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====== Edgar Padilla ======
  * **Player**
  * **Seasons:** [[season_1993-94|1993-94]], [[season_1994-95|1994-95]], [[season_1995-96|1995-96]], [[season_1996-97|1996-97]]
  * **Number:** 12
  * **Position:** G
  * **Height:** 6' 2"
  * **Weight:** 175 lbs.
  * **Hometown:** [[wp>Toa Alta, Puerto Rico|Toa Alta, PR]]
  * **High School:** [[wp>Springfield Central High School|Springfield (MA) Central]]
  * **Prep School:** none
  * **Transfer From:** none
  * **Birthdate:** May 9, 1975

===== At UMass =====
{{ :padilla_edgar_vs_temple_cropped.jpg?nolink|}}
  * Point guard for our Final Four run in [[season_1995-96|1995-96]].
  * UM's all-time leader in steals, with 249.((Through the end of the 2020-21 season.))
  * Also first in steals (110) in conference games.((Through the end of the 2019-20 season.))
  * 597 career assists ranks fourth in UM history.((Through the end of the 2020-21 season.))
  * 135 games played is tied for second (with [[carter_sampson|Sampson Carter]]) in UM history.((Through the end of the 2020-21 season.))

==== 1996-97 Senior year ====
  * Shared team captain role with [[travieso_carmelo|Carmelo Travieso]] and [[weeks_tyrone|Tyrone Weeks]].
  * [[Atlantic 10]] Third Team.
  * [[wp>National Association of Basketball Coaches|NABC]] All-District Second Team selection.
  * Second in the A-10 in total assists (164), third in average (5.5 per game).
  * Stole 65 in the season, fifth-most in UM history.((Through the end of the 2020-21 season.))
  * Summer 1996: Along with Carmelo Travieso, played for the Under-22 USA team. [[https://twitter.com/Alcides_Coop/status/1670787391982796801|Video]]

==== 1995-96 Junior year ====
  * [[Atlantic 10]] Second Team.
  * Led the A-10 in assists, in both total (247) and average (6.7 per game).
  * The 247 assists ranks second-most all time in A-10 history.((Through the end of the 2018-19 season.))  Ranks most in a season in UM history.((Through the end of the 2020-21 season.))
  * Led the A-10 in steals with 108, also second-most all time in A-10 history.((Through the end of the 2018-19 season.))  Ranks most in a season in UM history.((Through the end of the 2020-21 season.))
  * Stole 7 in the games [[game19960120_duquesne|at Duquesne (1/20)]] and [[game19960314_central_florida|vs UCF (3/14)]], one short of the UM single-game record.((Record of 8 in a game stands through the end of the 2019-20 season.))
  * Stole 6 in the overtime win over [[game19960228_saint_josephs|Saint Joseph's (2/28)]].
  * Improved his Assist to Turnover ratio to 2.5 from 1.2 the year before.<!-- UM Prospectus 2020-21 also says Edgar has the most Steals in Conference games, with 45, but they also said it was in 18 games which is incorrect, so not sure about the 45. -->
  * Played 1351 minutes, the most in UM history.((Through the end of the 2020-21 season.))

==== 1994-95 Sophomore year ====
{{:padilla_edgar_roster_photo_1994-95.jpg?direct&150|Roster photo 1994-95}}
  * Stole 6 in the win over [[game19950319_stanford|Stanford (3/19)]] to help UM advance to the Sweet 16.
  * Backed up [[kellogg_derek|Derek Kellogg]] at Point Guard

==== 1993-94 Freshman year ====
  * Backed up [[kellogg_derek|Derek Kellogg]] at Point Guard

==== Statistics ====
^Season^G^GS^MP^MPG^FG^FGA^FG%^2P^2PA^2P%^3P^3PA^3P%^FT^FTA^FT%^PTS^PPG^ORB^DRB^TRB^RPG^AST^APG^TOV^A:TO^STL^SPG^BLK^PF^FO^
|1993-94|35|7|529|15.1|50|121|.413|29|53|.547|21|68|.309|35|43|.814|156|4.5|4|47|51|1.5|88|2.5|68|1.3|34|1.0|6|75|0|
|1994-95|33|22|697|21.1|83|203|.409|48|94|.511|35|109|.321|34|44|.773|235|7.1|10|50|60|1.8|98|3.0|83|1.2|42|1.3|18|70|2|
|1995-96|37|36|1351|36.5|102|245|.416|61|125|.488|41|120|.342|85|120|.708|330|8.9|20|110|130|3.5|247|6.7|99|2.5|108|2.9|17|105|1|
|1996-97|30|24|948|31.6|84|244|.344|45|110|.409|39|134|.291|40|53|.755|247|8.2|11|72|83|2.8|164|5.5|76|2.2|65|2.2|6|88|2|
|Career|135|89|3525|26.1|319|813|.392|183|382|.479|136|431|.316|194|260|.746|968|7.2|45|279|324|2.4|597|4.4|326|1.8|249|1.8|47|338|5|

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===== Post-UMass =====
  * 1997: Played for Team Puerto Rico in the FIBA U22 World Championship((https://twitter.com/Alcides_Coop/status/1684951681413349376))

===== Personal =====
{{ ::padilla_edgar_dunk.jpg?direct&200|Edgar Padilla dunks}}
  * [[news19960313_travieso_edgar_padilla_obstacles_overcome|Born on the same day as UMass teammate Carmelo Travieso]].
  * Article: [[https://ouresquina.com/2022/our-forgotten-heroes-padilla-travieso/|Our Forgotten Héroes: Padilla & Travieso]]
  * Brother [[padilla_giddel|Giddel]] played for the Minutemen in [[season_1992-93|1992-93]], and was Edgar's teammate in the 1995-96 season.
  * Son Edgar Jr. played with the University of Illinois in the 2020-21 season as a walk-on.((https://writingillini.com/2020/08/25/illinois-basketball-illini-add-2020-walk-guard-edgar-padilla-jr/))((https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/edgar-padilla-jr-/10551))((https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/edgar-padillajr-1.html))  Entered the transfer portal after the season.((https://247sports.com/college/kentucky/Article/kentucky-basketball-recruiting-edgar-padilla-jr-john-calipari-orlando-antigua-166493695/))

===== External Links =====
[[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/edgar-padilla-1.html|Sports Reference - Edgar Padilla]]\\
[[https://twitter.com/edgarpadilla34|Twitter - Edgar Padilla]]

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