Bobby Frasor
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Robert John "Bobby" Frasor (born October 31, 1986) is a retired American
professional basketball
player and current assistant video coordinator at the University of North Carolina
. He was born in Blue Island
, Illinois
to Bob and Donna Frasor. Father Bob Frasor won 298 games in 27 years as head basketball coach at Eisenhower High School
. Bobby Frasor played at North Carolina
from 2005 to 2009 as both point guard
and shooting guard
.
and a four-year member of the "high honors," which means he averaged a 3.9 or higher grade point average
(GPA). On the basketball court, Frasor began to stand out as a junior when he averaged twelve points and five assists on a team that finished the season 26-2. The following year, Frasor’s senior season, he averaged 21 points, five rebounds, and seven assists along with being named the Chicago Catholic League
Player of the Year. In his total time at Brother Rice, he earned all conference honors three times and earned all-state honors twice. Before making the bridge from his high school career to his college career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
, Frasor earned McDonald’s All-American honors along with EA Sports
All-American honors.
season. He started all 31 games at point guard. His season high in scoring took place against North Carolina State
as he put up 17 points, and his season-high twelve assists took place against Saint Louis
. He was fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference
(ACC) in assists and also fourth in the ACC in assist-to-error ratio. With these numbers, he, along with teammate Tyler Hansbrough
, were members of the 2006 ACC All-freshman team.
season averaging 10.1 minutes, 2.4 points, 0.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 0.8 turnovers per game. He played in 28 games as a sophomore however his playing time significantly decreased after returning from multiple foot injuries. He missed ten games in two different stretches due to an injured right foot and later in the season missed six games for a sore right foot and bruised hip.
campaign averaging 16.3 minutes, 3.2 points, 1.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 0.8 turnovers. While only playing in twelve games, he saw action at both shooting guard and point guard and also earned defensive player of the game eight of his twelve games. However, during the second half of the Nevada
game on December 27, 2007, Frasor tore his left anterior cruciate ligament
(ACL) while going for a steal. He then was forced to go through reconstructive surgery on January 14, 2008, and missed the remainder of his junior season. Despite suffering from a season ending injury, Frasor was still able to win the team's scholar-athlete award for the 2007-08 season. He was cleared by doctors to play in early July to begin preparing for his senior
season.
, Frasor completed the season averaging 17.4 minutes, 2.6 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 0.7 turnovers. He went undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft
.
, which plays in the Balkan League
and Bulgarian National League
, leading his team to the basketball Bulgarian Cup. For the 2010-11 season, Frasor signed with Cypriot
team Achilleas Kaimakliou
.
' staff as assistant video coordinator.
United States
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professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player and current assistant video coordinator at the University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
. He was born in Blue Island
Blue Island, Illinois
Blue Island is a city in Cook County, Illinois. The population was 22,556 at the 2010 census. Blue Island was established in the 1830s as a way station for settlers traveling on the Vincennes Trace, and the settlement prospered because it was conveniently situated a day's journey outside of Chicago...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
to Bob and Donna Frasor. Father Bob Frasor won 298 games in 27 years as head basketball coach at Eisenhower High School
Eisenhower High School (Blue Island, Illinois)
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School is a public four-year high school located in Blue Island, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Community High School District 218 along with sister schools Alan B. Shepard High School and Harold L...
. Bobby Frasor played at North Carolina
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is considered one of the most successful programs in NCAA history...
from 2005 to 2009 as both point guard
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
and shooting guard
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
.
High school career
Frasor attended Brother Rice High School from 2001 to 2005, and was coached by Pat Richardson. Throughout those years, Frasor was a success both on the basketball court and in the classroom. Academically, Frasor was a member of the National Honor SocietyNational Honor Society
The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
and a four-year member of the "high honors," which means he averaged a 3.9 or higher grade point average
Grade (education)
Grades are standardized measurements of varying levels of comprehension within a subject area. Grades can be assigned in letters , as a range , as a number out of a possible total , as descriptors , in percentages, or, as is common in some post-secondary...
(GPA). On the basketball court, Frasor began to stand out as a junior when he averaged twelve points and five assists on a team that finished the season 26-2. The following year, Frasor’s senior season, he averaged 21 points, five rebounds, and seven assists along with being named the Chicago Catholic League
Chicago Catholic League
The Chicago Catholic League is a high school athletic conference based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. All of the schools are currently part of the Illinois High School Association, the governing body for Illinois scholastic sports...
Player of the Year. In his total time at Brother Rice, he earned all conference honors three times and earned all-state honors twice. Before making the bridge from his high school career to his college career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
, Frasor earned McDonald’s All-American honors along with EA Sports
EA Sports
EA Sports is a brand of Electronic Arts that creates and develops sports video games. Formerly a marketing gimmick of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to mimic real-life sports networks by calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John...
All-American honors.
Freshman season
Frasor averaged 27.5 minutes, 6.4 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 4.4 assists to end his freshmanFreshman
A freshman or fresher is a first-year student in secondary school, high school, or college. The term first year can also be used as a noun, to describe the students themselves A freshman (US) or fresher (UK, India) (or sometimes fish, freshie, fresher; slang plural frosh or freshmeat) is a...
season. He started all 31 games at point guard. His season high in scoring took place against North Carolina State
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution...
as he put up 17 points, and his season-high twelve assists took place against Saint Louis
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1818 by the Most Reverend Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg SLU is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River. It is one of 28 member institutions of the...
