Osiris Eldridge

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Osiris Eldridge
Osiris shooting for 3!
College	Illinois State University
Sport	Basketball
Position	Shooting guard
Jersey #	0
Class	2010
Career	2006 – present
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Nationality	USA
Born	June 18, 1988 (1988-06-18) (age 19) Chicago, Illinois
High school	Phillips Academy (Chicago, Illinois)

Osiris Eldridge (born June 18, 1988 in Chicago, Illinois) is a player on Illinois State's basketball team. Osiris means "the Egyptian god of the dead". Pronounced: oh-SY-ris. As a freshman, he won the Missouri Valley Freshman of the year award, and as a sophomore, he was runner up in MVP honors while leading ISU to its most wins in school history with 25.^[1]

Contents 1 Phillips Academy 2 Illinois State 2.1 Freshman 2.2 Sophomore 3 References

[edit] Phillips Academy

As a junior, averaged 21 points, six rebounds, three assists and nearly five steals. ^[2]As a senior, averaged 25 points, eight rebounds and three assists per game.^[3] Named first team all-city in 2006. A second team all-state selection by Illinois Hoops and was on the third team all-state by the Associated Press.^[4] Played in the 2005 Wallace Prather, Jr. Memorial All-Star Classic, which features the top players from the adidas camp.^[5] The 2005 IHSA Class AA Slam Dunk Champion. Played in the 2006 Riverwar All-Star Game.^[6]

[edit] Illinois State

[edit] Freshman

The 2007 Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year.^[7] Averaged 9.5 points-and 4.5 rebounds- per-game.^[8] Was named Valley Newcomer of the Week Feb. 26. His career-high 28 points at Creighton (Jan. 1) tied the third-highest single-game total by a freshman in Illinois State history. ^[9]He also tied the school record with eight made three-pointers in the game at Creighton. ^[10]

[edit] Sophomore

First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference and the Larry Bird MVC Player of the Year runner-up. ^[11] Averaged 15.8 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.3 steals per game on a 43.2 field goal percentage. ^[12] Two-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 18, Feb. 18). Averaged a league-second-best 17.1 points per game to go along with 5.6 rebounds per game on a 47.2 shooting percentage in Valley play. ^[13]

[edit] References