University of South Carolina Upstate

2013-14: Redshirted the season.

Before USC Upstate: Played two seasons for head coach Lyn Smith at Landrum High School … Averaged 19.0 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.4 steals and 1.7 blocks per game to lead the Cardinals to the Elite Eight of the 2013 South Carolina State Basketball Championship … Selected to the all-region, all-state and North-South all-star teams in 2013 … Tabbed the Herald-Journal/GoUpstate Prep Boys Basketball Player of the Year … Helped Landrum finish the season with a 24-3 overall record and reach the third round of the upper state playoffs … Chosen as a preseason Class 2A Top 5 senior by the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association … Set a Landrum High School record with a season-high 51 points against Liberty High School … Tallied 14 double-doubles as a senior … Earned MVP honors at the prestigious KSA Tournament in Orlando, Fla. … Tabbed all-region, all-state and first-team all-area by the Spartanburg Herald Journal in 2012 … Helped the Cardinals capture two region titles, a runners-up showing at the 1A state championship and a 48-7 record during his two years on campus.

Personal: Born on May 2, 1994 in Spartanburg, S.C. … Son of Dean and Kelly Bridges … Has four brothers and one sister … His father, Dean, played baseball at Anderson … Majoring in exercise sport science … Favorite food is steak … Favorite movie is the Batman trilogy … Favorite TV show is “The Big Bang Theory” … Favorite actor is Will Smith … Favorite season is summer … Favorite sports figure is Dwyane Wade … Most admires his father … His dream job is playing in the NBA.