PERSONAL
Birthdate: 4/4/82
Father: Ralph Charles, Sr.
Sister: Kayla (5)
Major: Accounting
Also Recruited By: Navy, New Mexico State, Texas State
OUTLOOK - Coaches are counting on him to have a solid senior season ...
Has great
potential ... A local high school star, he learned the college game on
the fly as a true
freshman and recovered from a slow start to have a solid sophomore
season ... A slasher-
type who is expected to challenge for a starting spot on the wing ...
Capable of knocking
down the 3-point shot ... Extremely versatile athlete ... Plays solid
defense ... One of
ORU's best free throw shooters (76.1 percent for his career).
JUNIOR (2002-03) - Played in 25 games, all off the bench ... Averaged 3.5
points and 2.9
rebounds per game ... Had his best games early in the season ...
Scored a season-high
12 points (4-6 FG, 2-3 3pt, 2-3 FT) in home win over Mississippi Valley
State on Dec. 21
... Had perhaps his best all-around game of the season at Big Ten foe
Minnesota on New
Year's Day, scoring 11 points (3-5 FG, 2-3 3pt, 3-3 FT) and grabbing
seven rebounds in
23 minutes ... Struggled offensively during conference play, but still
managed to give the
Golden Eagles some valuable minutes thanks to his rebounding and
defense ... Had a
career-high 10 rebounds and contributed six points in home win over
Oakland on Jan. 18
... Went scoreless for a seven-game stretch late in the season and did
not play in the Mid-
Continent Conference Tournament game against UMKC.
SOPHOMORE (2001-02) - Came off the bench in 30 of 31 contests ... Played
sparingly
the first nine games while recovering from off-season surgery on his
right foot (ORU
2-7 in that span), but still managed to hit 15 of his first 21 field
goal attempts (71.4 FG%)
... Played double-figure minutes and scored in each of the last 22
games ... Ranked sixth
on the team in scoring (4.9 ppg) ... Tied his career-high with a
season-high seven
rebounds in the win over Tennessee State (12/5/01) ... Tied his
career-high (originally set
at UMKC on 2/22/01) with 16 points in the 115-62 win over UT-Arlington
(12/17/01),
making all seven of his field goal attempts and both 3-point tries ...
Hit all eight free
throw attempts (scoring 10 points), had six rebounds, and added a
season-high three
assists in overtime loss at UT-Arlington (1/2/02) ... Scored nine
points, including five of
six at the free throw line in the final 1:34 to help ORU hold off IUPUI
(1/10/02) ...
Contributed 14 points, five rebounds and tied season-high of three
assists in win over
Oakland (1/12/02) ... Played a season-high 31 minutes in that game
against the Golden
Grizzlies, earning much of his time when starter Markius Barnes left
with a dislocated
shoulder in the first half ... Earned his first start of the season the
following game, against
Valparaiso (1/17/02), in place of the injured Barnes ... Scored 10
points in 94-64 win at
Chicago State (2/21/02) ... Had four games with two 3-pointers.
FRESHMAN (2000-01) - Showed glimpses of an outstanding future at ORU as a
true
freshman ... Played in 28 games ... Was a starter at the end of the
season, and ended the
year with 10 starts overall ... Averaged 5.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and
17.3 minutes per
game ... Led or tied for the team lead in scoring three times ...
Reached double-figure
scoring for the first time with 14 points in the loss to Oklahoma on
Dec. 29, making 5-of-
8 from the field ... He also contributed 3 rebounds, 2 steals and a
block against the
Sooners ... Followed that with a 15-point effort the next night against
UT-Pan American
at the All-College Tournament in Oklahoma City ... Contributed 10 points
(4-of-6 FG)
and 4 rebounds at Youngstown State on Feb. 8 ... Averaged nearly 10
points per game
(season-average was 5.3) and shot at a 62.5% clip from the field his
last three regular-
season games ... One of those games in that span was a career-high
16-point effort (6-of-9
FG) at UMKC on Feb. 22 ... Also tied his career-high of 7 rebounds
against the
Kangaroos ... Missed regular-season finale vs. Binghamton due to
illness ... Had 6 points
and 6 rebounds in Mid-Con Tournament loss to Southern Utah in the
semi-finals.
HIGH SCHOOL - USA Today Honorable Mention All-American (Oklahoma) as a
senior
at Tulsa's Union High School (along with ORU teammates Matt Gastel and
Jonathan
Bluitt) ... Played four seasons for head coach Rudy Garcia ... Chosen
as a captain for his
senior season ... Led team in scoring, assists and steals ... Voted the
team's best defensive
player and Most Valuable Player ... Averaged 18.6 points, 6.5 rebounds
and 4.5 assists
per game during his high school career ... Named to the first team
All-Conference, All-
Metro and All-State squads ... Named the MVP of the Tournament of
Champions...Was a
member of the Who's Who Among American High School Students three
straight years.
