Dion Harris
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Dion Harris
| image =
| caption =
| position = Guard
| height_cm = 190
| weight_kg = 93
| league =
| team =
| number =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1985|4|27}}
| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
| high_school = Redford (Detroit, Michigan)
| college = Michigan (2003–2007)
| career_start = 2007
| career_end = 2015
| years1 = 2007–2008
| team1 = Polpak Swiecie
| years2 = 2008–2011
| team2 = Achilleas Kaimakliou
| years3 = 2011–2012
| team3 = TSV Troester Breitenguessbach
| years4 = 2012
| team4 = Gigantes de Guayana
| years5 = 2012–2013
| team5 = Akita Northern Happinets
| years6 = 2013
| team6 = Piratas de Bogota
| years7 = 2015
| team7 = Telecom Business Hub Jets
| highlights =
- Third-team All-Big Ten (2007)
- 2× Michigan Wolverines' Bill Buntin MVP award (2005, 2007)
- Second-team Parade All-American (2003)
- Mr. Basketball of Michigan (2003)
}}
Dion Harris (born April 27, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines from 2003 to 2007.
High school career
Harris attended Redford High School in Detroit, Michigan from 1999 to 2003. He was rated as the No. 1 player in the state of Michigan, and was ranked as the No. 28 overall player in the country by Rivals.com and No. 24 by Scout.com (bought by 247Sports). He committed to play college basketball for Tommy Amaker at the University of Michigan in July 2003.{{cite web|url=https://247sports.com/player/dion-harris-68105/high-school-119928/|title=Dion Harris Recruiting Profile|website=247Sports}}{{cite web|url= https://n.rivals.com/content/athletes/dion-harris-43648?view=pv|title=Dion Harris Recruiting Profile|website=Rivals}}
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|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2003
| style="text-align:left;"| Jordan Classic
| 1 || || 22.0 || .556 || .500 || .500|| 7.0 ||2.0 || 2.0 ||0.0 || 14.0
|-
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=High school awards & honors=
College career
Harris played in 131 career games, (No. 6 all-time) and started 97 times.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dion-harris-1.html|title=Dion Harris|website=Sports Reference (College Basketball)}} He scored 1,599 career points (No. 13 all-time), had 268 three-point field goals and 755 three-point field goal attempts (No. 2 all-time), 398 assists (No. 8 all-time) and had 135 steals (No. 9 all-time). Harris was the fifth Michigan player to ever surpass 4,000 career minutes.{{cite web|url=https://mgoblue.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/harris-dion/776|title=Michigan Wolverines bio|website=University of Michigan Athletics}}
=College statistics=
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|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2003–04
| style="text-align:left;"| Michigan
| 34 || 11 || 28.1 || .393 || .341 || .772 || 2.2 || 2.2 || 1.0 || 0.1 || 10.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2004–05
| style="text-align:left;"| Michigan
| 31 || 30 || 36.5 || .365 || .333 || .755 || 2.8 || 3.5 || 1.1 || 0.2 || 14.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06
| style="text-align:left;"| Michigan
| 31 || 23 || 31.2 || .403 || .390 || .821 || 2.9 || 2.8 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 11.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07
| style="text-align:left;"| Michigan
| 35 || 33 || 32.8 || .375 || .358 || .858 || 2.1 || 3.6 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 13.4
|-
|- class="sortbottom"
! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/dion-harris-1.html Career]
! 131 || 97 || 32.1 || .382 || .355 || .804 || 2.5 || 3.0 ||1.0 || 0.1 || 12.2
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=NCAA awards & honors=
- 2× Michigan Wolverines' Bill Buntin MVP award – (2005, 2007)
- All-Big Ten third team (coaches and media) – (2007)
- All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches and media) – (2005)
- All-Big Ten freshman team – (2004)
Professional statistics
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= Regular season =
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|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Świecie
|24 || || 26.2 ||.360 || .329 ||.718 || 1.8 || 1.7 || 1.4||1.1 ||7.8
|-
| align="left" | 2011–12
| align="left" | TSV
|14 || || 31.9 ||.424 || .376 ||.892 || 2.7 || 2.1 || 0.6||0.3 ||16.2
|-
| align="left" | 2011–12
| align="left" | Gigantes
|2 || 1 || 24.9 ||.500 || .500 ||.000 || 3.00 || 1.50 || 1.00 ||0.00 ||10.0
|-
| align="left" | 2012–13
| align="left" | Akita
|51 || || 26.0 ||.375 || .313 ||.673 || 3.4 || 3.0 || 0.9 ||0.2 ||13.7
|-
| align="left" | 2014–15
| align="left" | Telecom
|18 || 16 || 30.7 ||.394 || .345 ||.808 ||4.22 || 2.17 || 0.56 ||0.22 ||18.22
|-
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= Playoffs =
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|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2007–08
|style="text-align:left;"|Swiecie
| 16 || || 13.3 || .321 || .308 || .667 || 0.9 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 1.6
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2011–12
|style="text-align:left;"|TSV
| 3 || || 26.3 || .250 || .176 || .900 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.7 || 0.7 || 9.3
|-
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References
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External links
- [https://mgoblue.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/harris-dion/776 Michigan Wolverines bio]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrkeYbAuGus Akita vs Miyazaki]
- [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLRgrK_uPZIIxwYLb5UrN3Q Dion Harris on Youtube]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1wOWG2DzO8&fbclid=IwAR1Bmj38vj8Ii7gLov9jRx7ueX-VzOKTaZmtTqlIP8wKOcWOJcdPp2lsYhI Michigan vs. Notre Dame: Dion Harris' NIT Game-Winner]
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