament team at season-opening AT&T Alascom Jamboree...best performances included 31 points (9-16 3FG) in home win over Saint Martin's; 25 points (7-9 3FG) in home win over Western Washington; and 21 points (5-6 3FG) and four assists in loss to Colorado Mines.
2001-02: After a slow start, emerged as UAA's top outside scoring threat and garnered GNAC Freshman of the Year honors...ranked 22nd in the GNAC in scoring at 11.5 ppg, tops among freshmen...also ranked eighth in GNAC in three-point percentage (.386) and fourth in threes made per game (2.46)...his 64 threes were a UAA freshman record and, with 298 points, he finished No. 2 on the UAA freshman scoring list...best game came Feb. 16 vs Western Oregon when he tied the school record for the second time with nine three-pointers and established another UAA freshman record with 34 points (11-22 FG, 9-18 3FG, 3-3 FT)...failed to reach double-figure scoring just five times in 18 conference games, averaging 14.9 ppg in GNAC play; before moving into the starting lineup Dec. 22 at Wyoming, had scored just five points in UAA's first seven games...topped the 20-point mark six times...shot 9-for-12 on threes in Jan. 10 win at Western Oregon, the fourth-best single-game percentage in Division II.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned second team all-state honors as a senior at Shelbyville High in 1999-00, averaging 23.0 points (46.8 FG%), 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game...the No. 4 all-time leading scorer in SHS history...earned all-conference honors three times...four-year letterwinner in both football and basketball...also three-time all-conference and second team all-state as a senior in football...holds all-time SHS record for career passing yards and broke the single-season school record for yards in a season three times...also lettered once in track.
PERSONAL: Born Mark Williams-Xavier Drake on Sept. 24, 1981 in Indianapolis, Ind. ... son of Steve Drake...liberal studies major.
Career Highs
Points: 34 vs Western Oregon, 2/16/02
Rebounds: 7 at Central Washington, 2/12/05
Assists: 9 vs Multnomah Bible, 12/18/04
Blocks: 0
Steals: 4 vs Multnomah Bible, 12/17/04
Total 3-Point Rebounds
Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot-Avg PF-D A TO B S Pts/Avg
2001-02 26-19 620/23.8 99-236 .419 64-166 .386 36- 39 .923 10- 24 34-1.3 46-1 53 38 0 21 298/11.5
2002-03 24- 8 536/22.3 98-228 .430 59-139 .424 24- 31 .774 11- 21 32-1.3 31-1 25 24 0 24 279/11.6
2003-04 30- 0 556/18.5 86-185 .465 62-136 .456 26- 29 .897 9- 35 44-1.5 38-0 32 15 0 18 260/ 8.7
2004-05 27-22 679/25.1 117-258 .453 58-148 .392 44- 48 .917 13- 42 55-2.0 63-2 47 43 0 34 336/12.4
TOTAL 107-49 2391/22.3 400-907 .441 243-589 .413 130-147 .884 43-122 165-1.5 178-4 157 120 0 97 1173/11.0
