Ed Nelson (basketball)

Edward Richard Nelson, known as Ed Nelson, is an American professional basketball player born on 18 March 1982, a former Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year who retired from professional basketball in 2015. Sports Illustrated rated him one of the top 25 high school players in the United States, and USA Today named him Florida Player of the Year after he averaged 26 points and 11 rebounds as a senior and led St. Thomas Aquinas to the Class 5A state title. He began college basketball as a power forward at Georgia Tech in 2001, won the conference Rookie of the Year award in 2002, and transferred to the University of Connecticut, with which he won the 2004 NCAA championship. As a professional he played in Argentina, where he led the Liga Nacional de Básquet in scoring in 2008-09 at 20.1 points per game.