Ashton Gibbs

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Ashton Gibbs
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Ashton Gibbs Coaching at the Nike EYBL.
College Park Skyhawks
PositionAssistant coach
League NBA G League
Personal information
Born (1990-01-19) January 19, 1990 (age 34)
Scotch Plains, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Seton Hall Prep
(West Orange, New Jersey)
College Pittsburgh (2008–2012)
NBA draft 2012: undrafted
Playing career2012–2018
Position Point guard
Career history
2012 Panionios
2013 Ourense
2013 Steaua București
2014 Hoops Club
2016 Vaqueros de Agua Prieta
2018 Kangoeroes Willebroek
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-Big East (2011)
  • Second-team All-Big East (2010)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
U-19 World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 New Zealand Team

Ashton Gibbs (born January 19, 1990) is a retired American professional basketball player who currently coaches for the Atlanta Hawks G League affiliate, the College Park Skyhawks. [1]

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College career

After graduating from Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, New Jersey in 2008, [2] Gibbs played college basketball with the Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team. In 2010–11, Gibbs was an All-Big East First Team selection [3] and an Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American, [4] while in 2009–10, he was named Big East Conference Most Improved Player and All-Big East Second Team.

Gibbs became a starter in his sophomore season, averaging 15.7 points per game, on 39.7% shooting from the field. He played an average of 34.6 minutes per game for the Panthers during the 2009–10 season.

Gibbs entered his senior season at the University of Pittsburgh selected as the 2011–12 Preseason Big East Player of the Year. [5] The Panthers had a less than stellar 2011–12 season, finishing 22–17, but only 5–13 in Big East play, as they failed to make the NCAA tournament and NIT, and instead landed in the CBI, which they won. He averaged 14.6 points per game with a .382 FG% and a .345 3P%.

==Professional career==Gibbs was a projected pick in the 2012 NBA draft, but went undrafted. Gibbs joined the Brooklyn Nets for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On August 9, 2012, he signed with Panionios of Greece for the 2012–13 season. [6] In December 2012, he left Panionios after eight league games and four Eurocup games. In February 2013, he signed with Ourense of Spain for the rest of the season.

On September 25, 2013, Gibbs signed with Steaua București of Romania for the 2013–14 season. [7] In December 2013, he left Steaua after 12 games. In February 2014, he signed with Hoops Club of Lebanon for the rest of the season. [8] [9]

On November 1, 2014, Gibbs was selected by the Sioux Falls Skyforce in the fifth round of the 2014 NBA Development League Draft. [10]

On October 31, 2016, Gibbs was acquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. [11]

International career

In the summer of 2009, Gibbs was a member of the Under-19 junior USA Basketball Team that won the gold medal, and finished with an undefeated 9–0 record at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand. He averaged 9.8 points per game, had 20 assists, and led the team in minutes per game (22.4). [2]

Gibbs was also a member of the 2011 USA Basketball Team that competed in the World University Games held in Shenzhen, China. The team finished in fifth place, but tied for the tournament's best record at 7–1. During the games, Gibbs averaged a team-high 21.8 minutes played, 11.6 points per game, shot 46.6% in field goal accuracy (34/73), 95.0% in free throw accuracy (19/20), and had a team-high 2.3 assists per game. [12]

Personal

Gibbs is the son of Temple and Jacqueline Gibbs, and has two younger brothers, T. J. and Sterling, who both also played basketball for Seton Hall Prep. Sterling played collegiately at Texas, Seton Hall, and Connecticut and T.J. played collegiately for Notre Dame. [13] His father played football at Temple University. [2]

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