Adrian Pledger
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Adrian Pledger (born May 3, 1976) is a former American professional basketball player.{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Adrian-Pledger/Ukraine/BIPA-Odessa/21693|title=Adrian Pledger Basketball Player Profile, BIPA Odessa, WVU, News, Higher League stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards|website=Eurobasket LLC}} Pledger played guard and forward for Ironi Nahariya in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He was the top scorer in the 2000-01 Israel Basketball Premier League
Biography
Pledger's hometown is Camden, Alabama.{{Cite web|url=https://wvusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/adrian-pledger/12615|title=Adrian Pledger - Men's Basketball|website=West Virginia University Athletics}} He is {{convert|6|ft|3|in|m|abbr=in}} tall.
He first played college basketball at Wallace State Community College in Alabama from 1995 to 1996.[http://www.wvustats.com/sport/mbasketball/transfers?sort=hometown "Mountaineer Stats; Transfers"]{{Cite web|url=https://wvusports.com/news/2003/7/11/4949_131441744484204373.aspx|title=Doomed in the Dome|website=West Virginia University Athletics|author=John Antonik |date=December 4, 1996}} In 1996 Pledger was a second-team JUCO all-American after he averaged 25 points, 14 rebounds, 5 steals, and 3 blocks a game.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1997/01/02/cold-shooting-hoyas-have-mountain-to-climb/1d423bb4-1708-4d73-a33a-0f1c1bc81d96/|title=COLD-SHOOTING HOYAS HAVE MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB|first=Vinnie|last=Perrone|date=January 2, 1997|newspaper=The Washington Post}} With Wallace State, he was the 1996 Alabama Sports Writers Association Community College Athlete of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/college/alabama/aswa/aswa-community-college-athlete-of-the-year-winners-wiyCb4ECPkCVK4Pjmmaoxg|title=ASWA Community College Athlete of the Year winners|website=SI.com|author=Christopher Walsh|date=March 23, 2019}}
Pledger then played basketball for West Virginia University for the Mountaineers, was a guard and captain of the basketball team in 1997–98, and graduated in 1998.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2005/03/23/spring-smells-especially-sweet-to-west-virginia-and-its-fans/a0e9bc6d-ff8d-42b7-8e60-184a9a4a7dd7/|title=Spring Smells Especially Sweet To West Virginia and Its Fans|first=Eric|last=Prisbell|date=March 23, 2005|newspaper=The Washington Post}} His two-point .560 field goal percentage in 1996-97 was fifth in the Big East Conference.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/adrian-pledger-1.html|title=Adrian Pledger College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}} In his two seasons of play, he averaged 13.1 points per game, with a 51.1% field goal percentage.
Pledger played guard and forward for Ironi Nahariya in the Israeli Basketball Premier League in Israel.{{Cite web|url=https://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=979&lang=en|title=ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2007-08 Season | Irony Iscar Naharya | Adrian Pledger|website=basket.co.il}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.4756638|title=The ugly duckling of Nahariya|website=Haaretz|author=Yoav Goren|date=November 11, 2003}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/sports/local-hoops-who-can-stop-maccabi-tel-aviv|title=Local hoops: Who can stop Maccabi Tel Aviv?|website=The Jerusalem Post|author=Allon Sinai|date=October 28, 2007}} He was the top scorer in the 2000-01 Israel Basketball Premier League.
References
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{{Israeli Basketball Premier League Top Scorers}}
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Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Alabama
Category:West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball players
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Israel