No. 44–Victoria Libertas Pesaro | |
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Position | Guard |
League | Serie A2 |
Personal information | |
Born | Anaheim, California, U.S. | December 24, 1996
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Centennial High School |
College | Cal State Fullerton (2015–2019) |
NBA draft | 2019: undrafted |
Playing career | 2019–present |
Career history | |
2019–2020 | Keflavik |
2020–2021 | Horsens IC |
2022 | Niagara River Lions |
2022–2023 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
2023 | Niagara River Lions |
2023–2024 | Filou Oostende |
2024 | Niagara River Lions |
2024–present | Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Khalil-Ullah Ahmad (born December 24, 1996) is an American basketball player for the Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro of the Italian Serie A2. He played college basketball for Cal State Fullerton.
Ahmad was born in Anaheim, California, to Tariq and Michelle Ahmad, has a younger sister, Aliyah, and his hometown is Corona, California, southeast of Los Angeles. [1] [2] [3] He is 6' 4" (193 cm) tall, and weighs 185 pounds (84 kg). [2] [1]
He played high school basketball at both guard positions for Centennial High School ('15) in Corona. [1] [2] [4] As a senior Ahmad averaged 11.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game. [1]
Ahmad played college basketball for the Titans for Cal State Fullerton ('19) from 2015–19. [4] [2] In 2016 he averaged 14.3 points per game (7th in the Big West Conference) as the league's top scoring freshman, and was 8th in the conference with a .772 free throw percentage, along with 4.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game, and was named Big West Freshman of the Year and All-Big West Honorable Mention. [5] [1] [2]
As a junior in 2017–18 he scored 15.1 points per game (6th in the Big West), with 1.2 steals per game (8th) and an .829 free throw percentage (5th). [5] [1] In 2018–19 he scored 18.2 points per game (4th in the Big West), and led he league in steals with 1.6 per game, while shooting an .814 free throw percentage (6th). [1] In both 2018 and 2019 he was named All-Big West Second Team and Big West All-Tournament Team. [2] In 2019 he then played in the invite-only Drew Summer League in Los Angeles. [6] [7] [8]
In 2019–20 Ahmad played for Keflavik in the Úrvalsdeild karla in Iceland. [9] He averaged 19.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 2.1 steals per game. [10] [4]
In 2021–22 he first played for Horsens IC of Basketligaen in Denmark, averaging 19.2 points per game (4th in the league), 4.5 assists per game (10th), and 1.8 steals per game (6th). [10] [11] Ahmad was named to the Eurobasket.com All-Danish Ligaen Second Team. [12]
That season Ahmad next played for the Niagara River Lions of the CEBL, with whom he averaged a league-high 20.7 points per game, with 4.6 assists per game (7th-most in the league) and 1.9 steals (4th-best). [13] [14] In 2021–22 he was named both Canadian Elite Basketball League Player of the Year and Canadian Elite Basketball League Clutch Player of the Year. [15] [16] In September 2022, at the invitation of the NBA's Utah Jazz, he attended a mini-camp that they held. [17]
In 2022–23 Ahmad is playing for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. [2] [18]
On June 1, 2023, Ahmad re-signed with the Niagara River Lions. [19]
On August 9, 2023, Ahmad signed with Filou Oostende. [20]
On February 29, 2024, Ahmad agreed to return to the Niagara River Lions for a third stint. [21]
On June 28, 2024, Ahmad signed with Carpegna Prosciutto Basket Pesaro of the Italian Serie A2. [22]
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