Elijah Obade

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Elijah Obade

| image =

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| position = Power forward / center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 245

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| nationality = American / Lebanese

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1991|10|7}}

| birth_place = Charleroi, Pennsylvania

| high_school = Charleroi (Charleroi, Pennsylvania)

| college = Delaware Tech (2009–2010)
Millersville (2010–2013)

| draft_year = 2013

| career_start = 2013

| career_end = 2015

| years1 = 2013–2014

| team1 = Levicki Patrioti

| years2 = 2014

| team2 = Wellington Saints

| years3 = 2014

| team3 = Araberri

| years4 = 2014

| team4 = Rasta Vechta

| years5 = 2015

| team5 = Bashkimi

| highlights =

{{nowrap|PSAC East Division Defensive Player of the Year (2013)}}
First-team All-PSAC East Division (2013)

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Elijah Obade (born October 7, 1991) is an American-Lebanese former professional basketball player.

High school and college career

Obade attended Charleroi High School in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. As a senior in 2008–09, he averaged 20 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks per game.{{cite web | url=http://www.millersvilleathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3363&path=mbball | title=Elijah Obade - 2012-2013 Men's Basketball | work=MillersvilleAthletics.com | accessdate=May 15, 2014}}

As a freshman at Delaware Technical Community College in 2009–10, Obade averaged eight points, eight rebounds and two blocks per game.

Obade transferred to Millersville University in 2010 and was eligible to play immediately. As a sophomore in 2010–11, Obade finished second on the team for blocks with 14, and led the team in rebounding five times. In 22 games (13 starts), he averaged 5.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.{{cite web | url=http://www.millersvilleathletics.com/custompages/MBB%20Stats/Career%20Stats/HTML/histcarr.htm#9 | title=Career History – Elijah Obade | work=MillersvilleAthletics.com | accessdate=May 15, 2014}}

As a junior in 2011–12, Obade showed vast improvement, narrowly missing out on averaging a double-double for the season. In 26 games (25 starts), he averaged 11.5 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game. His 9.8 rebounds were the best by a Marauder since Tommy Gaines in 1988–89.

As a senior in 2012–13, Obade was named the PSAC Eastern Division Defensive Player of the Year, becoming just the first Marauder to achieve this. He was also the first Marauder named to the first-team All-PSAC East since 2007–08. In 30 games (all starts), he averaged 11.7 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in 30.7 minutes per game.

Professional career

=2013–14 season=

In August 2013, Obade signed with Slovakian team BK Levicki Patrioti for the 2013–14 season.{{cite web | url=http://www.millersvilleathletics.com/news/2013/8/6/MBB_0806135905.aspx | title=FORMER MARAUDER ELIJAH OBADE LANDS PRO CONTRACT IN SLOVAKIA | work=MillersvilleAthletics.com | date=August 6, 2013 | accessdate=May 15, 2014}} He played his final game for Levicki on February 19, 2014, as he parted ways with the team days later after averaging 12.7 points and 9.7 rebounds in 30 games.{{cite web | url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=189507857&client=11-4210-147988-281339-11348581 | title=Player statistics for Elijah Obade | work=SportingPulse.com | accessdate=May 15, 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517151314/http://www.sportingpulse.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=189507857&client=11-4210-147988-281339-11348581 | archivedate=May 17, 2014}}

On February 25, 2014, Obade signed with the Wellington Saints for the 2014 New Zealand NBL season.{{cite web | last=Worthington | first=Sam | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/saints/9760054/Saints-roster-coming-together | title=Saints' roster 'coming together' | work=Stuff.co.nz | date=February 25, 2014 | accessdate=May 15, 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140516070451/http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/saints/9760054/Saints-roster-coming-together | archivedate=May 16, 2014}}{{cite web | url=http://nzhoops.co.nz/saints-confirm-big-man-import/ | title=Saints Confirm Big Man Import | work=NZhoops.co.nz | date=February 27, 2014 | accessdate=May 15, 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303092657/http://nzhoops.co.nz/saints-confirm-big-man-import/ | archivedate=March 3, 2014}} On May 13, 2014, he was released by the Saints.{{cite web | url=http://nzhoops.co.nz/saints-release-obade-sign-former-georgetown-player/ | title=Saints Release Obade And Sign Former Georgetown Player | work=NZhoops.co.nz | date=May 13, 2014 | accessdate=May 15, 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513165725/http://nzhoops.co.nz/saints-release-obade-sign-former-georgetown-player/ | archivedate=May 13, 2014}}{{cite web | last=Worthington | first=Sam | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/10040864/Ruthless-Saints-release-import | title=Ruthless Saints release import | work=Stuff.co.nz | date=May 14, 2014 | accessdate=May 15, 2014}} In 10 games, he averaged 7.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.{{cite web | url=http://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=197784401&client=11-8336-114272-298804-20462737 | title=Player statistics for Elijah Obade | work=SportsTG.com | accessdate=June 3, 2017}}

=2014–15 season=

On September 2, 2014, Obade signed with Araberri BC of Spain for the 2014–15 season.{{cite web | url=http://www.araberri.com/cas/noticiasdet.asp?id=1060 | title=El Araberri incorpora a Elijah Obade, una referencia para su juego interior | work=Araberri.com | language=Spanish | date=September 2, 2014 | accessdate=September 6, 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906201723/http://www.araberri.com/cas/noticiasdet.asp?id=1060 | archivedate=September 6, 2014}} On November 5, 2014, he left Araberri after appearing in five games and signed with Rasta Vechta of Germany for the rest of the season.{{cite web | url=https://www.rasta-vechta.de/home/einzelansicht/neuer-big-man-fuer-rasta-elijah-obade-kommt-aus-spanien/ | title=Neuer Big Man für RASTA: Elijah Obade kommt aus Spanien! | work=Rasta-Vechta.com | language=German | date=November 5, 2014 | accessdate=January 23, 2015}} However, he left the club the following month after appearing in just four games.

On January 19, 2015, Obade signed with Bashkimi Prizren of Kosovo,{{cite web | url=http://www.kosovalive360.com/bashkimi-perforcohet-me-qendren-elijah-obade.html | title=Bashkimi përforcohet me qendrën Elijah Obade | work=kosovalive360.com | language=Albanian | date=January 19, 2015 | accessdate=January 23, 2015}} but again had a very short stint as he was released on March 11 after appearing in just five games.{{cite web | url=http://www.basketbolli.com/en/article/kosova-e-re-bashkimi-paraqet-per-regjistrim-lojtaret-e-huaj | title=KOSOVA E RE BASHKIMI PARAQET PËR REGJISTRIM LOJTARËT E HUAJ | work=Basketbolli.com | language=Albanian | date=March 11, 2015 | accessdate=May 8, 2015}}

National team career

On June 5, 2015, it was reported that the Lebanese Basketball Federation was courting Obade for the possibility of representing the Lebanon national basketball team at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship.{{cite web | url=http://www.arabasket.com/2015/06/05/flb-works-on-fixing-elijah-obade-papers/ | title=من هو إيليا عبيد وهل ينضم الى منتخب لبنان؟ | work=AraBasket.com | language=Arabic | date=June 5, 2015 | accessdate=June 6, 2015}}