UMBC

2005-06: Produced solid efforts in both of UMBC’s pre-season scrimmages and started the first four games of the season…did not record a point in his first 36 minutes of action...played a season high 13 minutes vs. Towson and recorded his first 2 rebounds, an assist, a steal and a blocked shot...did not play in five straight games, until a five-minute stint vs. Long Beach State. ..scored his first collegiate points on a first half field goal vs. Navy...scored his first league field goal in a six-minute stint vs. Binghamton and posted UMBC’s final field goal of the season in the America East quarterfinals vs. Albany…played with a great deal more confidence in spring workouts.     

Background: A relative newcomer to the sport of basketball, who did not begin competing until age 13…earned three varsity letters at American…averaged 15.0 ppg, 9 rpg, and 1.5 blocks per game as a junior and capped his career by posting 9.0 ppg, 12.0 rpg and 2 rejections per game as a senior…earned Third Team All Dade County accolades in his senior campaign after receiving Honorable Mention honors as a junior…his junior season was highlighted by a 24-point, 8-rebound, 2-block effort in the District 13-6A championship game…the Patriots’ best season in Uwem’s tenure was his sophomore year, when they made it to the state’s Class 6A “Elite Eight”, losing in the regional finals to the #21 team in the nation (Dillard)…a member of the national honor society who graduated in the top 10 percent of his class…brother, Cobb, plays football at Texas Southern University…selected UMBC “because I like the campus atmosphere, the fact that it is an Honors University and the coaching staff and players”…considering a major in Political Science and a career as an FBI agent…full named is Uwemedimo Godwin Eshietedoho…son of Brenda and Cobb Eshietedoho…born December 11, 1986.