Rashad Anderson

Rashad Anderson
Free Agent
Guard/Forward
Personal information
Date of birth	November 9, 1983 (1983-11-09) (age 28)
Place of birth	Lakeland, Florida, USA
Nationality	USA
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College	UConn
NBA Draft	2006 / Undrafted
Pro career	2006–present
Career history
Egaleo BC (2006–07) TDShop.it Livorno (2007-2008) Iowa Energy (2009-2010) BK Ventspils (2010-2011)
Stats at NBA.com

Rashad Shaheed Anderson (born November 9, 1983 in Lakeland, Florida) is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Iowa Energy. He previously played guard/forward for the UConn Huskies. Rashad was drafted on November 5, 2009 by the Iowa Energy of the NBA Developmental League. He was drafted in the first round, ninth overall.

1 Early life
2 High school career
3 College career
4 Professional career
5 References
6 External links

Early life

Rashad's first interest was baseball. His cousin introduced him to basketball when Rashad was 10 and Rashad has not stopped playing ever since.^[1] At age 13 he played on an AAU team that placed third in the nation. The following year on the 14 and under AAU team, they placed second in the country.

High school career

At Kathleen High School in Lakeland, Florida, Anderson averaged 22.8 points a game and finished as the second leading scorer in school history. In his junior year at Kathleen, Rashad helped the Red Devils won the State Championship. As a senior Rashad was one of the top 50 recruits in the nation, he was named an All-American, leading his team to a 106-24 record in his four seasons. [1]

College career

Rashad chose UConn over the University of Florida, University of Tennessee, University of Texas. He had a great career at UConn and was known as "the dagger" by UConn head coach Jim Calhoun because of his penchant for hitting shots at key moments of games. Anderson is known as one of the best clutch three-point shooters in college basketball history. Anderson also finished his career with 276 three pointers, the most in UConn history.[2]

Freshman

Rashad played in all 33 games, mostly coming off the bench. Although he started in the last four contests of the regular season. He finished fourth on the squad with 8.2 ppg. His season high for points was 22 at Notre Dame which included 6 for 9 from beyond the arc.

Sophomore

In the 2004 season Rashad finished as third leading scorer for NCAA Champion Huskies with 11.2 ppg. He reached double figures in 19 total games on the season and was named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team after scoring 18 points vs. Georgia Tech in the Championship game and 14 points vs. Duke. In the NCAA Tournament he averaged 17.3 points and .488 from three-point range (21-of-43). His 21 threes set a UConn single-tournament record. Rashad scored 28 points in NCAA Elite Eight win over Alabama, matching the school-NCAA record of six three-pointers he set in First Round win over Vermont.

Junior

In his junior season Rashad was placed in the starting role. He started 15 of 24 games at the shooting guard spot and finished as team’s third leading scorer with 11.9 ppg. In February of that year Rashad was hospitalized for 13 days and missed seven games due to skin abscess in his right leg. The team would suffer without him.^[2] He returned to action for the Big East Tournament. His season high for points was 27, including 16 in final 13 minutes, in win over Rice.

Senior

Rashad was a big sparkplug off the bench and as a senior Rashad was the Nation’s leading scorer among players not in the starting lineup. He earned All-Big East Honorable Mention honors, and averaged 12.8 points off the bench in 22.4 minutes of play. He reached double figures in 26 games. In one of the more memorable games of his collegiate career Rashad scored the game-tying three-pointer at end of regulation against the Washington Huskies during the regional semifinals of the 2006 NCAA National Tournament sending the game into overtime with a score tied at 82. UConn went on to win in overtime, 98 to 92. Rashad ended that game with 19 points.

Professional career

Despite his prolific college career, Anderson was not selected in the 2006 NBA Draft. He had accepted an offer to play for the Washington Wizards entry in the Las Vegas Summer League, but ultimately was not signed to a contract.[3] Anderson began his professional career playing in the Greek League for Egaleo BC in the A1 Ethniki 2006-07 season, a club recently promoted to the country's first division.^[3] For 2007-2008 season he has signed for the Italian second division team TDShop.it Livorno.^[4] Rashad was taken in the 1st round of the NBA D-League draft, ninth overall by the Iowa Energy. After season which Anderson started in D-League, but finished in Italian side Gruppo Triboldi Basket, next season Rashad signed with Latvian club BK Ventspils.

References

External links

Connecticut Huskies men's basketball

Established 1896 • Based in Storrs, Connecticut • Big East Conference

University	University of Connecticut • President: Dr. Philip E. Austin • Athletic Director: Jeff Hathaway

Key Personnel	Head coach: Jim Calhoun 24th year, 595–228 (267-148) • Associate Head Coach: George Blaney • Assistant Coach: Andre LaFleur • Assistant Coach: Kevin Ollie

All-time record	1537-862 (.640)

National Championships	1999 • 2004 • 2011

Big East Championships	Tournament: 1990 • 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • 2002 • 2004 • 2011 Regular Season: 1990 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005 • 2006 18 Yankee Conference Championships

Rivalries	Duke • Georgetown • Pittsburgh • Syracuse

Records	Career Points: Chris Smith (1989-92) 2,145 • Career Rebounds: Art Quimby (1952-55) 1,716 • Career Assists: Taliek Brown (2001-04) 722 • Career Blocks:Emeka Okafor (2002-04) 441 • Career 3-point FG: Rashad Anderson (2003-06) 276

Huskies of Honor	Players: Ray Allen • Wes Bialosuknia • Walt Dropo • Richard Hamilton • Tony Hanson • Toby Kimball • Donyell Marshall • Emeka Okafor • Art Quimby • Clifford Robinson • Chris Smith • Corny Thompson • Kemba Walker • Vin Yokabaskas Coaches and Administrators: Jim Calhoun • Hugh Greer • Dee Rowe • John Toner

Head coaches	Donahue • Schwartz • Tasker • Guyer • Dole • Alexander • Heldman • Christian • White • Gullion • Greer • Wigton • Shabel • Carlson • Rowe • Perno • Calhoun

Arenas	Hugh S. Greer Field House (1954-89) • XL Center (1975-present) • Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (1990-present)

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Connecticut Huskies Men's Basketball 2003–04 NCAA Champions

3 Charlie Villanueva \| 4 Ben Gordon \| 5 Marcus Williams \| 11 Hilton Armstrong \| 12 Taliek Brown \| 21 Josh Boone \| 30 Shamon Tooles \| 31 Rashad Anderson \| 33 Denham Brown \| 50 Emeka Okafor (MOP) Head coach Jim Calhoun Assistant coaches Tom Moore \| George Blaney

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Name	Anderson, Rashad
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Date of birth	November 9, 1983
Place of birth	Lakeland, Florida, USA
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