Chris Kramer

Kramer started his senior season with his third straight team captain role, becoming only the fourth to do so in school history, behind the likes of Terry Dischinger (1960–62), Brian Walker (1979–81), and former assistant coach, Cuonzo Martin (1993–95).

He finished his sophomore season leading the conference in total steals with 67 take-aways, while recording the 9th most in school history with 139 in just two seasons.

As a team captain, he was named Third Team All-Big Ten and Academic All-Big Ten, while being the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.

As a captain in his junior season, he shared the role with Robbie Hummel and fellow Junior, Keaton Grant.

Kramer helped lead Purdue to an 11–2 pre-season finish.

After sitting out for a foot injury in a road game at Penn State, and having an 0–2 start in conference play, Kramer helped lead the Boilers to an 11–7 conference record.

On January 31, Kramer was elbowed in the face by Michigan's Manny Harris, breaking his nose in two places, which forced him to wear a face mask for the following six games.

Along with teammate JaJuan Johnson, he was named to the Big Ten-All Defensive Team, finishing short to Michigan State's Travis Walton as defensive player of the year.

Kramer was also named to consecutive Academic All-Big Ten selections.

Christopher Scott Kramer (כריס קרמר; born April 4, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player.

He played college basketball with the Purdue University Boilermakers.

He was selected as a member of the 2006 Indiana All-Star Team, along with current NBA players Greg Oden and Mike Conley Jr.. In football, he had a career total of 1,336 passing yards and 997 rushing yards at quarterback.

Chris Kramer attended Purdue University to play basketball under head coach, Matt Painter.

During his freshman season, Kramer set the school's freshman record for most steals in a season, while leading the team with 64, shattering Brian Cardinal's prior record of 51.

Kramer finished with and was second in the conference in total steals on the season.

Averaging 7.2 ppg and 2.9 rpg, he had a season high six steals twice against Wagner College and Penn State.

He helped lead the Boilermakers to an NCAA tournament appearance along with Seniors David Teague and Carl Landry, where Purdue beat Arizona in the first round and lost to eventual/defending champs, Florida.

He averaged 3.5 steals and 15 points in the two games.

In the First Round game, Kramer fell to the floor on a play with the ball, where he made a shot off his knees.

Finishing the season with a 22–12 record, he was named to the Big Ten All-Defensive Team.

In his Sophomore season, averaging 6.8 ppg, he led the Boilers for the second season in a row in assists (95) and steals, averaging 2.3 per contest.

He helped lead the baby boilers to a second straight Second round appearance, where they defeated Baylor in the first round and eventually lost to a senior-led Xavier and finished the season with a 25–9 record.

He led his team to the 2009 NCAA Tournament, along with Purdue's first Sweet Sixteen appearance in 9 years, where they eventually fell to #1 seeded UConn.

He wrapped up his junior season with the second most steals in school history with 214 career steals.

Against Valparaiso on December 9, 2009, he dished out a season high 7 assists.

Kramer participated with the 2010 Milwaukee Bucks training camp and played in the NBA Development League for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in the 2010–11 season.

Chris Kramer played varsity basketball, baseball, and football at Huntington North High School in Huntington, Indiana.

Averaging 19.1 points, four assists, and three steals a game playing for coach Eric Foister, he led the Vikings to an 18–3 record as a Senior.

On March 3, 2010, Kramer scored a season high 18 points against in-state rival Indiana, shooting 7 of 8 from the floor in his last game at Mackey Arena.

Kramer recorded ten 3+ steal outings on the season (10–0), including four 4-steal performances.

He led the Boilermakers to a 14–4 conference record and onto a Big Ten Conference title, its first in fourteen years.

After the culmination of the regular season, Kramer was given his conference record fourth consecutive Big Ten All-Defensive Team honor, while being named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year for the second time, while also being a Big Ten Honorable Mention and Academic All-Big Ten for the third consecutive year.

With Purdue receiving a 4 seed in the NCAA tournament, Kramer helped lead the Boilers past heavily favored Siena in the NCAA First Round match up, where he scored 10 points and had 4 steals and onto consecutive Sweet Sixteens after beating Texas A&M, where he tallied 17 points, 3 steals, and 7 rebounds before being held scoreless in his last collegiate game in a loss to Duke.

Purdue went on to a 29–6 record in his senior year, which tied for the program's most wins in a single season.

He finished the season with season-career highs with 228 points with a club-leading 58 percent from the floor.

As a senior, Kramer was one of ten candidates for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award with Notre Dame's Luke Harangody, West Virginia's Da'Sean Butler, Duke's Jon Scheyer, and fellow Big Ten player, Raymar Morgan, of Michigan State.

He overwhelmingly won the fan vote, having more than 33 percent of total fan votes, but came up short to Da'Sean Butler.

He wrapped up his career at Purdue being named a First Team Senior All-American.

During the 2010 Final Four weekend at Lucas Oil Stadium, Kramer participated in the Senior Reeses/Hersheys All-Star Game.

Kramer currently owns the school record for career steals per game, averaging 2.1 a contest.