Stanley Whittaker

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Stanley Whittaker Jr.
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Whittaker with Karlsruhe in October 2021
Uralmash Yekaterinburg
Position Guard
League VTB United League
Personal information
Born (1994-10-21) October 21, 1994 (age 29)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolEsperanza Academy Charter School (Philadelphia, PA)
College
Playing career2020–present
Career history
2020 BC Jonava
2020–21 UBSC Graz
2021–22 PS Karlsruhe Lions
2022–2023 s.Oliver Würzburg
2023 Dinamo Sassari
2024–present Uralmash Yekaterinburg
Career highlights and awards

Stanley Mace Whittaker Jr. (born October 21, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Uralmash Yekaterinburg of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the Keiser University Seahawks, where he was coached by Rollie Massimino.

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College career

Stanley Whittaker attended Frank Phillips College from 2013 to 2015, before transferring to Keiser University in West Palm Beach, Florida. [1] He graduated in 2017. [2] At Keiser, he played under head coach Rollie Massimino who died in August 2017. [3] Whittaker was a two-time NAIA All-American. [4]

Club career

After his college education, Stanley Whittaker suffered several professional and personal setbacks. Whittaker couldn't find a job in basketball for two years. He kept in touch with his sport through training children. [2]

In 2019 he had the first engagement with BC Jonava where he played a few games during the 2019–20 LKL season (Second Lithuanian league). [2]

Fortunately for Whittaker, in January 2020, several players from UBSC Graz were involved in a betting scandal so Graz needed replacement players at short notice. Although Whittaker barely had time to settle in Austria, he scored over 18 points per game in his first season and averaged eight assists. He even improved this record in the 2020–21 Austrian Basketball Superliga with an average of over 21 points and eight assists. Besides being the league's best scorer, he also served as team captain for UBSC Graz. [2]

In August 2021, he signed with PS Karlsruhe Lions of the German ProA. [2] [5] He scored over 22 points, got over 5 rebounds and made over 6 assists per game in 34 games for the PS Karlsruhe Lions. [6]

In June 2022, he signed with s.Oliver Würzburg of the German Basketball Bundesliga. [6] Whittaker wrapped-up the 2022-23 season as the team's leading scorer, averaging 18.0 points, while dishing out 5.1 assists per contest in Bundesliga play. [7] On June 19, 2023, Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A announced his signing. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Stanley Whittaker - 2016-17 - (rv) Men's Basketball". Keiser University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Topscorer mit bewegender Geschichte – Stanley Whittaker zu den LIONS abseits-ka.de, 16 August 2021. Accessed 4 October 2021.(in German)
  3. ↑ "2016-17 (rv) Men's Basketball Roster". Keiser University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  4. ↑ "Stanley Whittaker - 2016-17 - Men's Basketball". Keiser University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  5. ↑ Gerhard Wolff (2 September 2021). "Neuzugang Whittaker bei den PSK Lions hat einen steinigen Weg hinter sich". Badische Neueste Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Stanley Whittaker ist der neue Spielmacher". soliver-wuerzburg.de (in German). 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Würzburg Baskets". Basketball-Bundesliga. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  8. ↑ ""The Standard" nuovo play della Dinamo". Dinamo Sassari (in Italian). 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
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