Lester Abram

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Lester Abram (born on September 2, 1983 in Pontiac, Michigan) is an African American shooting guard and now is a senior. He has been drafted by Team Coach Tommy Amaker to be the Team Captain as of late. This was made official as of April, and fellow seniors Brent Petway and Dion Harris have been abandoned.^[1] The release of the statement said that Abram, Harris, and Petway were announced as the Wolverine's new captain at the 2006 Basketball Awards Celebration. According to the release, their captaincy will start this season. His election as captain places himself as the Michigan Wolverines' first three-time captain.^[1] Last season, he averaged 10 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game in his 21 appearances.

1 Profile
2 Career
3 Personal Information
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Profile

Birthday	NBA Position	Class	Height	Weight	College Team	Hometown	High School
9/2/83	Guard	Senior	6-6	200	Michigan	Pontiac, Michigan	Northern.^[2]

[edit] Career

[edit] Senior/Junior (2005-06)

Abram helped the University of Michigan to the first national 25 years in eight years. He also led them to back-to-back wins over 25 teams since 12 years before. Honorably, he was voted as one of four team captains.^[3] Abram was ESPN-Plus Player of the Game (U-M) against Northwestern on January 18. He started 18 of 21 games. Though, he missed two games with sprained right toe and additionally missed 10 games with severely sprained left ankle. His return was in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament vs. Minnesota (March 9), playing thirteen minutes, and receiving two points, three rebounds, and two resists and a block. Averages include 10.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 steals per game. In 12 of the 21 games that featured him he scored double figures.^[3] His career best from the field was 53 % (71 for 134).^[3] He shot 42.5 percent of his three pointers (17-for-40). For free throws, he shot 82.5 %(52-for-63). He gained 22 assists, five blocks, and 21 steals.^[3] In the game against Northwestern on January 18, he scored a season best 20 points after going 9-for-12 from the field and 2-for-5 on three-pointers. He had a career-high four steals and finished with 14 points after going 8-for-10 from the free throw line in win over Miami, Florida (Nov. 29) in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.^[3]

He hit two free throw shots within 1.9 rebounds to seal the win at Notre Dame on December 3. He finished the game off with four points, 1 block and two steals. He followed up with a career-high five assists against Coppin State (December 28).^[3] Next, he went 10-for-10 from the free-throw line in Miami, Florida Game on March 22 in the quarterfinal of the NIT. He was featured in a game against Central Michigan on November 18. He sat out via injury junior season (2004-05) with injury, finished with 19 points after going 7-for-10 from the field.^[3]

[edit] Junior (2004-05

He was voted this season one of three team captains.^[3] Abram missed 28 total games of the 2004-05 season following surgery to left shoulder on December 16, 2004.^[3] He played in three games. His averages were 6.7 points (20 total) and 4.7 rebounds (14 total) in 28.7 minutes. And Shooting 90.9 percent (10-for-11) on free throws. ^[3]

[edit] Sophomore (2003-04)

He was a memer of the 2004 NIT Championship team and 2004 all-Big Ten, third team.^[3] U-M's 2004 Bill Buntin Most Valuable Player Award, U-M's 2004 Travis Conlan Sportsmanship Award, U-M's 2004 Award for Outstanding Free Throw Shooting, U-M's 2004 Iron Man Award, CBS Player of the Game against Wisconsin on February 22, 2004, he all accomplished in one season.^[3] After missing three games after a left shoulder injury, he came back with 17 points, five rebounds, and two steals at a game vs. Hawaii on March 24, 2004. His next honors were ESPN2 Player of the Game and Four-time ESPN-Plus Player of the Game. He started 24 of 21 games.^[3] He would miss another three games after suffering a left shoulder injury vs. Iowa (March 12, 2004) in the Big Ten Tournament. Net, he would have injured his left shoulder by going for a rebound and colliding with Iowa's Greg Brunner. This experience to the snapping of a streak of 58 consecutive games.^[3]

