University of Tennessee Athletics
2003-04 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Pee-Wee Gash
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Asheville, N.C.
- High School:
- Asheville HS
Saw action in five games, averaging 1.0 points per game ... Scored a career-high five points to go with a pair of assists in 11 minutes of action against Campbell (12/23/04) ... Celebrated his 21st birthday with three minutes of action against Alabama State (12/14/04) ... Grabbed a rebound against 15th-ranked Texas (11/24/04) at the Maui Invitational ... Saw action in both of Tennessee[apos]s exhibition games, scoring five points against Tusculum and then adding two more against Carson-Newman.
2003-04 (Sophomore)
Saw his first road action of the season at Georgia (2/21/04) ... Caused a thunderous ovation in Thompson-Boling Arena when he made an athletic mid-air adjustment and scored his first career points on a breakaway layup in the closing seconds of the Vols[apos] win over Mississippi (2/18/04) ... Saw enough action to take two shots against Georgia (1/7/04) ... Played in the closing moments of the Vols[apos] win over Tennessee Tech (12/22/03) ... Due to a leg injury, he did not dress out when UT played host to The Citadel (12/17/03) ... Saw action in both of Tennessee[apos]s exhibition games ... Scored two points in Tennessee[apos]s win over the Southeastern All-Stars ... Named to ESPN The Magazine[apos]s All-World B. Free (best names) team.
2002-03 (Freshman)
Logged a career-high five minutes played in the Vols[apos] win over UMass (2/5/03) ... Recorded his first career steal against UT Martin (12/30/02) ... Brought the crowd to its feet when he entered the game against VMI (11/25/02) ... Also saw action against Western Carolina (12/23/02) where he gathered a rebound ... Saw four minutes of action against BC Cesis of Latvia in the exhibition portion of Tennessee[apos]s schedule ... Scored two points on a pair of free throws and dished out two assists without a turnover.
High School
Averaged 24.1 points and 5.1 rebounds in leading Asheville High School to an 18-9 record as a senior ... Led Asheville to the second round of the state playoffs ... Averaged 19.1 points as a junior and 16 points per game as a sophomore ... Earned All-Mountain Athletic Conference honors in 2001 as a second baseman on the baseball diamond ... A member of the National Honor Society ... A North Carolina Scholar ... Coached by Robert Moore.
Personal
Born: Dec. 14, 1983, in Asheville, N.C. ... Full name: Richard Samuel Gash ... Academic major: psychology ... Parents are Rick and Olivia Gash ... Got the nickname Pee-Wee from his parents before he was born ... Became a fan favorite before the warmups were over during Tennessee[apos]s first exhibition game of his freshman season ... A member of the National Honor Society in high school ... Lists his most humbling moment as losing his last high school game.
| Career Highs | ||
| Points | 5 | vs. Campbell (12/23/04) |
| Rebounds | 1 | Three times; last vs. Coastal Carolina (1/2/05) |
| Assists | 2 | vs. Campbell (12/23/04) |
| Blocks | 0 | |
| Steals | 1 | vs. UT Martin (12/30/02) |
| Field Goals Made | 2 | vs. Campbell (12/23/04) |
| Field Goals Attempted | 5 | vs. Campbell (12/23/04) |
| 3-Pt Field Goals Made | 1 | vs. Campbell (12/23/04) |
| 3-Pt Field Goals Attempted | 4 | vs. Campbell (12/23/04) |
| Free Throws Made | 0 | |
| Free Throws Attempted | 0 | |
| Minutes | 11 | vs. Campbell (12/23/04) |
| Career Statistics | |||||||||||||||||
| Year | GP-GS | Min | FG-A | Pct | 3FG-A | Pct | FT-A | Pct | Rebs | Avg | PF | Ast | TO | Blk | Stl | Pts | Avg |
| 2003 | 5-0 | 10 | 0-4 | .000 | 0-3 | .000 | 0-0 | .000 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 | 7-0 | 8 | 1-5 | .200 | 0-3 | .000 | 0-0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 |
| 2005 | 5-0 | 19 | 2-7 | .286 | 1-5 | .200 | 0-0 | .000 | 2 | 0.4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.0 |
| Totals | 17-0 | 37 | 3-16 | .188 | 1-11 | .091 | 0-0 | .000 | 3 | 0.2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.4 |
