Southeastern Oklahoma State University Athletics

ERIC DERRELL BABERS, also know as E, Easy, Big E, played 109 basketball games over four seasons with the Savages and started 107 of them for head coach Tony Robinson.
 
He started all 27 games as a freshman and all 27 as a senior en route to scoring 1,759 points, grabbing 980 rebounds and becoming the all-time leader in blocked shots with 206 rejections ultimately earning Daktronics All-America honors as a senior.
 
 
Before earning All-American honors he took home Conference Player of the Year awards in three of his four seasons, earning LSC-North Freshman of the Year before adding LSC-North Player of the Year awards in both his junior and senior seasons.
 
He also earned dean’s list recognition in the classroom in four different semesters.
 
Along with being the all-time leader in blocked shots, Babers averaged 16.1 points per game, including 18.9 as a junior and pulled down 9.0 boards per game with that figure climbing to 10.9 as a junior. He also shot .555% on field goals, dished out 290 assists and collected 133 steals.
 
Babers is fourth in all-time scoring behind James Spivey, Dennis Rodman and Jerry Shipp and second in rebounding, trailing only Rodman.
 
He helped ignite a men's basketball renaissance from 2003 through 2007, over that span adding two all-region selections and closed out his career by taking home NABC and Daktronics All-American honors, while also leading his team to an NCAA DII Regional Finals appearance in 2007.
 
In high school, Babers was three times named All-District, All-Area and All-State at Coushatta High School where he led his team to four playoffs and two state championships.
 
Babers continued his career for one season in Germany before returning to the U.S.
 
Babers, through his efforts on and off the court, excelled to a level that brings great honor to Southeastern Oklahoma State University.  The University honors him today, August 18, 2018, with membership in the Southeastern Oklahoma State Athletics Hall of Fame.