University of South Alabama Athletics

2013-14: All-America candidate… Currently ninth in Sun Belt Conference history in career rebounds (891) and is 120 away from setting a new record… Enters season seventh in school history in career points (1,390), second in career rebounds (891) and double-doubles (42), fourth in free throws made (414) and eighth in field goals made (488).

2012-13: Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year… NABC First Team All-District… Named SBC Player of the Year by CollegeInsider.com, NBCSports.com, CollegeSportsMadness.com and CollegeHoopsDaily.com… Fourth Team All-Mid Major by CollegeSportsMadness… Named to Lou Henson All-America Team… First USA player to be named player of the year by the conference since 1989 (Jeff Hodge) and earn back-to-back first team honors since 2007-08 (Demetric Bennett)… Became first player in Sun Belt history to lead the league in rebounding three straight seasons… One of two players in Division I to rank in the top 25 in both scoring and rebounding… Named Sun Belt Player of the Week on three occasions… Ranked second in the Sun Belt in scoring (19.4) and double-doubles (16), first in rebounding (10.5), fourth in free throw percentage (79.5), seventh in field goal percentage (48.0) and eighth in blocks (1.2)… Ranked 23rd in the nation in scoring and 10th in rebounding and double-doubles… Set new school mark for free throws made in a season (198), surpassing old record by 31, and his 249 attempts are second at USA… Finished second in the nation in free throws per game (6.6) and fourth in free throws attempts per contest (8.3)… Earned top 15 spots in school’s single-season history in points (seventh), scoring average (T-12th), free throws made, free throw attempts (second), rebounds (third), rebounding average (fifth) and double-doubles (third)… Set new school record with six consecutive double-doubles Dec. 8-Jan 5, averaging 21.3 points and 14.0 rebounds over that span… Streak ended with 26-point, nine-rebound performance at Louisiana-Lafayette (2/14)… Scored in double-digits 28 times and grabbed 10 or more boards 19 times – with an additional seven outings of nine rebounds – in 30 games… Led team in scoring on 23 occasions and in rebounding 22 games… Reached the 20-point plateau 15 times and scored 30 or more four times, tied for the most in school history… High mark of the season came against Louisiana-Lafayette (2/14) with career best 34 points (tied for 15 at USA for a single game) on 11-for-16 shooting from the floor and 12 for-16 shooting at the free throw line… Converted 11 of 12 from the floor – tied for ninth in school history for field goal percentage – and 10 of 12 at the charity stripe for 32 points at Louisiana-Monroe (1/3)… First 30-point outing of the season came at Georgia State (11/21) when he tied his career high with 13 made field goals (on 18 attempts) for 31 points… Closed out season with 31 points at Tulane in CollegeInsider.com Tournament… Converted 10 or more times at the free throw line six times, including career-high 14 vs. Western Kentucky (3/9) in Sun Belt Tournament… Made all 12 charity-stripe attempts at Arkansas State (1/31) for third-best free throw percentage in the school record books… Grabbed 15 or more rebounds on four occasions, including career-high-tying 19 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (12/16)… Did not have a double-double in first three games of the season, but ended skid with 20 points and 16 rebounds vs. Monmouth (11/20), the first of three straight double-digit performances… Set new career high with 36 blocks, tying his personal-best with five vs. Monmouth and rejecting four more vs. Western Kentucky (1/24).

