Dimeco Childress

American former basketball player

Dimeco Childress
Personal information
Born	(1980-08-19) August 19, 1980 (age 43) Columbia, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	Columbia Central (Columbia, Tennessee)
College	East Tennessee State (1998–2002)
NBA draft	2002: undrafted
Position	Shooting guard
Career highlights and awards
SoCon co-Player of the Year (2002) First-team All-SoCon (2002)

Dimeco Childress (born August 19, 1980)^[1] is an American former basketball player. He is known for his collegiate career at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) between 1998–99 and 2001–02. During his four years as a Buccaneer he scored 1,287 points^[2] and twice led the team in scoring.^[2] As a senior in 2001–02 he led the team 17.5 points per game and 75 total assists.^[2] On February 16, 2002 Childress scored a career-high 42 points, good enough for the third-highest single game output in ETSU history.^[2] That season, the Buccaneers went 11–5 in Southern Conference (SoCon) play, tying them for first place in the North Division.^[3] The SoCon coaches selected Childress as their player of the year;^[4] due to the conference's media choosing VMI's Jason Conley as their player of the year, the two players shared the award in 2001–02.^[3]

After his college career ended Childress did not get selected in the 2002 NBA draft.^[5]

References

^ "Dimeco Childress Player Profile". RealGM, L.L.C. 2000–2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2012–13 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). East Tennessee State University. 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b "SoCon Honors and Awards" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
^ "Cavanaugh, Childress ETSU athletes of year". Elizabethtown Star. 2002. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
^ "2002 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 10, 2013.