Personal information | |
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Born |
Los Angeles, California |
March 22, 1990
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
Harvard-Westlake (Los Angeles, California) |
College | |
NBA draft | 2013 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2013–2015 |
Position | Small forward |
Career history | |
2014 | Metalac Valjevo |
2014–2015 | Grand Rapids Drive |
Renaldo James Woolridge (born March 22, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Grand Rapids Drive of the NBA Development League. He is also a musical recording artist who goes by the name, "Swiperboy." He played college basketball at the University of Tennessee and USC.
Woolridge is a graduate of Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles where he was a two-time league MVP and earned first-team all-state honors following his junior and senior seasons. As a senior in 2007–08, he averaged 23 points and 11 rebounds per game.
In his freshman season at Tennessee, Woolridge saw action in 32 of UT's 34 games while making six starts. He served primarily as a backup small forward in very limited playing time, averaging 8.8 minutes, 2.6 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.
In his sophomore season, Woolridge saw action in 28 games with 10 starts while averaging 3.4 points and 2.9 rebounds in 13.0 minutes per game, mostly playing as a backup power forward. Woolridge scored 14 points and 8 rebounds in the fairytale upset win over the then #1 ranked Kansas Jayhawks which was broadcast on CBS
In his true junior season, Woolridge managed just eight games due to an ankle injury and subsequently redshirted the 2010–11 season.
In his redshirted junior season, Woolridge played in 25 games for Tennessee, making four starts and averaging 4.3 points and 3.3 rebounds while playing 13.6 minutes per game. Had a season high 17 points against 2012 NCAA Champion Kentucky Wildcats, including 5 three pointers in a row in Rupp Arena. In May 2012, he graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.A. in Sociology.
Woolridge entered graduate school at USC in the summer of 2012. There, he completed his redshirt senior season.
After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Woolridge joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On September 6, 2013, he signed with Bilbao Basket of Spain. On January 24, 2014, he signed with Metalac Valjevo of Serbia for the rest of the 2013–14 season.