Sidelines: All-Blade - Aaron Craft

3/19/2009

• School: Liberty-Benton

• Class: Junior

• Height: 6-2

• Position: Guard

• Key stats: Craft, who verbally committed to Tennessee after his sophomore season, averaged 19.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 6.1 assists while shooting 54 percent from the field. The Eagles are 67-4 during his time, including 59-1 in the regular season and a 27-0 mark in winning three Blanchard Valley Conference titles. He is the Division III district player of the year and was a key player in 2007's 26-1 state runner-up season. In football, he was an All-Ohio quarterback as the Eagles (14-1) finished as D-V state runner-up.

• Coach says: "Aaron is very good at breaking down the defense on the dribble to create offense for his teammates and for himself. The best compliment a player can receive is that he makes the other players around him better because of his presence on the floor. Aaron does that. He's very unselfish and does whatever's necessary for the team to have success, and he's an integral part of the success on any team he plays on." - Steve Williman.