Eric Bledsoe

Number: 21

Class: Senior

Height: 6-1

Weight: 185

Hometown: Birmingham, Ala.

High school: Parker High

Rivals ranking: No. 23 overall, No. 3 PG

Scout ranking: No. 37 overall, No. 6 PG

Video

Watch Bledsoe at the 2009 Wazoo Sports Derby Festival Basketball Classic.

Tracking Eric Bledsoe

Date	Opp.	Result	Stats
Nov. 17	Jackson-Olin	W, 73-62	No Stats
Nov. 18	Wenonah	W, 70-63	No Stats
Nov. 21	Erwin	W, 58-54	No Stats
Nov. 22	Sylacauga	W, 69-42	23 pts, 10 asts
Nov. 26	Jess Lanier	W, 45-32	20 pts, 9 asts
Nov. 27	Fairfield	W, 53-45	18 pts, 9 asts
Nov. 28	Leeds	W, 68-60	21 pts, 8 asts
Dec. 1	Sylacauga	W, 66-55	20 pts, 10 asts
Dec. 5	Fairfield	W, 60-47	21 pts, 5 asts
Dec. 12	Wenonah	W, 70-52	19 pts
Dec. 18	Huffman	W, 59-53	23 pts, 6 stls
Dec. 19	St. Jude	W, 58-42	11 pts, 6 rebs
Dec. 20	Sidney Lanier	L, 53-56	27 pts, 9 rebs
Dec. 27	Jess Lanier	W, 63-52	27 pts

Date	Opp.	Result	Stats
Dec. 30	Erwin	L, 54-57	26 pts
Jan. 6	Woodlawn	W, 55-50	11 pts
Jan. 9	Carver-Birmingham	W, 61-48	22 pts, 6 stls
Jan. 13	Ramsay	W, 70-54	12 pts
Jan. 16	Wenonah	W, 58-50	22 pts, 5 asts
Jan. 23	Woodlawn	L, 57-63	20 pts
Jan. 30	Fairfield	W, 54-49	13 pts
Feb. 3	Huffman	W, 65-52	No Stats
Feb. 9	Woodlawn	W, 64-44	20 pts, 6 asts
Feb. 13	Erwin	W, 61-51	19 pts, 6 rebs
Feb. 18	Fort Payne	W, 64-35	No Stats
Feb. 20	Woodlawn	W, 49-33	11 pts, 5 stls
Feb. 27	LeFlore	W, 53-39	17 pts, 5 asts
Feb. 28	Butler	L, 45-55	17 pts

HIGHLIGHTS

Dec. 1, 2008: Bledsoe recorded a triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to lead Parker High to a 66-55 victory over Sylacauga.

Dec. 20, 2009: Bledsoe had 27 points, nine rebounds, six assists, six steals and blocked four shots for Parker, but the Thundering Herd fell 56-53 to undefeated Sidney Lanier on a three-pointer in the final seconds.

Feb. 27, 2009: Bledsoe had 17 points, nine rebounds, five assists, four steals and two blocks to lead Parker High to a stunning oupset of DeMarcus Cousins and nationally ranked LeFlore High in the semifinals of Alabama�s Class 5A state championship in Birmingham. Bledsoe had two breakaway dunks in the final minutes. "It�s been my dream to come here and play for it all at the Civic Center," he told the Birmingham News. "Today played out like my wildest dream."

Feb. 28, 2009: Bledsoe led Parker High with 17 points, but the Thundering Herd fell to Butler High 55-45 in the Class 5A state championship game in Birmingham. "We just ran out of gas," Bledsoe said of the team�s surprising run to the state title game.

March 20, 2009: Bledsoe scored 12 points to go with six assists and five rebounds to help the Alabama All-Stars defeat the Mississippi All-Stars 78-74 in a game in Pelham, Ala. Bledsoe was named the game�s most valuable player.

March 25, 2009: The Birmingham News selects Bledsoe as the newspaper�s West Player of the Year. Bledose averaged 20.3 points, 9.4 rebounds and 11.5 assists per game during his senior season.

April 11, 2009: Bledsoe scored nine points, grabbed a team-high eight rebounds and had four assists in 24 minutes in the Derby Festival Basketball Classic in Louisville. Bledsoe teamed with Louisville signee Rakeem Buckles to win the festival�s two-on-two tournament earlier in the week.

May 6, 2009: Bledsoe signs to play basketball at the University of Kentucky. Bledsoe chose UK over Memphis in a news conference in his hometown of Birmingham.