Theo Dixon Class: RS Senior Hometown: Cleveland Heights, Ohio High School: Cleveland Heights Height / Weight: 6-6 / 210 Position: Guard/Forward Birthdate: 08/19/1978

Career Highlights…Became the 14th player in school history to top the 1,000-point plateau with a short jumper at Loyola(2-3-01) with 11:34 remaining and just the eighth to do so in three years… Ranks 10th in career scoring with 1,161 points…Also ranks among career leaders in 3-point field goals made and attempted (5th, 118-325), free throws made (6th, 283), free throw percentage (7th, .775), field goals attempted (8th, 963), 3-point field goal percentage (9th, .363), games started (12th, 78), minutes played (15th, 2593), field goals made (18th, 380), steals (20th, 97), rebounding (21st, 425), scoring average (22nd, 13.0ppg), assists (24th, 136) and blocked shots (25th, 23)…Named to the MCC’s All-Newcomer Team in 1997-98…Has hit four game-winning shots, including three in 2000-2001…Named the league’s Player of the Week five times…Tied the CSU single-season record for three-pointers in 2000-2001 with 70…2000-2001 Notes - as a junior…Named MCC Player of the Week three times - Jan. 4, Dec. 11 and Nov. 20…Led the Vikings and ranked second in the league in scoring at 18.0ppg; rated the same in MCC-games only at 18.1 ppg…Game-winning shots included: a15-foot jumper at UW-Green Bay (2-24-01) with 1.6 seconds left; a3-pointer against Detroit (1-20-01) with 18 seconds left; and a3-pointer from the corner against Loyola(1-4-01) as time expired…Fired in a career-high 33 points at Loyola(2-3-01), becoming the 33rd player to reach the 30-point plateau. while hitting a career-best six 3-pointers…Dished out a career-high five assists, all in the first half, against Stony Brook (1-8-01)…Reached double figures in all 32 games and led the Vikes in scoring 16 times…Started all 32 contests and averaged a team-high 33.5 minutes per game…Besides scoring, also ranked among league leaders in 3-pt field goals made (3rd, 2.19), free throw percentage (6th, .794), steals (9th, 1.16), 3-pt field goal percentage (13th, .380) and rebounding (18th, 4.8)…Scored 28 points, going 11-18 from the field (.611), and grabbed eight rebounds against St. Bonaventure before being forced out of the game with 2:24 remaining after taking an elbow in the forehead…1999-2000 Notes…Took a medical redshirt due to stress fractures in his back...Saw action in two games…1998-99 Notes - as a sophomore…Started 23 contest while appearing in all 26 games…Led the squad and ranked sixth in the MCC in rebounding with 5.8 boards an outing…Scored at a11.0 ppg clip, second on the team and 12th in the MCC…Also ranked among MCC leaders in free throw percentage (8th, .757), steals (11th, 1.17) and blocked shots (tied 15th, 0.36)…Named MCC Player of the Week twice during the season - was the first MCC Player of the week on Nov. 16 after scoring 22 points and grabbing nine rebounds in a win over Stony Brook and earned the honor the second time Feb.. 20 after helping CSU upset league-leading Butler by scoring 21 of his 24 points in the second half…Buried an 18-foot jumper as time expired to lift the Vikings over Rhode Island in the Gatorade Rock-N-Roll Shootout on Dec. 27 - finished with 21 points and 12 boards in the game for his only double-double of the year…Had 14 games in double figures…Averaged 28.9 minutes of play per game…1997-98 Notes - as a freshman…Named to the MCC All-Newcomer team - ranked 20th in the conference in scoring (10.2 ppg) and 9th in free throw percentage (.765, 78-of-102)…Averaged 10.2 ppg and 4.0 rpg while playing in every game as a freshman…Started 21 games, averaging 26 minutes per game…Scored a season-high 21 points, including four three-pointers against Loyola on Jan. 12…Shot 37 percent (21-of-57) from behind the arc…Grabbed 10 rebounds twice…Converted 26 straight free throws from Jan. 12 to Feb. 7, falling just shy of the then-school record for consecutive free throws made (27)…Made a team-high 78 free throws…Second on the team with 25 steals…In his first collegiate game, had 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting…Led the team in scoring four times…High School Notes…Averaged over 21 points and 10 rebounds his senior season…Named the most outstanding player in the 1997 Ohio Division I State Championship after leading Cleveland Heights to its first-ever state title in basketball…Second-team All-Ohio pick as a senior…Averaged 19 points as a junior and named All-Ohio…Four-year letterwinner, three-year starter…Cleveland Heights captured the Lake Erie League Championship all four years he played…Joins fellow high school teammate Jamaal Harris on the Viking roster…Was part of a recruiting class named 24th in the nation by Hoop Scoop…On a Personal Note…Management & labor relations major…Mother is Robbie Dixon…Born in Cleveland, OH on August 19, 1978…Has two older sisters - Shannon and Stephanie - as well as a younger sister Alexis…High school coach was Jim Cappelletti