Eric Bledsoe biography
Date of birth : -
Date of death : 1989-12-09
Birthplace : Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Nationality : American
Category : Sports
Last modified : 2011-03-25
Credited as : Basketball player NBA, guard for the Clippers, NBA Draft
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COLLEGE:
2009-10: Named to the Sporting News SEC All- Freshman Team and was a CollegeInsider.com Freshman All-American...averaged 11.3 points, 2.9 assists and 3.1 rebounds in 37 games...in NCAA Tournament averaged 15.3 points and shot 58.8 percent from the field and 47.4 percent from three-point range...set a Kentucky school record of eight three-pointers in an NCAA Tournament game vs. East Tennessee State in a first round win...scored a team-high 18 points vs. Mississippi State in the SEC Championship Game...earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors after averaging 19 points vs. Florida and Auburn...11/13/09 vs. Morehead State, became the first Wildcat since Sam Bowie vs. Duke in 1979 to score 20+ points in his college debut when he had 24 points in the opening game...11/19/09 vs. Sam Houston, tallied 19 points, six assists, two steals and two blocks…12/12/09 at Indiana, scored 23 points in 30 minutes played…1/12/10 at Florida, recorded 25 points and five assists…3/18/10 vs. East Tennessee State, scored a career-high 29 points to go with four steals in 31 minutes…
PERSONAL:
A Birmingham, Alabama native...averaged 10.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists for the Clippers’ entry in the 2010 NBA Summer League…led Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama with 20.3 points, 9.4 rebounds and 11.5 assists per game as a senior helping them to a second place finish in the 5A Alabama State Championship in 2009...played in the 2009 Wazoo Sports Derby Festival Basketball Classic presented by Papajohns.com...coming out of high school was named No. 1 Super Senior by Birmingham News and ranked the third-best point guard in the country and 23rd overall by Rivals.com.