Eric Montross

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Eric Scott Montross (born September 23, 1971 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a former professional basketball player in the NBA. He is the oldest child of Scott and Janice Montross. He has one sister, Christine. Montross is 7 feet tall and wears American size 19 shoes. He attended Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis and graduated in 1990. He was the starting center for the Indiana State Basketball Champion Lawrence North Wildcats in 1989. He was selected as a McDonald's All American in 1990. That same year, he was named to the USA Today All-USA 1st Team. Later in 1990, he began attending the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill. He was part of the Tar Heel team that won the NCAA Championship against Michigan in 1993.

Montross was selected by the Boston Celtics with the 9th overall pick in the 1994 NBA Draft. During his first year in the NBA, he averaged 10 points per game, and was selected to the 1995 Rookie All-Star Game and named to the NBA All-Rookie 2nd Team. During his career in the NBA, Eric played with the Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons, and the Toronto Raptors. Montross announced his retirement in August 26, 2003, due to a foot injury and was waived by the Raptors in February, 2004.

During his career, Montross averaged 4.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 0.7 blocks and 0.4 assists per game. He played in 465 games and started 263.

Montross is married with two children and currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he is a commentator for the UNC Tar Heels basketball team. He started the Eric Montross Father's Day Basketball Camp in 1995. He started the camp in memory of Jason Clark, a cancer patient at the NC Children's Hospital. Jason lost his battle with cancer less than a year after he and Eric met. Since the camp's inception, more than $600,000 has been raised to benefit the North Carolina Children's Hospital.