Updated April 2012
EDWARDS[apos] MIAMI CAREER HIGHS:
Points: 21 at Xavier, 11-18-11
Rebounds: 12 at Southeast Missouri, 11-26-11
Assists: 3, twice, last at Xavier, 11-18-11
Steals: 2 at Xavier, 11-18-11
Blocked Shots: 2 at Southeast Missouri, 11-26-11
Minutes: 42 vs. Dayton, 11-15-11
2011-12: Played in seven games, making four starts ... sat out the rest of the season with a right wrist injury ... made first career start at Xavier and poured in 21 points, including four 3-pointers to lead all players ... also led all players with eight rebounds in 40 minutes of action ... posted a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in his Miami debut against Dayton (11/15) ... added three assists and two blocked shots in 42 minutes of action ... amassed 12 rebounds and four blocked shots at Southeast Missouri (11/26).
2010-11: Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer guidelines.
PRIOR TO MIAMI: Spent one season at Penn State ... played in 26 of the Nittany Lions[apos] 31 games, making five starts during his freshman campaign ... averaged 4.2 ppg and 3.3 rpg while playing an average of 16.0 minutes per game ... a strong free-throw shooter, knocked down 21 of his 26 attempts (.808) ... also tallied 26 assists, 12 steals and six blocked shots on the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Tabbed the Ohio Senior Player of the Year in 2009 ... a first-team all-state selection ... averaged 17.4 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 4.8 apg and 1.7 spg at Middletown High School as a senior ... twice named the Middletown Journal Player of the Year, District 15 Player of the Year and the Greater Miami Conference Co-Player of the Year ...also tabbed the Cincinnati High School Basketball Hall of Fame Co-Player of the Year and Middletown High School[apos]s Offensive Player of the Year as a senior ... a two-time first-team all-district, first-team all-city and all-Southwest Ohio pick ... nominated as a McDonald[apos]s All-American ... finished as the seventh all-time leading scorer at Middletown, amassing 1,129 career points ... led Middletown to a 19-3 record as a senior in 2008-09 and ended the season as the No. 3-ranked team in Ohio Division I ... a four-year starter for the Middies, serving as team captain three seasons.
PERSONAL: Born July 1991 ... given name is William ... son of Bill Edwards, Sr. and Glennetta Patton ... both parents played basketball in college ... father played for Wright State before playing professionally for 12 seasons in Europe ... is Wright State[apos]s all-time leading scorer and played briefly with the Philadelphia 76ers ... also earned a bronze medal playing for the United States in the 1998 FIBA World Championships ... mother played for Sinclair Community College ... uncle, Thomas Hamner, was a running back at Minnesota and was a sixth-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Eagles ... high school teammate of current Miami junior guard Allen Roberts ... coaches an AAU basketball team ... major is sports studies.
EDWARDS[apos] CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES (1):
11/15/11 Dayton (14 pts; 10 rebs)
EDWARDS[apos] CAREER 20-POINT GAMES (1):
21 at Xavier (11/18/11)
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