Dwight Howard

- Helped lead USA to an 8-1 record and bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.

 

- Finished as the USA's fifth leading scorer at the World Championship, averaged 7.3 points, a team second best 4.7 rebounds, a team leading 1.3 blocked shots a game, while shooting 54.1 percent from the field.

 

- Played in nine games and started five in the 2006 World Championship.

 

- His 12 blocked shots rank sixth most by a USA player in World Championship play.

 

- Finished the 2006 FIBA World Championship ranked sixth in blocked shots.

 

- Named on August 17 a member of the 2006 USA World Championship Team.

 

- Helped lead the USA Senior National Team to a 5-0 record during its pre-World Championship tour averaging 5.4 ppg. and a team high 5.8 rpg.

 

- Named on March 5, 2006, to the the 2006-2008 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team program.

 

- Originally named to 2004 USA Men's Junior National Select Team that would compete in the 2004 Nike Hoop Summit, however, he did npot compete after withdrawing for personal reasons.

 

 

- Named July 2007 recipient of the NBA Community Assist Award.

 

- Was a unanimous selection to the 2004-05 NBA All-Rookie first team.

 

- Finished third in the voting for 2004-05 NBA Rookie of the Year.

 

- Selected by NBA coaches a reserve member of the 2007 NBA Eastern Conference All-Star Team. Posted a double-double of 20 points (10-14 FGs), a game best 12 rebounds, one assist and one blocked shot in 21 minutes of action as the East fell to the West 153-132.

- Also demonstrated his rim-rattling flare in the 2007 Sprite Slam Dunk during the 2007 NBA All-Star weekend. The NBA denied his request this week to raise the rim to 12 feet for the slam dunk event at All-Star Weekend. So while dunking on a regulation 10-foot rim, he placed a sticker with his off-hand atop the backboard -- 12-feet, 6-inches off the ground.

 

- Named Eastern Conference Player of the Month for April 2006. Averaged 18.1 ppg. and 14.0 rpg., while shooting 55.9 percent and recording an NBA-best seven double-doubles. Helped lead the Magic to a 7-2 record, their best month of the season and in a 102-97 win over the Sixers on April 15, he recorded a season-high 28 points and a career-high and NBA season-high 26 rebounds.

 

- Named Eastern Conference Player of the Month for games played from the start of the season (Oct. 31) through November 2006. Averaged 17.1 points on .576 shooting and a league-high 13.6 rebounds while leading the Magic to an Eastern Conference best 12-4 record.

 

- Named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Nov. 20- 26, 2006. Averaged 18.5 ppg. on 53.1 percent shooting and 14.3 rpg. in leading Orlando to a 3-1 week.

- Played on the Sophomore Team in the 2006 Rookie Challenge Game.

 

 

- Became in 2005-06 one of only eight players in the NBA and the first rookie (along with Emeka Okafor) to average a double-double since Shaquille O'Neal and Alonzo Mourning accomplished the feat in 1992-93.

- Became the youngest player in NBA history with 20-plus boards in a game after doing so versus Toronto (12/1/05). Also had 20 rebounds against Atlanta (2/10/06) becoming the first rookie since Tim Duncan in 1997-98 with multiple 20-plus rebound games in a rookie season.

- Became first NBA rookie since 1992-93 (Shaquille O'Neal, 12 games) to record 10-plus rebounds in first nine regular season games of his career.

 

- Became the first player in NBA history directly out of high school to start in all 82 games during his rookie season.