Kebu Stewart

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Kebu Stewart
Personal information
Born (1973-12-19) December 19, 1973 (age 50)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight239 lb (108 kg)
Career information
High schoolOur Saviour Lutheran
(The Bronx, New York)
College
NBA draft 1997: 2nd round, 35th overall pick
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career1997–2007
Position Power forward
Number41
Career history
1997–1998 Philadelphia 76ers
1999 Sioux Falls Skyforce
1999 Vaqueros de Bayamón
2000Sioux Falls Skyforce
2000 Atléticos de San Germán
2000–2001 Hapoel Jerusalem
2001–2002 Avtodor Saratov
2003 UNICS Kazan
2003 Prokom Trefl Sopot
2003 Adecco Estudiantes
2003–2005 NIS Vojvodina
2005–2006 Vertical Vision Cantù
2006–2007 Seoul SK Knights
2007 Crvena zvezda
2007 Barons/LMT Rīga
Career highlights and awards
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Kebu Omar Stewart (born December 19, 1973) [1] is an American assistant college basketball coach and retired basketball player. He played in the NBA and had a rich international career, playing in several countries.

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High school and college career

Stewart was a star high school player at national powerhouse Oak Hill Academy and later on at Our Saviour Lutheran in the Bronx, where he averaged nearly 36 points per game and earned honorable mention All American honors in the 1992–92 season.

Stewart signed to play at UNLV, but was academically ineligible his freshman year. He redshirted, and played the 1993–94 season with the Runnin' Rebels. Although Stewart wasn't eligible until January, he won Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year honors (becoming the first ever freshman to win the award), averaging 19 points and 12 rebounds per game. Stewart, who reportedly clashed with the coaching staff several times, [2] was suspended from the team after the following season. He later transferred to Division II Cal State Bakersfield, where he went on to become Division II Player of the Year and California Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year as a senior, leading the team to the NCAA Division II national championship. He also led the nation (Division II) in rebounding as a senior in 1996–97 with 13.4 rpg.

Professional career

Stewart was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round of the 1997 NBA draft, and played 15 games during the 1997–98 NBA season, averaging 2.7 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. He played for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1998 to 2000. He was selected to the All-CBA First Team in 2000. [3]

Stewart started his overseas career in Israel with Hapoel Jerusalem in the 2000–01 season. Then, he played for Avtodor Saratov and UNICS in Russia (2001–2003). He also played few games for Prokom Trefl Sopot (Poland) and Adecco Estudiantes (Spain), before signed for NIS Vojvodina (Serbia and Montenegro) in late 2003. After two seasons there, he moved to Italy and played for Vertical Vision Cantù in the 2005–06 season. [4] In the 2006–07 season, he played for Seoul SK Knights (South Korea) and Crvena zvezda (Serbia). He last played for Barons/LMT Rīga (Latvia) in the 2007–08 season, but left the team during the first half of the season.

Coaching career

At present, Stewart works as an assistant basketball coach for Occidental College, an NCAA Division III college located in Los Angeles, California. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kebu Omar Stewart profile | Game center | FIBA.com". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/Dick-Vitales-199394-College-Basketball-Preview-Yearbook - page 93
  3. ↑ "Kebu Stewart minor league basketball statistics". Stats Crew. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  4. ↑ Kebu Stewart Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine at legabasket.it
  5. ↑ "Kebu Stewart - Assistant Men's Basketball Coach / Assistant Strength Coach - Staff Directory".
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