Weber State University Athletics
Hall of Fame - Eddie Gill
3/18/2015 3:48:00 PM | Wildcat Club
Eddie Gill
Men's Basketball (1998-2000)
Inducted February 2014
Eddie Gill teamed with Harold Arceneaux to form a combination that became known as the Thrill and the Show. Eddie “The Thrill” Gill played two seasons at Weber State from 1998-2000. He was part of the memorable 1999 Wildcat team that won the Big Sky Championships and knocked off North Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
After playing at the College of Eastern Utah and Salt Lake Community College, where he earned Junior College All-American honors, Gill immediately made an impact as a junior at Weber State. He averaged 14 points, 4.6 assists and 2.7 steals per game that first season, earned First Team All-Big Sky honors and was named the Big Sky Newcomer of the Year. He was also named the MVP of the Big Sky Tournament by averaging 18.5 points, 7.5 assists and 3.5 steals per game in the two tournament wins to clinch a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Gill scored 16 points along with five rebounds and two steals in the win over North Carolina and followed that up with 19 points and five assists in the second round overtime loss to Florida.
Following their outstanding junior seasons, Gill and Arceneaux returned for their senior seasons. Gill started all 28 games and averaged 16.3 points, 7 assists and 3.2 steals per game, the single-best steals average in a season in WSU history.
In February 2000 he posted a triple-double in a win over Montana State in his final game at the Dee Events Center. He had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists in the only triple-double in Weber State history.
Gill finished his two-year career with the Wildcats scoring 919 points in 61 career games. He earned First Team All-Big Sky honors each of his two seasons and still ranks as Weber State's career leader in steals with 178, 13th best in Big Sky history. He has the top two single-season records for steals in WSU history and still holds the WSU school record with nine steals in a game. He is also third in school history in career assists and eighth in Big Sky history in career free throw percentage.
Following his days at Weber State, Gill went on to have a long professional basketball career, spending seven seasons playing in the NBA. He appeared in 187 career games, the second most of any player from Weber State, and spent time with New Jersey, Memphis, Portland, Indiana, Seattle, Toronto and Milwaukee.
He started in nine NBA games and while playing with the Nets, Gill scored the eight millionth point in NBA history in April 2001. He also played professionally in the NBDL, IBL, USBL and in Greece and Italy.