Melvin Sanders

Melvin Sanders played one season for the Saints in 1999-2000 for former head coach, Dave Brown . Sanders earned Jayhawk West All-Conference and NJCAA All-Region VI in his freshman season where he led the Saints to a 23-9 overall record. Sanders made five three-point field goals in one game and made 42 three-point field goals on the season. Sanders transferred to Oklahoma State University , where he started in every Cowboys game in three seasons (94). As a junior, Sanders earned Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honors. Following his senior year, he was named Third Team All-Big 12 by the associated press and was tabbed Honorable Mention All-Big 12 by the conference coaches. Sanders was named to the National All-Defensive Team and to the Big 12 All-Defensive team by insider.com.

Melvin Sanders in 2006 with San Antonio Spurs		Melvin Sanders in 2000 at Seward County

In this career at Oklahoma State, Sanders averaged 28.5 minutes, shot .431 from the field (351-for-814), .345 from three-point range (126-for-365) and .639 from the free-throw line. Sanders averaged 9.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.4 steals per game. Sanders led Oklahoma State University to a 65-29 overall record and a 30-18 Big XII Conference record.

After playing his senior year in Stillwater , Okla. , Sanders was invited to attend training camp with the Denver Nuggets. Sanders played in all of the Nuggets pre-season games, but was left off their regular season roster. Sanders played professionally in 2004-2005 for the Dakota Wizards in the Continental Basketball League (CBL), where he was named Second Team All-CBL and CBL All-Defensive Team. Sanders led the Wizards to a Western Conference Championship averaging 18.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. Sanders made history in his one season with the Wizards, scoring 54 points in a single-game against the Rockford Lighting on March 13, 2005.

A year later, Sanders signed a contract with the San Antonio Spurts on March, 16 2006. Sanders played in 16 games, averaged 7.1 minutes, 2.6 points, 1.4 rebounds per game. Sanders shot .485 (16-for-33) and was 2-for-3 from three-point range in his NBA rookie season. Sanders posted a career-high eight points vs. Charlotte Bobcats (01/24/06) and posted a career-high five rebounds vs. Atlanta Hawks (11/15/06).

Sanders is originally from Liberal, Kansas , where he attended and graduated from Liberal High School in 1999. Sanders was an All-State basketball and track & field star in high school. Sanders was a two-time Gatorade National Track & Field Athlete of the Year and was an 11-time state champion in the triple, long and high jumps. He recorded three Kansas state high school all-time records in high jump (7'2"), triple jump (52') and long jump (25').

MELVIN SANDERS SEWARD COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL 1999-2000