ERIC CHENOWITH

CHENOWITH, ERIC ROBERT

HOMETOWN:  Villa Park, CA (Villa Park HS)
Born: 3/9/1979  Villa Park, CA

 

1998: Lettered, Big 12 All Freshman Team (AP) 

1999: Lettered.

2000: Lettered.

2001:  Lettered.

From Wikipedia:  Eric Chenowith (born March 9, 1979 in Villa Park, California) is an American basketball player.

As a high school player, he was selected to the McDonald's All-American Team in 1997.

He played collegiately for University of Kansas.

He was drafted by the New York Knicks in the 2nd round (43rd overall pick) of the 2001 NBA Draft.

He was under contract with the NBA teams, the Knicks (June to September 2001), Sacramento Kings (October 2001), Seattle SuperSonics (September to October 2002), Los Angeles Clippers (October 2002), Los Angeles Lakers (August to October 2003), Denver Nuggets (October 2005) and Chicago Bulls (October 2006), but has not played any NBA regular season games for these teams.

He has played professionally for the Greenville Groove and Huntsville Flight (2001/02, NBDL), Pau-Orthez (2002, LNB, France), Huntsville Flight and Roanoke Dazzle (2002/03, NBDL), Orange County Crush (ABA) and Fujian Xunxing (China) (2004/05), Idaho Stampede (CBA) and Cangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto-Rico) (2005/06), Idaho Stampede (NBDL) and Criollos de Caguas (Puerto-Rico) (2006/07).

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	Height: 215cm / 7'1'' Position: Center Born: 1979 Team: Huntsville, USA (2002-03) Nationality: USA	College: Kansas (B12) Previous teams: Los Angeles C. (USA-NBA) Pau-Orthez (FRA) Greenville (USA-NBDL)
Eric Chenowith (Photo: Jeff Jacobsen) Career / Comments: 270lbs / 121kg Birthdate: March 9, 1979; Birthplace: Orange, Calif. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outlook: Owns a soft shooting touch and his range continues to improve. Displays a variety of moves with his back to the basket. Can be a force on the defensive glass when at his best. He may not have the best shot blocking ability, but he has a nice touch and gets into great position. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Career: Orange, Calif. (Villa Park HS) 1997-1998: Kansas (NCAA): 5.9ppg, 4.9rpg 1998-1999: Kansas (NCAA): 13.5ppg, 9.1rpg 1999-2000: Kansas (NCAA): 8.7ppg, 6rpg, 1.7bpg 2000-2001: Kansas (NCAA): 9.8ppg, 7.8rpg: Completed career ranked second in career blocked shots (242). Ranked in the school's top 20 in career scoring, top 10 in career games played and top five in career rebounding. Topped Kansas in rebounds 42 times and points 19 times. 2001: Desert Classic Tournament in Phoenix 2001: Chicago NBA Pre-Draft Camp 2001: Drafted by New York Knickerbockers (NBA,2rd(43)) 2001: Shaw’s Pro Summer League in Boston (New York Knicks) 2001: In Nov.'01 drafted in NBDL Supplementary Draft by Greenville Groove (1rd(6)) 2001-2002: Greenville Groove (NBDL): in Jan.'02 was traded to Huntsville Flight (NBDL) for forward Terrance Roberson: 9.8ppg, 6.8rpg, 1.3bpg, in March '02 replaced Kyle Milling at Pau-Orthez (FRA-ProA): ProA Regular Season: 8games: 4.5ppg, 3.9rpg, 1.0apg 2002-2003: Los Angeles Clippers (NBA), then sent to Seattle Supersonics (NBA), but was cut in Oct.'02 before the season started, then joined back Los Angeles Clippers (NBA): however waived at the end of Oct.'02, just before the season started, next month joined Huntsville Flight (NBDL,1T), waived in Feb.'03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Awards/Achievements: Mc Donald All-America -97 2nd Team Freshman All-America (Basketball Times) -98 Big 12 All-Freshmen Team -98 Honorable Mention All-America (AP) -99 Second Team All-Big 12 -99 Big 12 All-Tournament Team -99 Big 12 All-Defense Team -99 Big 12 All-Improved Team -99 Playboy Preseason All-America Team -00 Big 12 Conf. Regular Season Finalist -01 NCAA Sweet 16 -01 All-NBDL Honorable Mention -02 French League Cup Winner -02 French ProA Finalist -02 Source:  Eurobasket.com