Ian Cathcart

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Ian Cathcart
Personal information
Born (1982-02-14) 14 February 1982 (age 42)
Oamaru, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Listed height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight92 kg (203 lb)
Career information
High school Waitaki Boys'
(Oamaru, New Zealand)
College Lyon College (2001–2005)
Playing career2000–2011
Position Shooting guard
Career history
2000–2001 Otago Nuggets
2003 Nelson Giants
2005–2006 Shamrock Rovers
2010–2011 Southland Sharks
Career highlights and awards
  • CBL champion (2000)

Ian Cathcart (born 14 February 1982) is a New Zealand former professional basketball player and current head coach of the Waitaki Boys Basketball Academy.

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Basketball career

Born in Oamaru, North Otago, Cathcart attended Waitaki Boys' High School from 1995 to 1999 and was part of the North Otago Penguins squad which won the Conference Basketball League (CBL) championship in 2000. [1] [2] He played in the NBL from 2000 to 2003 while at the same time attending and playing for Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas from 2001 to 2005. He graduated from Lyon with a Bachelor of Business Administration majoring in Human Resource Management, and a Bachelor of Economics. [3]

After playing in Ireland for the Shamrock Rovers in 2005–06, Cathcart returned to New Zealand and played locally in Oamaru. In 2008, the Penguins were resurrected after a seven-year hiatus with help from Cathcart, and the team re-entered the Conference Basketball League after dominating the Southern Inter-Association League. [2] [4] The Penguins finished third after defeating Wellington in the third-place playoff. [5]

Cathcart later returned to the NBL when he signed with the Southland Sharks for the 2010 New Zealand NBL season. [6] After playing in 18 games in 2010, he managed just one game for the Sharks in 2011.

Personal

Cathcart and his wife, Gemma, have two sons named Boston (born 2011) and Lincoln (born 2014). The Cathcat Family Are moving to Gold Coast, Australia in December 2023. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "2000 Conference Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "CBL Finals – Section B". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Ian Cathcart | LinkedIn
  4. ↑ Basketball: North Otago Penguins back in the fray
  5. ↑ "2008 Conference Basketball League – Finals". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
  6. ↑ New Sharks guard full of hunger
  7. ↑ Sharks' Cathcart set to terrorise opposition
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