He would lead his college to scoring 12 games. On January 27, 2004 vs. Northwestern he scored a career-high of 27 points. Abram tied UM All-American Cazzie Russell for U-M sophomore shooting record 84.3 % on free throws (113-for-134).^[3] Abram made 10 free throws, twice. Then, he went perfect from the free throw line in 13 games. He averaged 4.2 rebounds per game (131 in all). He next had a career high of 10 rebounds againgst Iowa State on February 14, 2004.^[3] He lead the UOM in rebounding for six games. This rewarded him 13 points and 10 rebounds. He had 41 assists, nine blocks, and 31 steals; played 29.5 minutes per game.^[3]

[edit] Freshman (2002-03)

His first achieved U-M's 2003 Iron Man Award and U-M's 2003 Award for Outstanding Free Throw Shooting.^[3] Abram played in all 30 games (with 28 starts). Following an 0-6 start, he helped U-M to 13-game winning streak and the third place in the Big Ten. He helped U-M to their first ever win at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion (81-76) December 28, 2002.^[3] Next, Lester helped U-M break an eight-game losing streak against Michigan State on January 26, 2003. He had first collegiate game and start against St. Bonaventure at Paradise Jam Tournament November 23), having 11 points, 3 rebounds and one block. Abram marked UM's freshman record shooting 85.6 percent on free throws (89-for-104).

He produced a perfect free throw line run in 18 games.^[3] He would average 10.6 points per game (319 in total). He scored in double figures in 16 games. Additionally, Abram had one game scoring 20 or more points, with a season-high 20 points against IUPUI on January 4, 2003. The, he led U-M in scoring in six games. In all, he averaged 4.4 rebounds per game (131 total). His season-high nine rebounds was a game against Iowa on (February 8, 2003).^[3] In the following, he led his team in rebounding two games; had 38 assists, 11 blocks plus 31 steals; led U-M in steals in 10 games. Also he had played 32.1 minutes per game.

[edit] Prep

His prep year saw him as third in voting for the 2002 Hal Schram Mr. Basketball award. He was a pat of the Top 100 selection for McDonald's All-America. Teams he made included the Detroit News Dream Team, All-Metro first team, All-North first team (2002), Detroit Free Press Dream Team, All-Metro first team and selected as the captain, All-North first team and selected as the captain (2002), Oakland Press Oakland County Dream Team (2002) and Associated Press Class A All-State first team (2001).^[3] In 2001 he made the Detroit News Dream Team, All-Metro first team (2001), Detroit Free Press Class A All-State fourth team and All-Metro second team (2001).^[3] In 2000, he made the Detroit News Class A All-State as a honorable mention , All-Metro honorable mention, All-North second team (2000), Detroit Free Press Class A All-State honorable mention (2000), and USA Today's Michigan “Players to Watch” (2000). In his prep career he averaged 19.0 points per game.^[3] He played for Pontiac Northern High School. He was coached by Robert Rogers.

Abram led Pontiac Northern back-to-back Class A state titles . He only missed one career game (finishing with a 81-21 career record). Additionally, he was a Four-year starter, a two-year captain, Playing four different positions. When he was a senior (in 2002), he averaged 22.7 points, 10.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.5 blocks. Then, Lester led Pontiac Northern to Class A State title, in which he earned co-Most Valuable Player honors, and next led Pontiac Northern to a 23-4 record. As a junior (in 2001), he averaged 20.2 points, 10.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists. Now he would lead Pontiac Northern to a Class A State Championship title.^[3] That year, he led Pontiac Northern to a 23-4 record. And as a sophomore (2000), he averaged 14.1 points. And would lead Pontiac Northern to a 17-5 record. For his freshmen started as a freshman (1999), averaged 14.1 points . He led Pontiac Northern to Michigan Class A State semifinal game; played for AAU team, the Family and was coached by Durand Walker.^[3]

[edit] Personal Information

He name is Lester C. Abram Jr. He is the son of Kim and Lester Abram. Lester was enrolled in the Division of Kinesiology. He was a sport management major.^[3] He is Lefthanded. He has played with teammate Graham Brown for AAU's The Family. He's also played against teammate Dion Harris in the 2002 Class A State Championship game.^[3]