. He was fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
(ACC) in assists and also fourth in the ACC in assist-to-error ratio. With these numbers, he, along with teammate Tyler Hansbrough
Tyler Hansbrough
Andrew Tyler Hansbrough is an American basketball player for the Indiana Pacers. Hansbrough completed a college basketball career with the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team in 2009, and was drafted into the NBA by the Indiana Pacers with the 13th pick of the 1st round of the 2009 NBA...
, were members of the 2006 ACC All-freshman team.
Sophomore season
Frasor completed his sophomoreSophomore
Sophomore is a term used in the United States to describe a student in the second year of study at high school or university.The word is also used as a synonym for "second", for the second album or EP released by a musician or group, the second movie of a director, or the second season of a...
season averaging 10.1 minutes, 2.4 points, 0.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 0.8 turnovers per game. He played in 28 games as a sophomore however his playing time significantly decreased after returning from multiple foot injuries. He missed ten games in two different stretches due to an injured right foot and later in the season missed six games for a sore right foot and bruised hip.
Junior season
Although embattled by more injuries, Frasor ended his juniorJunior (education)
"Junior" is a term used in the United States to describe a student in their 3rd year of study . A Junior is considered an upperclassman...
campaign averaging 16.3 minutes, 3.2 points, 1.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 0.8 turnovers. While only playing in twelve games, he saw action at both shooting guard and point guard and also earned defensive player of the game eight of his twelve games. However, during the second half of the Nevada
University of Nevada, Reno
The University of Nevada, Reno , is a teaching and research university established in 1874 and located in Reno, Nevada, USA...
game on December 27, 2007, Frasor tore his left anterior cruciate ligament
Anterior cruciate ligament
The anterior cruciate ligament is a cruciate ligament which is one of the four major ligaments of the human knee. In the quadruped stifle , based on its anatomical position, it is referred to as the cranial cruciate ligament.The ACL originates from deep within the notch of the distal femur...
(ACL) while going for a steal. He then was forced to go through reconstructive surgery on January 14, 2008, and missed the remainder of his junior season. Despite suffering from a season ending injury, Frasor was still able to win the team's scholar-athlete award for the 2007-08 season. He was cleared by doctors to play in early July to begin preparing for his senior
Senior (education)
Senior is a term used in the United States to describe a student in the 4th year of study .-High school:...
season.
Senior season
In a season ending with victory in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball ChampionshipNCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
, Frasor completed the season averaging 17.4 minutes, 2.6 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 0.7 turnovers. He went undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft
2010 NBA Draft
The 2010 NBA Draft was held on June 24, 2010 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The draft, which started at 7:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time , was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur...
.
Professional career
Following the completion of his college career, Frasor joined BC Levski SofiaBC Levski Sofia
BC Levski Sofia is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the Levski Sofia sports club.Founded in 1923, Levski has won 31 domestic trophies including 17 NBL titles and 14 Bulgarian Cups...
, which plays in the Balkan League
Balkan International Basketball League
The Balkan International Basketball League , also known as the Balkan League, is a multinational professional basketball league that features pro clubs from the Balkans. The league includes teams from the countries of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and...
and Bulgarian National League
National Basketball League (Bulgaria)
The Bulgarian National Basketball League is the highest professional basketball league in Bulgaria. It was founded in the year 2008. Previously, it was called the Bulgarian A Division...
, leading his team to the basketball Bulgarian Cup. For the 2010-11 season, Frasor signed with Cypriot
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
team Achilleas Kaimakliou
Achilleas
Achilleas is a Cypriot basketball club founded in 1943, nowadays running basketball, volleyball and table tennis divisions. It has been an integral part of the community in the suburb of Kaimakli in Nicosia...
.
Coaching career
In 2011, Frasor retired from basketball and joined Roy WilliamsRoy Williams (coach)
Roy Williams is head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of North Carolina. After averaging nearly an 80% win percentage in 15 seasons at the University of Kansas, he became the eighteenth head coach at North Carolina when he replaced Matt Doherty in 2003...
' staff as assistant video coordinator.
External links
- Bobby Frasor profile at BC Levski SofiaBC Levski SofiaBC Levski Sofia is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the Levski Sofia sports club.Founded in 1923, Levski has won 31 domestic trophies including 17 NBL titles and 14 Bulgarian Cups...
- Bobby Frasor profile at ESPN.comESPN.comESPN.com is the official website of ESPN and a division of ESPN Inc. Since launching in 1995 as ESPNet.SportsZone.com, the website has developed numerous sections including: Page 2, SportsNation, ESPN 3.com, ESPN Motion, My ESPN, ESPN Sports Travel, ESPN Video Games, ESPN Insider, ESPN.com's...
- Bobby Frasor profile at Scout.comScout.comScout.com is an integrated sports publishing company that produces both an Internet and print product. Scout has more than 2.1 million visitors...
- Bobby Frasor profile at the University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...