Eder Araujo

 

# 14 Eder Araujo

Forward

7-0

Senior

Sao Paulo, Brazil/Odete Maria de Freitas HS

PRONOUNCED ED-URR UH-ROW-JOE… Skilled, athletic big man returns for his senior year… Has a fine touch from the perimeter and has become a force on the glass… Has averaged 11.8 points in each of his two years at Walsh… Transferred from Weatherford Junior College, where he played one year… (Weatherford, Texas)… Averaged double figure points and rebounds at Weatherford… 2006: Third Team All-AMC South Division… Played in 32 games and started 31… Averaged 27.8 minutes per outing… Led the team, and was second in the AMC in rebounding (8.6)… Rebounded in double figures 10 times, with career high 17 boards against Ohio Dominican… Recorded two 16 rebound (Shawnee State, Daemen) games… Led the team in rebounding 17 times… Led the team in scoring eight times, with a career high 25 points against Ohio Dominican… Shot 10-14 from the floor against the Panthers… Scored 19 points in playoff wins against Ohio Dominican and Roberts Wesleyan… Led the team with 35 blocked shots… AMC Player of the Week (1/7-13)… 2005: Honorable Mention All-AMC South Division… Played in 30 games and started 24… Started off with a bang, earning MVP honors at Notre Dame College Classic… Scored 21 points in first collegiate game against Saint Francis (IN), with 13 rebounds, then scored 19 points in final classic game against the University of Michigan-Dearborn… Was averaging 16.1 points through the first ten games, when he suffered an ankle sprain… Led the team in scoring in five of the first seven games… Missed two games on the Cavs trip to Arizona… After scoring in single digits in seven straight games after the injury, scored 12 points at Urbana University and a season-high 24 points in the next contest against Wilberforce University… Averaged 11.8 points and scored in double figures in 17 games… Averaged 14.5 points in the final two games (Oregon Tech, Mid-America Nazarene) at the NAIA National Tournament… Led the team in scoring seven times… Paced the Cavs in rebounding (6.7) and grabbed 13 rebounds in a single game four times, including national tournament win over Oregon Tech… Recorded six double-doubles… Shot .494 from the field and .379 from three-point… HIGH SCHOOL: School did not offer basketball... PERSONAL: Born May 4, 1981 in Sao Paulo, Brazil… Son of Xenofonte and Jandira Araujo… Has two brothers and one sister… Sociology major… TWO LETTERS