{{short description|Ivorian-American basketball player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Errick Craven | alt = Errick Craven during a game of basketball in 2006. He hold the ball and is surrounded by 2 opponents. | image = Errick_Craven_à_SQBB_en_2006.jpg | image_size = | caption = Craven in 2006 | position = | league = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 205 | team = | number = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|7|4}} | birth_place = Carson, California, U.S. | nationality = American / Ivorian | high_school = Bishop Montgomery<br />(Torrance, California) | college = USC (2001–2005) | career_start = 2005 | career_end = 2015 | career_position = Point guard / shooting guard | career_number = | years1 = 2005–2006 | team1 = TTNet Beykoz | years2 = 2006–2007 | team2 = Saint-Quentin | years3 = 2007–2008 | team3 = Los Angeles D-Fenders | years4 = 2008 | team4 = Cocodrilos de Caracas | years5 = 2008–2009 | team5 = Stade Clermontois BA | years6 = 2009 | team6 = JDA Dijon | years7 = 2009–2010 | team7 = Boulazac | years8 = 2010–2011 | team8 = JDA Dijon | years9 = 2011–2012 | team9 = JA Vichy | years10 = 2012–2013 | team10 = SVBD | years11 = 2014–2015 | team11 = JSA Bordeaux | highlights = * French 2nd Division Foreign Player's MVP (2009) * LNB Pro B Best Scorer (2009) }}
'''Errick Craven''' (born July 4, 1983) is an Ivorian-American former professional basketball player. He was also a member of the Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team.
==High school== Craven was a local high school basketball star. He led his high school team to two straight California Division III titles, at Bishop Montgomery High School.<ref name="usctrojans.com">[http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/craven_errick00.html Errick Craven] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526103851/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/craven_errick00.html |date=2013-05-26 }} at USCtrojans.com</ref> He was named the co-CIF Division III player of the year, in both his junior and senior seasons, along with his twin brother Derrick.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/craven_errick00.html |title=Errick Craven Profile - University of Southern California Official Athletic Site |access-date=2009-08-30 |archive-date=2013-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526103851/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/craven_errick00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==College career== Along with his twin brother, Derrick, Craven played four years of college basketball at the University of Southern California, with the USC Trojans, from 2001 to 2005. Craven was a four-year starter at USC, and he led the Pac-10 Conference in steals in each of his first three years, before an injury-filled senior season.<ref name="usctrojans.com"/> Craven finished his career 19th in scoring, 15th in three-point shooting, and second in steals on the USC charts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-golf/spec-rel/071205aaa.html |title=Craven Joins Dallas Mavericks' Summer League Squad |access-date=2009-08-30 |archive-date=2012-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222053040/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-golf/spec-rel/071205aaa.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Professional career== Following his college career, Craven played for the Dallas Mavericks' NBA Summer League team, before continuing his career overseas.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-golf/spec-rel/071205aaa.html |title=Eric Craven Joins Dallas Mavericks' Summer League Squad - USC's Official Athletic Site |access-date=2009-08-30 |archive-date=2012-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222053040/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-golf/spec-rel/071205aaa.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Craven played professional basketball in Turkey, Venezuela, the NBA D-League, and in France.<ref>[http://www.basketpedya.com/Acc002InfJug.php?idjug=52438 Errick Craven]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at basketpedya.com</ref> He spent the 2008–09 season with Stade Clermontois BA of the French 2nd Division, and he averaged 19.6 points per game, to go along with his average of three steals per game.<ref name="Errick Craven">[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=FRA&PlayerID=46339 Errick Craven] at eurobasket.com</ref>
==National team career== Craven was a member of the senior Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship, to earn its first FIBA World Championship berth since 1986.<ref>[http://libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/pid/55747/sid/6599/tid/267/profile.html Errick Craven] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813141423/http://www.libya2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fafcm/player/p/pid/55747/sid/6599/tid/267/profile.html |date=2009-08-13 }} at FIBA.com.</ref>
==Personal life== Craven was born in Carson, California, on 4 July 1983. Craven attended The Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy, at the University of the Pacific, in order to pursue a career in pharmacy.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.eurobasket.com/player/Errick-Craven/France/JSA-Bordeaux-Basket/46339 Eurobasket.com profile] *[http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-B/300006/Joueurs/A34351/Errick-Craven French League profile]
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