David Holston

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David Holston
No. 11–JDA Dijon Basket
Position Point guard
League LNB Pro A
Personal information
Born (1986-01-26) January 26, 1986 (age 38)
Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Listed weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school Avondale (Auburn Hills, Michigan)
College Chicago State (2005–2009)
NBA draft 2009: undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2011 Pınar Karşıyaka
2011–2012 Artland Dragons
2012–2013 Mersin BB
2013–2015Artland Dragons
2015–2017 JDA Dijon
2017–2018Samsun
2018–presentJDA Dijon
Career highlights and awards

David Holston (born January 26, 1986) [1] is an American professional basketball player for JDA Dijon Basket of France's LNB Pro A. He played college basketball at Chicago State University (CSU). In 2019, he was named the Most Valuable Player of the French LNB Pro A.

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Early life and college

Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Holston attended Avondale High School in Auburn Hills where he led the team to the 2002 Class B state championship. [2] During his career at Avondale he earned all-county and all-state honors, scored over 2,000 career points, and yet was not offered a single college basketball scholarship. [2]

Holston enrolled at Chicago State in the fall of 2004 and earned a spot on the men's basketball roster as a walk-on. [2] During Holston's collegiate career, the school was classified as an Independent, meaning it had no athletic conference affiliation. [3] He went on to have a prolific career at CSU but received very little national attention due to a confluence of factors: attending a small Division I school that had no conference, Chicago State's historically sub-par performance in men's basketball, and his own diminutive 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) stature. [2] [3]

During Holston's tenure at CSU between 2005–06 and 2008–09 (he redshirted his true freshman season), he scored a school-record 2,331 points, finished in the top five in points per game nationally for his senior season, led the NCAA in three-point field goals made per game in his final two seasons, and was the first Chicago State player to garner Division I postseason All-American honors, among others. [4] [5] Holston finished his collegiate career with averages of 19.6 points, 4.4 assists and 2.1 steals per game, [4] and his 450 career three-pointers were the second-most in NCAA Division I history at the time of his graduation. [5] During his senior season in 2008–09, his averages of 25.9 points, 6.4 assists, 3.7 steals and three rebounds per game led CSU to a 19–13 record—its first winning season since the school transitioned to Division I—and he was named the Independent Player of the Year. [6] [7]

Professional career

Due to his size, Holston was not chosen in the 2009 NBA draft. [8] That July, he signed with Pınar Karşıyaka of the Turkish Basketball League [6] and played for them for two seasons. During his first year, Holston averaged approximately 12 points and four assists per game, and during his second season he averaged roughly 15 points and six assists. [1] He then signed with the Artland Dragons in Germany's Basketball Bundesliga for the 2011–12 season. [9] In the summer of 2012, he signed a contract with Mersin BB of Tukey for the 2012–13 season. [10] In July 2013, he returned to Artland Dragons, [11] and stayed with them for two seasons.

In the 2018–19 season, Holston played with JDA Dijon of the French LNB Pro A. He led Dijon to the third place in the regular season. On May 20, 2019, he won the Pro A Most Valuable Player award. [12]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Goodwin, Marvin (July 2, 2010). "David Holston camp teaches youngsters basketball, life skills". The Oakland Press . Archived from the original on August 25, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Kyle, Whelliston (August 6, 2009). "High-scoring Holston brings small frame and big game to Chicago State". ESPN.com . Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "David Holston College Statistics". ESPN.com. 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  5. 1 2 "2010–11 NCAA Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). 2010–11 NCAA Men's Basketball Media Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2010. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  6. 1 2 Miggins, Cory (July 10, 2009). "David Holston Signs Pro Contract with Turkish Team". Chicago State University. Archived from the original on January 20, 2010. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Chicago State's David Holston named Independent Player of the Year". Chicago Tribune . March 21, 2009. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  8. ↑ Templon, John (July 17, 2009). "David Holston and John Cantrell continue their careers abroad". Chicago College Basketball. ChicagoNow.com. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Artland Dragons land Anthony Hilliard and David Holston". Sportando.com. July 25, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Mersin officially signs David Holston". Sportando.com. July 30, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ "David Holston returns to Artland Dragons". Sportando.com. July 22, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Trophées du Basket : Les lauréats sont connus ! – LNB.fr". www.lnb.fr. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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