RODRICK STEWART

STEWART, RODRICK

Hometown: Seattle, WA (Ranier Beach HS)
Born April 30, 1984

Transfer from Southern California University

Rodrick Stewart

 

 
CATEGORY   TOTAL   2006 2007 2008
YEAR     So. Jr. Sr.
POSITION     F F F
HEIGHT     6'4 6'4 6'4
WEIGHT     201 201 205
JERSEY     5 5 5
Games Played/Started 77/9   14/0 30/1 33/8
Minutes 602   45 174 383
   Per Game 7.8   3.2 5.8 11.6
Points 130   10 28 92
   Per Game 1.7   0.7 0.9 2.8
Rebounds 104   6 24 74
   Per Game 1.4   0.4 0.8 2.2
   Offensive 44   2 7 35
   Defensive 60   4 17 39
Blocks 2   0 0 2
Assists 69   3 19 47
Steals 19   0 6 13
Turnovers 36   2 7 27
(Assists+Steals)/TO 2.44   1.50 3.57 2.22
FG: Attempts 110   11 28 71
       Made 49   4 10 35
       Percent 44.5   36.4 35.7 49.3
3FG: Attempts 29   2 11 16
       Made 10   0 5 5
       Percent 34.5   0.0 45.5 31.3
FT: Attempts 42   3 11 28
       Made 22   2 3 17
       Percent 52.4   66.7 27.3 60.7
Production Points/Game 2.68   0.64 1.47 4.67
Production Points/Minute .344   .200 .253 .402

Overview
A great athlete who transferred from Southern California in December 2004 and will be eligible following the fall semester... Played point guard at USC yet will be used at the two guard or small forward at Kansas... Extremely quick and has great leaping ability... A solid defender who plays well in the open court... Will provide highlight reel dunks.

Freshman Season (2003-04 at USC)
Averaged 4.4 points and 2.2 rebounds in 21.6 minutes, starting 17 of 27 games at point guard... Scored 10 points in his debut at Western Michigan... Scored a season-high 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting in 25 minutes at BYU and matched that with 14 points and four assists at Washington... Had 11 points and four assists against Louisiana-Lafayette... Had 10 points against Oregon State... Had a season-high five assists at Washington State and had four steals and eight points in a victory against Arizona.

High School
Prepped at Rainier Beach High School where he earned third team Parade All-American, first-team all-state, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West first team, 3A State Player of the Year and McDonald's Preseason All-America his senior season in 2003... Averaged 18.8 points, 8.0 assists, 6.0 rebounds and 4.5 steals in 2003 guiding Ranier Beach its second straight 3A state championship... Had a four-year high school record of 106-10 and scored 2,025 career points... Named top senior in Washington by CollegeBasketballNews.com... Ranked No. 4 prep player in the country by PrepWestHoops.com... Was the No. 10 prep guard in the country by ESPN.com, No. 21 overall by HoopScoop, No. 37 by Basketball Times and No. 39 by both ESPN.com and Lindy's College Basketball... Averaged 19.4 points and six assists leading Ranier Beach to a 28-1 record and state title as a junior... Was 3A All-Tournament selection and first team 3A all-state his junior season... Was a 3A All-Tournament selection his sophomore campaign where Ranier Beach was state runner-up.

Off The Court
Born April 30, 1984 in Aberdeen, Miss... Undecided major... Parents are Andrew and Lisa Stewart... Father Andrew is a power lifter and personal trainer who has won numerous titles weightlifting world drug free championships... Twin brother Lodrick -- born four minutes before Rodrick -- started 24 of 29 games last season at USC and was the teams second leading scorer at 12.1 ppg.

Self confirms Stewart's arrival to KU, 1/12/05

Stewart not going down without a fight, 1/1/07

Stewart's role expands before rematch with USC,  12/1/2007