In The Pros (2006-Active)
Ninth overall pick in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors
College Honors and Awards
? Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year (2006)
? All-Missouri Valley Conference Tournament (2006)
? Second-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference (2006)
? Two-Time MVC Player of the Week (Jan. 3 & Feb. 20, 2006)
? Two-Time MVC Newcomer of the Week (11-29-04 & 2-28-05)
? MVC All-Newcomer Team (2005)
? MVC All-Freshmen Team (2005)
2005-06 (Sophomore)
? Was forced to sit out the first eight games of the season by the NCAA due to an inadvertant violation of the “extra benefit” rule during the summer.
? Neared the second triple-double in school history with 19 points, 16 rebounds and nine blocked shots Feb. 18 versus Tennessee Tech.
? His 19 boards at Wichita State were the most in a game by a Valley player this year.
? Has eclipsed 200 career field goals and his .554 career field goal percentage currently ranks second in school history.
? Although he played only 25 games this season, O’Bryant’s 72 blocked shots were good for third on Bradley’s single-season rejections list.
? In just two seasons, O’Bryant has climbed to third on Bradley’s career list for blocked shots (147) and to 10th on the Valley’s all-time chart.
? Enjoyed a national coming out party during the NCAA Tournament, helping Bradley reach the Sweet 16 by averaging 14.7 points and 10.3 rebounds against Kansas, Pittsburgh and Memphis.
? Matched up against Pittsburgh 7-footer Aaron Gray, O’Bryant led Bradley’s 2nd-round upset with a career-best 28 points, while adding seven rebounds.
2004-05 (Freshman)
? One of the top freshmen in the country, O’Bryant became the second freshman (Creighton’s Benoit Benjamin was the first in 1982-83) to ever lead the Missouri Valley Conference in blocked shots by averaging 2.8 per game.
? Threatened to become the first-ever freshman to lead the Valley in rebounding before finishing fourth with 7.4 per game, just 0.5 behind leader Tamarr Maclin of Missouri State.
? Set Bradley’s freshman record for blocked shots with 75, which was just four off Jeffrey Rabey’s single-season school record.
? By shooting 55.7 percent from the field, O’Bryant equalled Bradley’s best single-season field goal percentage since Luke Jackson set the school record at .668 during the 1987-88 season and he became just the third freshman (Deon Jackson and Hersey Hawkins) to lead the team in field goal percentage.
? Led the Braves with six double-doubles, second-most in the Valley.
? Ended the season by scoring in double figures in each of his last five games, including a 15-point, 14-rebound effort versus Indiana State in his first-ever MVC Tournament game.
At Blaine H.S.
? A second-team all-state selection as a senior in 2004, O’Bryant averaged 18.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.4 blocked shots while leading Blaine to a 24-4 record.
? Before signing with Bradley during the 2003 November signing period, O’Bryant was coming off a junior season that saw him average 13.8 points, 10.5 rebounds and 4.7 blocked shots per game.
? A first-team All-Northwest Suburban Conference selection following his junior season, O’Bryant also earned second-team all-area honors from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune in 2003.
? Set Blaine High School records for single-season and career blocked shots.
