Eric Ross is a 23 year old 201cm forward that is playing his rookie season with TSV Crailsheim Merlins 2nd team (Germany-Regionalliga). He had a very busy college basketball career as he played at four schools in four years at  Blinn JC (JUCO) playing 25 games averaging 4.6ppg, 6.8rpg, at Triton JC (JUCO) playing 29 games averaging 7.2ppg, 9.1rpg, FGP: 47.3%, FT: 47.3%, at S.Connecticut (NCAA2) playing 26 games averaging 3.5ppg, 4.0rpg and at  Shorter (NCAA2) playing 25 games averaging 9.7ppg, 12.4rpg, 1.1bpg, FGP: 60.9%, FT: 36.1%. He is averagig 15,7ppg, 14,6rpg 1,3apg, 1,5spg and 1,4bpg and  spoke to German Hoops earlier in the season about basketball after signing with Crailsheim 2.

Eric thanks for talking to German Hoops. You are from Chicago Illinois and playing your professional basketball career in Germany with the Crailsheim 2 team. Have you witnessed some culture shock or did the smaller places you visited while playing at many schools help ease the big city feeling of Chicago?

Yes coming from Shorter university it made me adjust to being in little towns so I’m used to it.

How excited are you to be starting your professional career in Germany with the Crrailsheim Merlins 2. What do you know in general about the country Germany and it´s basketball?

I’m really excited to be playing professional basketball. I always dreamed of doing it one day, and god finally blessed me with an opportunity. Also I actually don’t know nothing about Germany, This being my first time ever leaving the United States, but I’m up for the new experience.

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