This high-flying Athlete was born on January 28, 1984 to Leonard and Linda Shanklin. He has a brother Frank who also plays basketball. Andre went on to play two seasons at the university of Arizona where he posted career totals of 594 points (9.6 ppg), 409 rebounds (6.6 rpg) and 95 steals (1.53 spg) in 62 games (34 starts)…in his final season at Arizona, made the All- Pac 10 team, earned All-District 9 honors from the USBWA and was named Honorable Mention All-America by The Associated Press…also received second team Pac-10 All-Academic team honors in 2003-04…following sophomore season, voted
… More team MVP as voted by his teammates…became the first player in Arizona history to lead the team in rebounds, assists and steals in the same season (2003-04)…became the sixth early entry candidate under head coach Lute Olson…finished the 2003-04 season as the only player in the Pac-10 to be ranked in the top 20 in scoring and rebounding and the top 10 in assists, steals and assist-to-turnover ratio…posted 10 career double-doubles and three triple-doubles…joined Jason Kidd (California) as the only Pac-10 players to register more than one triple-double in a season…named to the Pac-10 All-Freshmen team in 2002-03… appeared in five NCAA Tournament games…signed with Arizona in the spring of 2002 after being released from his National Letter of Intent at Arkansas following Nolan Richardson’s departure…as a senior in high school at Lanphier HS (Ill.), averaged 23.5 points, 7.9 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game and was named Chicago Sun-Times Player of the Year. He is now currently playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. In his Rookie season he averaged 9 points per game, was 8th in the league with 1.68 steals per game, and was one of only 13 players to record a triple double last season. Is said to Enjoy Reading and Video Games