Rashard Odomes (born December 21, 1996) is an American basketball player for

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in the

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. He plays the guard and forward positions."Rashard Odomes,"
ESPN. He played college basketball at the

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Early life

As a child Odomes lived in

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, and

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. His mother Donna Stewart is a retired

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first class sergeant. He is tall, and weighs . Odomes attended Copperas Cove High School."Rashard Odomes,"
sports-reference. As a sophomore, he was second-team all-district. As a junior, he averaged 26.8 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 2.3 steals per game while shooting .561% from the field, and was named the Texas 8-5A Offensive Player of the Year. As a senior he averaged 25.2 points, 12.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 2.7 steals per game while shooting 58.3% from the field, and was a Texas Class 6-A All-State selection and the District 12-6A MVP. He ended his career as the high school's all-time leading scorer.

College career

Odomes played college basketball for the

from 2015 to 2019, while majoring in human relations. In 2018-19 his .542 2-point field goal percentage was 10th-best in the Big-12. In college he was primarily known as a physical defensive player. In 2019, he was named Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

Professional career

In 2019–20, Odomes played for Umeå BSKT in the Swedish

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. He averaged 16.4 points and 2.8 assists per game. In 2020–21, he played for Joensuun Kataja in the Finnish

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. Odomes averaged 18.2 points and 3.0 assists per game. In 2021-22 he played for FC Porto Ferpinta, primarily in the

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. Odomes averaged 12.1 points and 1.6 assists per game. In 2022-23 Odomes is playing for

in the

, at the guard and forward positions.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Odomes, Rashard 1996 births Living people American men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Finland American expatriate basketball people in Sweden American expatriate basketball people in Portugal American expatriate basketball people in Israel Basketball players from Texas FC Porto basketball players Guards (basketball) Hapoel Gilboa Galil players Israeli Basketball Premier League players Basketball players from Anchorage, Alaska People from Copperas Cove, Texas Basketball players from Baltimore Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball players 21st-century African-American sportsmen 21st-century American sportsmen