Seth Tuttle
{{short description|American basketball player (born 1992)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Seth Tuttle
| image = Seth Tuttle.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Tuttle with Northern Iowa
| number =
| position = Forward
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 240
| league =
| team =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|9|5}}
| birth_place = Mason City, Iowa
| nationality = American
| high_school = West Fork (Sheffield, Iowa)
| college = Northern Iowa (2011–2015)
| draft_year = 2015
| career_start = 2015
| years1 = 2015–2016
| team1 = s.Oliver Baskets
| years2 = 2016–2017
| team2 = Limburg United
| years3= 2017–2018
| team3= Spirou Charleroi
| career_end = 2018
| highlights =
- Belgian League All-Defensive Team (2018)
- Belgian League Star of the Coaches (2017)
- Consensus second-team All-American (2015)
- MVC Player of the Year (2015)
- 2× First-team All-MVC (2014, 2015)
- MVC tournament MVP (2015)
- MVC Freshman of the Year (2012)
}}
Seth Tuttle (born September 5, 1992) is an American former basketball player and current assistant coach for the Northern Iowa Panthers. He had an All-American college career at Northern Iowa (UNI). Tuttle was considered one of the top college players in the country, and was a midseason finalist for the Naismith College Player of the Year award.
College career
Tuttle, a {{convert|6|ft|8|in|m|adj=on}} forward from West Fork High School in Sheffield, Iowa, came to UNI in 2011. He chose the Panthers over larger schools such as Iowa, Iowa State and Wisconsin after leading West Fork to four straight conference titles. In his first season, he became the first freshman in Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) history to lead the league in field goal percentage (.652) and was named the conference Freshman of the Year.{{cite web | last = Meredith | first = Luke | title = Senior Seth Tuttle set to emerge as a star for resurgent Northern Iowa | work = FOXNews.com | date = September 30, 2014 | url = https://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/09/30/senior-seth-tuttle-set-to-emerge-as-star-for-resurgent-northern-iowa.html | access-date = February 16, 2015}} In his junior season, he became one of the top players in the MVC, averaging 15.4 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. He was named first-team All-MVC.{{cite web | last = | first = | title = UNI's Seth Tuttle named first-team all-MVC | work = Des Moines Register | date = March 4, 2014 | url = http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/northern-iowa/uni-panthers/2014/03/04/unis-seth-tuttle-named-first-team-all-mvc/6015623/ | accessdate = February 16, 2015}}
In Tuttle's senior season, he was named to the preseason All-MVC team.{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Panthers Picked 2nd; Tuttle Named to Preseason All-MVC Squad | work = Northern Iowa Panthers | date = October 28, 2014 | url = http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209735615 | accessdate = February 16, 2015}} After leading the Panthers to a 24–2 start and a national ranking, Tuttle was named one of 30 finalists nationally for the Naismith College Player of the Year award,{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Baker, Tuttle on Naismith Trophy Midseason Player of the Year List | work = Missouri Valley Conference | date = February 12, 2015 | url = http://www.mvc-sports.com/mbasketball/news/2014-15/7878/baker-tuttle-on-naismith-trophy-midseason-player-of-the-year-list/#.VOILVph0yUk | accessdate = February 16, 2015}} and one of 10 finalists for the John R. Wooden Award.{{cite web|title=Wooden Award All-American Team Announced|url=http://www.woodenaward.com/john_r_wooden_award_presented_by_wendy_s_all_american_team|publisher=John R. Wooden Award|accessdate=April 16, 2016}}
Professional career
In June 2015 Tuttle signed to play for the Miami Heat in the NBA Summer League.{{cite web | url=http://globegazette.com/sports/tuttle-agrees-to-play-for-miami-heat-summer-league-team/article_6ac829e2-1c0e-11e5-a443-835191e52672.html | title=Tuttle agrees to play for Miami Heat Summer League team | publisher=Globe Gazette | date=June 26, 2015 | accessdate=August 25, 2015}} On July 24 he signed an annual contract with s.Oliver Baskets of the Basketball Bundesliga.{{cite web | url=http://www.soliver-baskets.de/aktuelles/newsdetails/jahr/2015/juli/meldung/soliver-baskets-verpflichten-power-forward-seth-tuttle/?tx_ttnews[day]=24&cHash=bb4471aba40df22b4ecd68759317232c | title=s.Oliver Baskets verpflichten Power Forward Seth Tuttle | publisher=s.Oliver Baskets | date=July 24, 2015 | accessdate=August 25, 2015}}
On July 27, 2016, Limburg United of the Basketball League Belgium Division I announced that they had signed Tuttle for the 2016–17 season.{{cite web | url=http://limburgunited.be/nl/nieuws/detail/105/title/Twee+amerikanen+versterken+onze+ploeg | title=TWEE AMERIKANEN VERSTERKEN ONZE PLOEG | publisher=Limburg United | language=Dutch | date=July 27, 2016 | accessdate=July 27, 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729024245/http://www.limburgunited.be/nl/nieuws/detail/105/title/Twee+amerikanen+versterken+onze+ploeg | archivedate=July 29, 2016 }}
On June 6, 2017, Tuttle was announced by Spirou Charleroi.[http://www.proximusspirou.be/actualite/20170606-les-nouveaux-visages-du-proximus-spirou-videos LES NOUVEAUX VISAGES DU PROXIMUS SPIROU (VIDÉOS)]
Coaching career
In 2018, Tuttle returned to his alma mater, Northern Iowa, joining the coaching staff as a graduate assistant. Prior to the 2020–21 season, he was promoted to video coordinator. He served in that position for one season before he was again promoted to an assistant coach.[https://unipanthers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/seth-tuttle/992 Seth Tuttle bio]
References
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External links
- [http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205195369 Northern Iowa Panthers bio]
{{2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans}}
{{Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year navbox}}
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Category:All-American college men's basketball players
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Iowa
Category:Forwards (basketball)
Category:Limburg United players
Category:Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball players
Category:Sportspeople from Mason City, Iowa
Category:Spirou Charleroi players