Mike Wilkinson (basketball)
Personal information | |
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Born | Blue Mounds, Wisconsin | October 1, 1981
Nationality | American / Macedonian |
Listed height | 6 ft 8.25 in (2.04 m) |
Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Wisconsin Heights (Mazomanie, Wisconsin) |
College | Wisconsin (2001–2005) |
NBA draft | 2005 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2005–2014 |
Position | Power forward |
Career history | |
2005–2007 | Aris Thessaloniki |
2007–2009 | Khimki |
2009–2010 | Galatasaray Café Crown |
2010–2011 | Lokomotiv-Kuban |
2011–2013 | UNICS Kazan |
2014 | Levski Sofia |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Michael Joseph Wilkinson (born October 1, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 8.25 in (2.04 m), he played at the power forward position.
Amateur career[]
Wilkinson attended Wisconsin Heights High School, where he played basketball for the Vanguards. In his senior year, Wilkinson earned the Mr. Basketball award, which is the player of the year award in Wisconsin high school basketball.[1]
Wilkinson played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers from 2001 to 2005, redshirting his freshman year, for a total of five years with the basketball program. He averaged 14.3 points per game and was selected to the All-Big Ten Conference First Team his senior year. He was just the second player to finish his playing career with at least 1,500 points and 800 rebounds at Wisconsin.[1]
Pro career[]
After playing in Greece, Russia and Turkey, Wilkinson joined Euroleague team UNICS for two seasons.[2] On January 23, 2014, he signed a contract with Levski Sofia for the rest of the season.[3]
National team[]
He has been granted a Macedonian citizenship and is known as Majkl Vilkinson (Мајкл Вилкинсон in Cyrillic)[4] and he also played for the national basketball team.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Crimson, Ron (8 March 2008). "Where is Mike Wilkinson Now?". UFA. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ UNICS tabs Mike Wilkinson
- ^ "Mike Wilkinson signs in Bulgaria with Levski Sofia". Sportando.net. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ "Eurobasket2009.org". Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- Aris B.C. players
- Basketball players from Wisconsin
- BC Khimki players
- BC Levski Sofia players
- BC UNICS players
- Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players
- Macedonian men's basketball players
- PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban players
- People from Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players