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Veal suited up for Arizona State during the 1994-95 season, which the program’s year-by-year records list as a 24-9 campaign under head coach Bill Frieder, and he went on to compete for the Sun Devils through 1997-98, finishing his four-year career without missing a game across 122 appearances.

In 1994-95, Veal played in all 33 games and started four times while averaging 7.4 points and 1.3 rebounds per game, and he logged 245 total points on 84-for-205 shooting from the field (41.0%) while going 44-for-118 from three-point range (37.3%) and 33-of-40 at the free-throw line (82.5%).

That freshman season included Arizona State’s run to the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen as the Sun Devils won 81-66 over Ball State and then beat Manhattan 64-54, a game in which Veal hit a late three-pointer that helped seal the win and send Arizona State to the round of 16, before the season ended with a 97-73 loss to Kentucky on March 23, 1995.

Across the 1995 NCAA Tournament, Veal averaged 10.3 points and went 9-for-19 on three-pointers (47.4%) in postseason play, and his first-half three against Kentucky was part of a stretch that cut the deficit to five before the halftime buzzer.

As a sophomore in 1995-96, Veal started all 27 games and became a primary scoring option, averaging 18.9 points per game while producing 511 total points on 184-for-419 shooting (43.9%), adding 77-of-94 free throws (81.9%), 76 total rebounds, and 103 assists.

In that 1995-96 season, he also made 66 three-pointers on 182 attempts (36.3%), posted 13 games of at least 20 points, and finished among the Pac-10’s top scorers while playing 34.2 minutes per game as Arizona State went 11-16 overall and 6-12 in conference play under Frieder.

In 1996-97, Veal started 28 of 30 games and averaged 18.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 4.7 assists per game while ranking fourth in the Pac-10 in scoring and tied for fifth in assists, and he shot 199-for-444 from the field (44.8%), hit 58-of-131 threes (44.3%), and made 106-of-137 free throws (77.4%).

That junior season included 562 total points, 142 assists, and 128 rebounds, and it featured multiple high-scoring conference performances including a 30-point game at Washington on January 30 and a 31-point outing against Washington on February 27, while Arizona State finished 10-20 overall and 2-16 in Pac-10 play.

Veal’s senior year came in 1997-98 with Don Newman taking over as head coach, and Veal started all 32 games while leading the Pac-10 in scoring at 20.8 points per game, totaling 666 points on 244-for-529 shooting (46.1%) with 122-of-155 free throws (78.7%) and 135 rebounds.

In 1997-98, he played heavy minutes throughout the season, averaged 37.5 minutes per game, played 40 minutes in 10 contests, and produced a seven-game streak of 20-point performances in January as he finished his career with 46 games of 20 or more points and five 30-point games.

Veal opened his senior season with a career-high 32 points in a 97-91 win over Cal State Northridge on November 16, 1997, and later scored 27 points at then fourth-ranked Stanford on January 31 while also delivering strong scoring nights against elite opponents, including 29 points versus Kansas and 25 points at Cincinnati during his final season.

Across his four seasons at Arizona State, Veal totaled 1,984 career points, 413 assists, and 383 rebounds, finished as a two-time All-Pac-10 selection, and ended his career with 224 made three-pointers on 564 attempts (39.7%) while shooting 338-of-426 at the foul line (79.3%).

Veal’s year-by-year three-point production included 44 makes as a freshman, 66 as a sophomore, 58 as a junior, and 56 as a senior, and his senior season concluded with a postseason all-star appearance when he played in the NABC All-Star Game on March 27 in San Antonio and recorded 10 points, five assists, and two rebounds in 21:23 while shooting 4-for-6 from the field and 2-for-3 on three-pointers.