Shawan Robinson

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Shawan Robinson
Personal information
Born (1983-09-07) September 7, 1983 (age 39)
Boone, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Leesville Road (Raleigh, North Carolina)
College Clemson (2002–2006)
NBA draft 2006: undrafted
Playing career2006–2009
Position Point guard / shooting guard
Career history
2006–2007 Newcastle Eagles
2007–2008 Gießen 46ers
2008 Skyliners Frankfurt
2008–2009 BK NH Ostrava

Shawan Robinson (born September 7, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Clemson University and professionally played in Europe. [1]

Robinson attended Clemson for 4 years. In his final year (the 2005/2006 season) he averaged a team leading 12.3ppg and a free throw percentage of 91.3%, enough to have him ranked 3rd in the nation. This percentage was also the fourth best in the history of the ACC. [2]

Robinson became the first Clemson Tiger to be named Academic All-ACC in each of his four seasons. He was a student teacher at Central Elementary and graduated with an Elementary Education degree in 2006. [3]

Robinson signed with Ostrava after a brief stint with the Deutsche Bank Skyliners from Germany. He spent the 2006/2007 season in England where he led the British Playoff Champions with 16 ppg and 4 assist, and 2007/2008 season in Giessen Germany where he averaged 3.1 ppg in limited action. As of January 11, 2009, Robinson was averaging 16.32 ppg to go along with 3.5 apg and 3.7 rpg, and 32% on threes for NH Ostrava.

In 2014, Robinson was named head coach of the Panther Creek High School boys basketball team. [4]

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References

  1. Eurobasket.com Profile
  2. Ingram, Tyreese (February 6, 2016). "A Clemson Tiger from the Past: Shawan Robinson". rubbingtherock.com. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  3. "Shawan Robinson Named to Men's Basketball All-ACC Academic Team". clemsontigers.com. June 30, 2006. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  4. J. Mike Blake (May 27, 2014). "Panther Creek names Shawan Robinson boys basketball coach". The News & Observer. Retrieved June 30, 2018.