Junior Ballard

Height:
6-3
Weight:
200
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Stockton, CA
High School:
Modesto Christian School

2018-19 (Freshman)
Appeared in 15 of 29 games and averaged 15.1 minutes per outing before sustaining season ending injury prior to Jan. 19 game at UC Davis … scored career high 21 points on 7-for-11 shooting at CSU?Bakersfield (Dec. 18) … added 15 points on 5-for-7 three-point shooting at Fresno State (Dec. 1) and 11 points versus CSUN?(Jan. 12) … finished sixth in lineup with 5.1 points per game … grabbed career high seven rebounds versus UTA?(Dec. 21).

Modesto Christian School (Modesto, Calif.)
Four-year letterwinner and two-time All-Tri Valley League selection averaged 16.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.9 steals per game during 2017-18 senior season.

Personal
Son of Elaine and Hector Obazuaye … brother, Jayson Obazuaye, was a four-year letterwinner at Colorado (2002-06) before embarking on a professional career with clubs in Poland, England, Qatar, Libya, Egypt and, currently, Al Karkh in Iraq … majoring in recreation, parks and tourism administration … Araab Junior Ballard was born in Stockton, Calif.