Mike Wilkinson (basketball)

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Mike Wilkinson
UNICS Kazan
2014Levski Sofia
Career highlights and awards

Michael Joseph Wilkinson (born October 1, 1981) is an American former professional

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

national basketball team.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Crimson, Ron (8 March 2008). "Where is Mike Wilkinson Now?". UFA. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  2. ^ UNICS tabs Mike Wilkinson
  3. ^ "Mike Wilkinson signs in Bulgaria with Levski Sofia". Sportando.net. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Eurobasket2009.org". Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-08-17.

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