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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Copperas Cove, Texas Copperas Cove is a city located in central Texas at the southern corner of Coryell County with smaller portions in Lampasas and Bell counties. Founded in 1879 as a small ranching and farming community, today the city is the largest in Coryell Co ...

, 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 Copperas Cove High School is a public high school located in the city of Copperas Cove, Texas, United States, and classified as a 6A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Copperas Cove Independent School District located in the southwest corner ...

."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

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. 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

Basketligan Svenska Basketligan, or the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), is the premier league for professional basketball in Sweden. The league was originally established in 1992 as Basketligan and was known as that prior to the season of 2006–07, but wh ...

. He averaged 16.4 points and 2.8 assists per game. In 2020–21, he played for

Joensuun Kataja Kataja Basket Club is a professional basketball club of sports club Kataja from Joensuu, Finland. The team plays in the Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball. In 2015, Kataja won its first national championship, after it beat Bisons ...

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 Futebol Clube do Porto (), commonly referred to as FC Porto, or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional basketball team based in Porto. Created in 1926, it is the senior representative side of the basketball section of multi-sports club FC Po ...

, 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.

References

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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 Alaska Basketball players from Texas FC Porto basketball players Guards (basketball) Hapoel Gilboa Galil players Israeli Basketball Premier League players Sportspeople from Anchorage, Alaska People from Copperas Cove, Texas Basketball players from Baltimore Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball players 21st-century African-American sportspeople