Otis Hill

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Otis Hill
Personal information
Born (1974-03-31) March 31, 1974 (age 49)
White Plains, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight290 lb (132 kg)
Career information
High school Pleasantville (New York)
College Syracuse (1993–1997)
NBA draft 1997: undrafted
Playing career1997–2009
Position Center
Career history
1997Portland Wave
1997–1998Meysu Spor
1998–1999 Connecticut Pride
1999 Atlantic City Seagulls
1999 Indios de Mayagüez
1999–2000Connecticut Pride
2000Atlantic City Seagulls
2000Los Prados Santo Domingo
2000 Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs
2000–2001 Racing Antwerpen
2001Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs
2001–2002 Orlandina Basket
2002–2004 Basket Zaragoza
2004–2005 Polonia Warszawa
2005–2006 Ironi Nahariya
2006 Split
2006–2007 Anwil Włocławek
2007–2008Ironi Nahariya
2008–2009 Odesa
2009 Ironi Ramat Gan
Career highlights and awards

Otis Hill (born 31 March 1974) is an American former professional basketball player. He played as a power forward. He is a graduate of Pleasantville High School in New York State, [1] played basketball there and won many awards. At Pleasantville High School, Otis was also a standout in football and a member of the 1991 undefeated season when the team was ranked #1 in the state. Otis went on to play at Syracuse University, [2] and professionally [3] in Belgium, Spain (LEB), Italy, Israel, Poland, and for BC Odesa in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, before retiring in 2009 . [4]

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References

  1. "Happy Birthday to Pleasantville's Otis Hill". 31 March 2014.
  2. "Otis Hill". www.orangehoops.org. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  3. "Former Syracuse center Otis Hill ponders pro retirement". syracuse. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  4. "Doudiz.com - Sport - Basketball" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on December 13, 2007. Retrieved 2022-02-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)