Chris Booker (basketball)

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Christopher Melvin Booker (born 24 October 1981 in Fort Worth-Texas, USA) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Union Olimpija

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[edit] High school years

As a Four-year letterman at Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School in Fort Worth, Texas, he averaged 24.0 points and 12.0 rebounds per game as a senior. He was named Fort Worth player of the year during his senior season. He earned first-team all-district honors as a senior and also named district player of the year and most valuable player in the Fort Worth district.

[edit] College Career

[edit] Junior College

[edit] 2000-2002

He attended Tyler Junior College in his freshman year, where he averaged 10.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. Improving in his sophmore season, he averaged 19.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game and named all-conference and second team All-American.

[edit] Purdue

[edit] 2002-2003

Booker transferred for his junior season to play for Gene Keady at Purdue University, where he was named an All-Big Ten honorable mention by conference coaches and named to the All-Junior College Transfer Team. He led the Boilermakers in rebounding, averaging 5.7 per game. He also played in all 30 games, with 24 starts and ranked third on the team in scoring with 9.4 points per game. He led the squad in blocked shots and shot 45.2 percent from the field, fourth-best on the team. He played 807 minutes, second-most on the team and holds Purdue's record for blocks in a season.

[edit] Professional career

[edit] 2003-Present

[edit] References

[edit] External links


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