Kelvin Gaines

Position:
F/C
Ht./Wt.:
6-10 / 240
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Ocala, FL
High School:
Cincinnati

North Texas 2013-14
• Physical paint defender for North Texas.
• Season[apos]s best performance at Florida Atlantic featured six points on 3-of-4 shooting and four boards.
• Scored first bucket on a dunk at Marshall.
• Grabbed four rebounds on two occasions - at Marshall and at Florida Atlantic.
• Started six games and appeared in 19 contests.
• Returned to action for NT after a foot injury held him out 11 games.

Cincinnati
• As a redshirt freshman in 2011-12, Gaines ranked third on the team with 23 blocks, and he tallied 17 more last season.
• Played in 39 games for the Bearcats over the last two years after taking a redshirt in 2010-11.
• Gaines will graduate from Cincinnati this summer, and is immediately eligible to play his final two seasons at North Texas.
• Tallied 39 blocks in just 276 career minutes for UC.

International Play
• Gaines[apos] resume also includes international experience, as he toured Belgium, Germany and London as part of the Global Sports Academy team in 2011.
• Played a total of five games against international competition - two contests in Brussells, Belgium; and one each in Cologne, Germany; Dusseldorf, Germany; and Antwerp, Belgium - and averaged seven points and nine rebounds during the trip.

High School
• As a high school senior in 2009-10, Gaines transferred to Arlington Country Day in Jacksonville, Fla., where he led the Apaches to the FHSAA Class 2A finals and a record of 21-6.
• He ultimately chose Cincinnati over offers from UCONN, Georgia, Memphis, Oklahoma, and Miami (Fla.).
• As a junior, Gaines averaged 10.1 points, 9.9 rebounds and 6.2 blocks per game in 2008-09 playing for Heat Academy in Martinsville, Va.
• The Heat finished the season with a record of 50-8 and was ranked as high as No. 12 in the national prep school polls.

Noteworthy
• With the offseason additions of Gaines and George Mason transfer Vertrail Vaughns, the Mean Green will have two graduates in its locker room for 2013-14.