====== Giddel Padilla ======
  * **Player**
  * **Seasons:** [[season_1992-93|1992-93]], [[season_1995-96|1995-96]]
  * **Number:** 5 (in 1992-93), 11 (in 1995-96)
  * **Position:** G
  * **Height:** 6' 3"
  * **Weight:** 187 lbs.
  * **Hometown:** Toa Alta, PR
  * **High School:** Springfield (MA) Central
  * **Prep School:** ?
  * **Transfer From:** ?
  * **Birthdate:** ?

===== At UMass =====
  * Walk-on player with us for two seasons, with a break in between.
  * Left UMass for a time, hoping to get more playing time elsewhere.  Went to a school in Florida in between UMass stints.((https://www.podserve.fm/series/website/the-massachusetts-collective,8101/114171))

[{{ :19960330kentucky:19960330_giddel_padilla_pumped.jpg?direct&200|Giddel made the most of his opportunity against Kentucky}}]
==== 1995-96 Senior year ====
  * Became a teammate with his younger brother, and starting point guard, [[padilla_edgar|Edgar]].
  * Saw action in 21 of the season's 37 games, starting on Senior Night against [[game19960228_saint_josephs|Saint Joseph's (2/28)]].
  * Was a spark off the bench((https://twitter.com/UMassHoops_com/status/1377114016665903106)) in [[game19960330_kentucky|the Final Four against Kentucky]], scoring four points, and tallying one rebound, assist, and steal.

==== 1992-93 Sophomore year ====
  * Logged nine total minutes across three games, scored 5 points and snared a rebound.

==== 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^STL^BLK^TOV^PF^FO^
|1992-93|3|0|9|3.0|2|3|.667|2|2|1.000|0|1|.000|1|2|.500|5|1.7|1|0|1|0.3|2|0|0|2|3|0|
|1995-96|21|1|42|2.0|6|17|.353|6|13|.462|0|4|.000|3|4|.750|15|0.7|4|7|11|0.5|0|6|0|4|12|0|
|Career|24|1|51|2.1|8|20|.400|8|15|.533|0|5|.000|4|6|.667|20|0.8|5|7|12|0.5|2|6|0|6|15|0|

===== Post-UMass =====

===== Pre-UMass =====

===== Personal =====
  * Younger brother [[padilla_edgar|Edgar]] played for the Minutemen from 1993-97, and the two were teammates in the 1995-96 season.
  * Nephew Edgar Jr. will walk-on with the University of Illinois for the 2020-21 season.((https://writingillini.com/2020/08/25/illinois-basketball-illini-add-2020-walk-guard-edgar-padilla-jr/))

===== External Links =====
[[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/giddel-padilla-1.html|Sports Reference - Giddel Padilla]]

{{tag>"Giddel Padilla" "Guards" "Jersey # 5" "Jersey # 11" "Played for John Calipari" "Walk-ons" "Players from Puerto Rico" "Work in Progress"}}