Christopher Pickard

Christopher Pickard

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    Sacramento, California Area

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    Stanford, CA

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    San Francisco, CA

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    Stanford, CA

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    Stanford, CA

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    Redwood City, CA

Education

  • Stanford University Graphic

    Stanford University

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    Activities and Societies: Member of Varsity Swim Team - 2011 - 2015

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Volunteer Experience

Publications

  • A Descriptive Model for NBA Player Ratings Using Shot-Specific-Distance Expected Value Points per Possession

    MCS 100 Course Website

    This paper develops a player evaluation framework that measures the expected points per possession by shot distance for a given player while on the court as either an offensive or defensive adversary. This is done by modeling a basketball possession as a binary progression of events with known expected point values for each event progression. For a given player, the expected points contributed
    are determined by the skills of his teammates, opponents and the likelihood a particular event…

    This paper develops a player evaluation framework that measures the expected points per possession by shot distance for a given player while on the court as either an offensive or defensive adversary. This is done by modeling a basketball possession as a binary progression of events with known expected point values for each event progression. For a given player, the expected points contributed
    are determined by the skills of his teammates, opponents and the likelihood a particular event occurs while he is on the court. This framework assesses the impact a player has on his team in terms of total possession and shot-specific-distance offensive and defensive expected points contributed per possession. By refining the model by shot-specific-distance events, the relative strengths and
    weaknesses of a player can be determined to better understand where he maximizes or minimizes his team’s success. In addition, the model’s framework can be used to estimate the number of wins contributed by a player above a replacement level player. This can be used to estimate a player’s impact on winning games and indicate if his on-court value is reflected by his market value.

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Honors & Awards

  • Featured Scholar-Athlete and Alumni Voice at Stanford Athletics Home of Champions

    Stanford Athletics

    1 of the 21 original Stanford Scholar-Athlete and Alumni featured in Stanford Athletic's Home of Champions.

    Release: https://gostanford.com/news/2017/9/18/athletics-home-of-champions.aspx

  • 2nd Place - 2017 NBA Hackathon

    National Basketball Association

    Competed in the first official NBA Hackathon against 200+ students across 50+ universities. Competed on a team of 2 and developed project in an 8 hour time-period. As a finalists (1 of 5), presented project to a panel of judges, placing second.

    Highlights:
    - https://fansided.com/2016/10/04/assessing-defensive-versatility/
    - http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17904295/the-switching-hour-nba-defensive-versatility

  • 2011 United States Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete Award

    United States Army Reserve

  • 2010 East Valley Tribune Boys Swimmer of the Year

    Scottsdale East Valley Tribute

    Article: https://tinyurl.com/y2npq7ja

  • 2008 Arizona High School Swimmer of the Year

    Arizona Interscholastic Association

  • Arizona High School State Champion

    Arizona Interscholastic Association

    Awarded 6x

  • NISCA Academic All-American

    National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association

    Awarded 3x with 4.0 GPA distinction

  • NISCA All-American

    National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association

    Awarded 7x

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

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