Chris Gradnigo

Position:
Guard
Ht./Wt.:
6-7 / 218
Class:
Junior
High School:
LaGrange

Major: Sports Management

2008-09
• Led Louisiana in scoring for the second straight season. Saw scoring average rise nearly four points higher than freshman season
• Connected on 100-plus field goal attempts for the second straight season and reached a career-best 124
• Missed first four games with an elbow injury
• Scored double figures in 14 of the first 15 games he played
• Averaged double figures the entire season and was above 12.0 points per game Jan. 15 to the end
• Had a solid stretch the first three weeks of January, shooting 45-of-87 (52%) and averaging 16.6 points per game
• For five consecutive games, set season-high for points (Dec. 31-Jan. 15)
• With free throw make at 17:58 of first half at FAU, notched 500th career point
• At Western Kentucky, topped season-highs in points (23) and field goals made (10)
• Scored a career-high 31 points (22 in first half) vs. FIU. First 30-point game at the CAJUNDOME since Nov. 2006
• Hit the go-ahead basket with 3:13 remaining in the Arkansas State contest - a triple which put UL up 51-50
• Scored 29 on Troy and set career-high with 12 free throws made - was one point shy of second 30-point game in CAJUNDOME
• Also, recorded career point No. 600 that night
• In WKU, UALR & Troy games combined (5 total), averaged 21.4 points and shot 38-of-64 (10-of-19 three-point range) • Split his prep career between St. Louis Catholic and LaGrange in Lake Charles, La.
• Was a two-time Southwest Louisiana MVP
• Named to the Louisiana All-State first team twice
• Was a two-time All-District MVP

2007-08
• As a true freshman, led the Ragin’ Cajuns in scoring averaging 9.6 points per game
• Finished his rookie season shooting 44.1 percent from three-point range, which ranks as the third-highest single-season percentage in school history, trailing only Sydney Grider (45.7) and Kevin Brooks (44.7)
• Registered five 20-point games
• Ranked second in the Sun Belt Conference in three-point field goal percentage
• Played double-digit minutes in all but one game
• Tallied a team-high 111 field goals made and ranked second on the team with 45 triples. His 60 defensive rebounds were third-most on the team
• Tallied 15 points and hit the winning three pointer at ULM (Dec. 16). Hit a triple with 43 seconds remaining to give UL its first lead and with eight seconds left drained the winning bucket
• Buried six triples in UL’s win over East Tennessee State at Rainbow Classic. Scored 14 in the first half and hit a triple in OT that erased ETSU’s final lead
• Breakout Sun Belt Conference performance occurred on Feb. 20 at New Orleans. Notched a career-high 25 points and had scored 18 by halftime
• Scored a game-high 24 points against Denver in the CAJUNDOME (March 1) on 9-of-13 shooting carrying the Cajuns to a share of the Sun Belt West Division title

High School

Personal
• Full name is Christopher Joseph Gradnigo
• Born on April 1, 1989
• Son of Marie Potter and Laurence Gradnigo
• Has two sisters, Anjanette and Bernadette Berry