Education
Mims scored 1,916 career points at Brunswick High School in Brunswick, Maine. A four-year starter, Mims dominated his competition at the Class A level (Maine"s largest schools). As a senior, Mims averaged 29.8 points, 11.4 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 4.5 steals per game.
In the 2002 State Championship, sophomore Mims and the Brunswick team faced Deering High School and Nik Caner-Medley.
Mims scored 31 points, and Brunswick won the game. Brunswick finished runner-up in the Eastern Maine Final against Bangor in Mims" junior year.
Mims" senior year, he carried the team to the state championship against the Portland High School Bulldogs. He scored 46 points in the game but lost.
Mims played collegiately at Florida State.
In his college debut against Texas Southern University, Mims scored a career high 17 points.
As a freshman, Mims played sparingly but averaged 2.8 points per game. As a sophomore, he averaged 3.8 points per game. He also broke a school record for consecutive free throws made, 33, breaking Jim Oler"s 1953-1954 record of 31.
He began to play more as his career continued and broke into the starting lineup his senior season.
He played in every game at Florida State during his four-year career.