2011-12: First Team All-Sun Belt Conference… First Team NABC All-District… Only USA player to start all 29 games… Paced team in scoring (15.2), rebounding (9.2) and field goals (159)… Led Sun Belt in rebounding for the second consecutive season and ranked 38th in the nation… His 268 rebounds place ninth in USA’s single-season history… Was second in the league in scoring and recorded a conference-best 12 double-doubles… Put together career-long streak of four straight double-doubles in February, averaging 17.8 points and 13.3 rebounds over that stretch… Seven of 12 double-doubles came against league competition… Tallied three straight double-doubles to end the month of December, including back-to-back 13-rebound performances… Also placed in the SBC’s top 10 in field goal percentage (50.5%)… First USA player to lead team in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage since 1996… Named Sun Belt Player of the Week on Dec. 13 after scoring career-high 31 points with 10 rebounds against Alcorn State (12/11)… Scored in double-digits a team-high 25 times… Led all Jaguars with 20 points in overtime victory at LSU (11/23)… Grabbed 10 or more rebounds 13 times, including career-high 19 in home win over Troy (1/29)… Helped team rank sixth in Division I in rebounding margin (+7.6)… Recorded 20 or more points a team-best six times and led the team in scoring on 15 occasions… Ended season on eight-game double-digit scoring streak where he shot 63.0% from the floor and grabbed 9.8 boards per game… Averaged 20.5 points over the last four contests of the streak with two 20-point outbursts… Shot 12-for-15 from the floor and made all eight shots in the second half for team-high 25 points in regular-season finale at FIU (2/25)… Blocked 26 shots, second on the team, and posted multiple rejections five times… Recorded a career-best five blocks vs. Troy (1/29) and deflected three more shots his next time out vs. Florida Atlantic (2/2)… Average of 0.9 blocks per outing was tied for 14th in the SBC rankings.

2010-11: Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year… Third Team All-Sun Belt Conference… Second Team NABC All-District… Second Team Basketball Times All-Freshman… CollegeInsider.com Mid Major Freshman All-American… Enjoyed one of the best freshman campaigns in school history… Became second USA player to be named the league’s freshman of the year and first USA freshman tabbed to all-SBC team… Finished season ranked sixth in the nation in rebounding (11.0) and led all Division I freshmen… Second on the team and 13th in the conference with his 13.1 scoring average… His 14 double-doubles were 25th in the country and second among freshmen (Jared Sullinger, Ohio State)… Nine double-doubles came against league competition, including three in a row in January and three consecutive to close regular season… Last two games (11 pts, 11 rebs vs. UALR and 19 pts, 12 rebs vs. FAU) led to first SBC Player of the Week nod on March 3… Grabbed 308 total rebounds which are third-most in the school’s single-season history… Accounted for over 30 percent of the team’s rebounds… Led Sun Belt in rebounding and offensive rebounding (4.5 rpg), was second in defensive rebounding (6.5 rpg) and third in field goal percentage (55.9%)… Rebounding average is third-best in USA history and highest since 1985… One of two players in SBC to average a double-double for the season… Started all but one contest… Opened season with a 16-point, 15-rebound performance vs. Spring Hill (11/12)… Grabbed double-double digit rebounds in five straight games to start December including career-high 18 at Georgia Southern (12/18)… Followed that up with 17 (with 20 points) vs. Alcorn State (12/21)… Had another run of four consecutive games with at least 10 rebounds in January and matched career best with 18 boards at Troy… Accumulated 20 or more points five times… Put together run of five games in double-figures from Jan. 8-Jan. 27 and hit 20 three times during that stretch, including 24 points vs. Florida International (1/22)… Set new personal best in scoring with 26 points at Middle Tennessee (2/5), shooting 11-for-16 from the floor.

2009-10: Redshirted.

High School: Graduate of Christian Life High School… Played basketball all four years… Averaged 22 points and nine rebounds per game… Played with Houston Hoops club team that claimed Arizona Classic.

Personal: Full name is Augustine Cuero Rubit… Born Aug. 14, 1989 in Houston, Texas… Son of Kimberly Rubit… Majoring in interdisciplinary studies… Hobbies include watching movies and playing basketball… One of seven children… Favorites – movie: “Django Unchained”; pro team: Miami Heat and Houston Texans; athletes: LeBron James and Michael Vick; musical artists: Rick Ross and Kevin Gates; food: Chinese; class: communication… Wants to play professionally and then start a family… Chose South Alabama because of the academics and it seemed like a great place to play… Goals for the season are to get 20 wins and make the NCAA Tournament… Listens to music to get pumped for a game… Has a superstition where he has to have lotion on his hands before a game… Most people don’t know that he is talkative once they get to know him… Thankful for the opportunity to play college basketball and get a college degree… Celebrities he’d like to meet are Martin Lawrence and LeBron James.