Kyrin Galloway

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Kyrin Galloway
No. 14–Cairns Taipans
Position Power forward
League NBL
Personal information
Born (1999-07-10) 10 July 1999 (age 25)
Honolulu, Hawaii
NationalityAmerican / Australian
Listed height203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight98 kg (216 lb)
Career information
High school Milton (Milton, Georgia)
College UNC Greensboro (2016–2020)
NBA draft 2020: undrafted
Playing career2020–present
Career history
2020–2022 New Zealand Breakers
2021 Franklin Bulls
2022Mackay Meteors
2022–2024 Adelaide 36ers
2023 Ipswich Force
2024Townsville Heat
2024–present Cairns Taipans
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Italy Team

Kyrin Galloway (born 10 July 1999) is an American-Australian professional basketball player for the Cairns Taipans of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the UNC Greensboro Spartans.

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High school career

Galloway attended Milton High School. As a senior, he averaged 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks per game. Galloway was named to the All-Region team and led Milton to a 2016 Final Four appearance. [1]

College career

As a freshman, Galloway posted 2.2 points and 2.2 rebounds per game off the bench. [2] He averaged 5.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game as a sophomore. [3] On 9 November 2018, Galloway scored a career-high 32 points in a 97-91 loss to LSU. [4] He averaged 9.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game as a junior. [5] As a senior, Galloway averaged 8.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and a Southern Conference-leading 1.7 blocks per game, shooting 39.8 percent from the field. [6]

Professional career

On 14 July 2020, Galloway signed a three-year deal with the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League, with the first season as a developmental player and the next two as a fully contracted player. [7] On 5 June 2021, he was added to the roster of the Franklin Bulls of the New Zealand league. In his first game, Galloway posted 22 points, 14 rebounds and four assists in a 118–86 loss to the Manawatu Jets. [8]

Following the 2021–22 NBL season, Galloway played for the Mackay Meteors of the NBL1 North. [9]

On 26 May 2022, Galloway signed a two-year deal with the Adelaide 36ers. [10]

In the 2023 NBL1 North season, Galloway helped the Ipswich Force reach the grand final series, where they defeated the Gold Coast Rollers 2–1 to win the championship. [11]

In the 2023–24 NBL season, Galloway averaged 5.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and finished seventh overall in the NBL for blocks, earning himself the 36ers' Most Improved Player award. [12]

Galloway joined the Townsville Heat for the 2024 NBL1 North season. [12]

On 29 April 2024, Galloway signed a two-year deal with the Cairns Taipans. [12]

National team career

Galloway has represented Australia in several international tournaments. In 2019, he helped Australia win bronze at the Summer Universiade in Italy. [13]

Personal life

Galloway has an American father Erin and an Australian mother Kylie. Both his parents played basketball collegiately at the University of Hawaii, after his mother transferred from San Jose State. [14] His father played professionally, including for the Harlem Globetrotters. His mother played professionally in Townsville, after graduating from college with a biology degree in 2000. [13] After initially considering a career in coaching, Kylie instead chose to officiate basketball, at the encouragement of her collegiate teammate, Maj Forsberg, a six-time Women’s Final Four official. Like Forsberg, Kylie Galloway is also currently a NCAA women’s basketball official. Galloway has officiated in multiple conferences throughout the nation such as the SEC, Big 10, Big 12, Big East, American Athletic, C-USA, Sun Belt, Missouri Valley, Atlantic-10, Atlantic Sun, Ohio Valley, and Southern throughout her career, which began in 2008.

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