HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Desert Vista High School, located in Phoenix, Ariz., in 2009 ... Helped team win the 2008 5A Division I state championship as a junior ... Averaged 12.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.7 steals in 2007-08 ... Scored a season-high 21 points in a 63-50 win over Phoenix St. Mary’s in the state championship game ... Pepperdine assistant Damin Lopez was the associate head coach at Phoenix St. Mary’s at the time ... Was ruled ineligible to play his senior season by the Arizona Interscholastic Association ... After moving from Washington to Arizona, the 2007-08 school year was his first at Desert Vista ... Had previously played three years of high school basketball in the state of Washington (including one year when he was home-schooled prior to the ninth grade), but Arizona’s rules allow no more than four seasons of play ... Also played at Rainier Beach High School, located in Seattle, Wash. ... Also competed in track.

CLUB: Played for Arizona Premier Academy in 2007 and 2008 and Seattle Rotary in 2006.

PERSONAL: Born in Seattle, Wash. ... Son of Michelle Stephenson and Jeff Lowery ... Has five siblings: Jeremiah, Jeffery, Jordan, Jacob and Jason ... Chose Pepperdine because of “the coaches and location and because I wanted to help bring Pepperdine men’s basketball back to prominence.”

FAVORITES: Enjoys spending time with his brothers and nephew ... Favorite pro basketball player is Michael Jordan ... Favorite book is Hoops by Walter Dean Myers ... Favorite movie is Bad Boys II ... Favorite TV show is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ... Favorite musical artists are Lil Wayne, Drake and Jay-Z ... Favorite sport other than basketball is football ... Favorite thing about basketball is “the way it makes you feel, it’s like my stress reliever, and it’s my passion.”