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Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
League | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | Kyiv, Ukraine | June 25, 2002
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Basketball School of Excellence (Torrelodones, Spain) |
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Maksym "Max" Shulga is a Ukrainian college basketball player for the VCU Rams. He previously played for the Utah State Aggies.
Shulga was born and grew up in Kyiv, Ukraine. [1] He moved to Spain at age 14 to attend the Basketball School of Excellence in Torrelodones. [2] Shulga committed to play college basketball in the United States at Utah State. [3]
Shulga began his college career at Utah State. [4] He was named honorable mention All-Mountain West Conference as a junior after averaging 11.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game. [2] After the season and the departure of Aggies' head coach Ryan Odom, he entered the NCAA transfer portal. [5]
Shulga transferred to VCU, following Odom. [6] He was named first-team All-Atlantic 10 Conference in his first season with the Rams after averaging 14.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. [7] Shulga re-entered the transfer portal at the end of the season and initially committed to transfer to Villanova, but ultimately decommitted and returned to VCU. [8]