Eric Devendorf

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Eric Devendorf
No. 14 – Reno Bighorns
Shooting Guard / Point Guard
Personal information
Born 21 April 1987 (1987-04-21) (age 24)
Bay City, Michigan
Nationality American
High school Oak Hill Academy
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College Syracuse
Pro career 2009–present
League NBA D-League
Career history
Reno Bighorns (2009-2010)
Waikato Pistons (2010)
Wellington Saints (2010)
Melbourne Tigers (2010-2011)
Selçuk Üniversitesi BK (2011)
Idaho Stampede (2011-2012)
Reno Bighorns (2012-present)
Career highlights and awards
NBL 2010 Champion

Eric Devendorf (born April 21, 1987(1987-04-21)) is an American professional basketball player from Bay City, Michigan who came from Oak Hill Academy (Virginia)[1] and played for the Syracuse University Orange.

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[edit] College

[edit] 2005-06

Devendorf was named to the Big East All-Rookie team his freshman year after averaging 12.1 points and 2.3 assists per game. Devendorf joined the starting lineup six games into the season, and hit a key layup against Georgetown in the Big East Tournament to send Syracuse to the Big East Championship.[2]

[edit] 2006-07

Devendorf was named MVP of the BCA Invitational after averaging 16.0 points a game during the three contests. During the regular season, Devendorf had strong showings against Marquette (20 points), St. Johns (23), DePaul (27) and Villanova (33). The sophomore saved his best showing for the postseason, on a daily basis as he scored a career high 34 points against South Alabama in the National Invitation Tournament. Devendorf finished the season averaging 14.8 points and 4.1 assists as a sophomore and was named to the All Big East Honorable Mention team.

[edit] 2007-08

Devendorf was leading Syracuse in scoring 10 games into his junior season averaging 17.0 points and 3.9 assists per game. However, he would be sidelined the rest of the season after tearing his ACL against East Tennessee State.[3][4] Devendorf was granted a hardship waiver during the 2007-08 season after missing 25 games,[5] which meant that for the 2008-09 season, although classified as a senior academically, he would remain a junior in athletic eligibility.[6]

[edit] 2008-09

Devendorf returned to the Syracuse lineup with a 14-point effort against Le Moyne and 22 points against Oakland.[7][8] However, on December 10, 2008, Devendorf was suspended indefinitely, pending appeal, from Syracuse University.[9][10] The suspension is the result of a university judicial board hearing stemming from an incident involving Devendorf and a female student. Devendorf was accused of striking the female student in the face during an altercation in the early morning hours of November 1. The board found that Devendorf had violated three out of the five student codes he was accused of. Furthermore, Devendorf was already on disciplinary probation as the result of harming a student during the spring 2008 semester.[11] The university judicial board recommended he be suspended for the remainder of the academic year, which his coach Jim Boeheim thought was too severe.[12] Devendorf, as expected,[10] appealed.[13]

The Appeals board rendered its decision effective on December 19, 2008, upon which Devendorf was suspended. Upon his completion of 40 hours of community service, he would be allowed to rejoin the university and the basketball team.[5] After completing his 40 hours of community service, Devendorf was reinstated by the University on December 27.[14][15]

Devendorf declared himself eligible for the 2009 NBA Draft with one year of NCAA eligibility remaining but was not drafted.[16][17]

[edit] Professional career

On December 26, 2009, Devendorf signed with the Reno Bighorns of the NBDL.[18] In his debut, Devendorf played 14:33 and scored two points on 1-of-3 shooting as the Bighorns defeated the Tulsa 66ers 102-87.[19] On January 6, 2010, Devendorf was waived by the Bighorns.[20]

On February 8, 2010, Devendorf signed with the Waikato Pistons of the New Zealand National Basketball League. He scored 49 points in his season debut.[21]

Devendorf was released in April by the Pistons following an incident in which he was involved in a bar conflict involving former Syracuse player Josh Pace and former St. Bonaventure center Jamil Terrell.[22] He was signed to NBL team Wellington Saints shortly after, and starts as point guard averaging 26.1 ppg.

For the 2010-11 season, Devendorf signed to play with the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian National Basketball League. In February 2011, Devendorf was released after the team recorded a 6-12 record midway through the season. In March, he signed with Torku Selcuk Universitesi, which competes in Division 2 Group B of Turkish Basketball League (TB2L), scoring 22 points in his first game.[23]

In 2011-12, Devendorf signed with the Idaho Stampede of the NBA Development League.[24] He was traded to the Reno Bighorns in February, 2012.[25]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://suathletics.syr.edu/roster.aspx?rp_id=4937&path=mbasket
  2. ^ ESPN - Syracuse vs. Georgetown - Recap - March 10, 2006
  3. ^ SU wins big, but fears loss of Devendorf - Orange Basketball Blog on syracuse.com
  4. ^ Orange guard Devendorf to miss rest of season with ACL tear
  5. ^ a b Devendorf ordered to complete community service
  6. ^ Big East gives Syracuse G Devendorf another year after injury
  7. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=283210183
  8. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=283230183
  9. ^ Cole, Nancy (2008-12-10). "Syracuse University basketball player Eric Devendorf suspended for rest of academic year". http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/syracuse_university_basketball.html. Retrieved 2008-12-10. 
  10. ^ a b "ESPN - Syracuse board seeks suspension for Eric Devendorf". 2008-12-10. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3760958. Retrieved 2008-12-10. 
  11. ^ Cole, Nancy (2008-12-11). "Devendorf suspended from Syracuse University; board says he didn't take past probation seriously". The Post Standard. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/syracuse_university_basketball.html. Retrieved 2008-12-11. 
  12. ^ Boeheim disagrees with Syracuse's season ban of G Devendorf
  13. ^ Devendorf to appeal suspension
  14. ^ O'Hara, Jim; Waters, Mike (2008-12-19). "Suspension of SU's Eric Devendorf upheld, penalty changed". http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/suspension_of_sus_eric_devendo.html. Retrieved 2008-12-19. 
  15. ^ Devendorf expected to return for Syracuse
  16. ^ Zagoria, Adam (2009-04-09). "Syracuse trio declares for draft". SNY.tv. http://web.sny.tv/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090409&content_id=1497918&vkey=21. Retrieved 2009-10-23. 
  17. ^ Thompson, Lee (2009-06-26). "Eric Devendorf goes undrafted". mlive.com. http://www.mlive.com/sports/bay-city/index.ssf/2009/06/eric_devendorf_goes_undrafted.html. Retrieved 2009-10-23. 
  18. ^ http://www.nba.com/dleague/reno/bighorns_acquire_syracuse_star_2009_12_26.html
  19. ^ http://www.mlive.com/sports/bay-city/index.ssf/2009/12/eric_devendorf_makes_professio.html
  20. ^ http://blog.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2010/01/eric_devendorf_waived_by_nbdl.html
  21. ^ Anderson, Ian (February 9, 2010). "Waikato Pistons sign troublesome talent". The Nelson Mail. http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/sport/national-sport/3307378/Waikato-Pistons-sign-troublesome-talent/. Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
  22. ^ http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/sport/news/lead-story-basketball-the-straw-that-broke-jts-bac/3913106/
  23. ^ http://www.mlive.com/sports/bay-city/index.ssf/2011/03/eric_devendorf_scores_22_point.html
  24. ^ http://www.mlive.com/sports/bay-city/index.ssf/2012/01/eric_devendorf_back_with_idaho.html
  25. ^ http://www.mlive.com/sports/bay-city/index.ssf/2012/01/eric_devendorf_traded_to_reno.html

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