Toarlyn Fitzpatrick

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Toarlyn Fitzpatrick

| image = Toarlyn Fitzpatrick.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Fitzpatrick with Apollon Patras.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 250

| position = Power forward / center

| league = Liga Națională

| team = Rapid București

| number = 32

| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|9|4}}

| birth_place = Tampa Bay, Florida

| high_school = {{nowrap|C. Leon King (Tampa, Florida)}}

| college = South Florida (2009–2013)

| draft_year = 2013

| career_start = 2013

| career_end =

| years1 = 2013–2014

| team1 = Kangoeroes Willebroek

| years2 = 2014–2015

| team2 = Apollon Patras

| years3 = 2015–2016

| team3 = Tigers Tübingen

| years4 = 2016–2017

| team4 = Rethymno Cretan Kings

| years5 = 2017

| team5 = Akita Northern Happinets

| years6 = 2018

| team6 = Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots

| years7 = 2018–2019

| team7 = Holargos

| years8 = 2019

| team8 = ESSM Le Portel

| years9 = 2019–2020

| team9 = Aris Thessaloniki

| years10 = 2020

| team10 = Ionikos Nikaias

| years11 = 2020–2022

| team11 = BCM U Pitești

| years12 = 2022–2023

| team12 = Hapoel Afula

| years13 = 2023–present

| team13 = Rapid București

| highlights =

| medaltemplates =

}}

Toarlyn Lavon Fitzpatrick[https://web.archive.org/web/20160804231841/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6101953/tid/6000317/playerview.html Toarlyn Lavon FITZPATRICK.] (born September 4, 1989), nicknamed Fitz, is an American professional basketball player for Rapid București of the Liga Națională.

High school career

Fitzpatrick played high school basketball at C. Leon King High School in Tampa, Florida.

College career

After high school, Fitzpatrick played college basketball at South Florida University, with the South Florida Bulls, from 2009 to 2013.

College statistics

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|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10

| style="text-align:left;"| South Florida

|33 ||22 || 22.1 ||.398 ||.300 || .552 ||4.48 ||0.36 || 0.61 ||0.97 ||4.27

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11

| style="text-align:left;"| South Florida

|33 || 6 || 14.2 ||.422 || .344 ||.733|| 4.09 ||0.52 || 0.39 || 0.55 || 4.30

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12

| style="text-align:left;"|South Florida

|35 || 11 || 25.5 ||.443 ||.412 ||.688||6.43 ||0.89 || 0.71 || 1.00 || 7.97

|-

| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13

| style="text-align:left;"| South Florida

| 31 || 31 || 34.4 || .375 || .320 || .700|| 5.26 || 0.94|| 0.81 || 0.87 || 9.90

|-

|- class="sortbottom"

! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career

!132 ||70 || 23.9 ||.406 || .351 ||.660 || 5.08 ||0.67 || 0.63 ||0.85 ||6.58

|-

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Professional career

Fitzpatrick began his pro career in the 2013–14 season in Belgium, with the Belgian League club Kangoeroes Willebroek.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/belgium/101654/toarlyn-fitzpatrick-signs-with-bbc-kangoeroes.html Toarlyn Fitzpatrick signs with BBC Kangoeroes.] He moved to Greece for the 2014–15 season, to play in the Greek League with Apollon Patras.[http://www.a1basket.gr/2014/08/apollon-patras-signed-toarlyn-fitzpatrick.html Apollon Patras signed Toarlyn Fitzpatrick.]

He then moved to Germany for the 2015–16 season, to play with the German League club Walter Tigers.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/germany/163813/tubingen-walter-tigers-sign-toarlyn-fitzpatrick.html Tubingen Walter-Tigers sign Toarlyn Fitzpatrick.]

On May 27, 2016, Fitzpatrick returned to Greece and signed a 1+1 year deal with Rethymno Cretan Kings.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/greece/200556/rethymno-bc-land-toarlyn-fitzpatrick.html Rethymno BC land Toarlyn Fitzpatrick.]

On July 31, 2017, he signed with Akita Northern Happinets of the Japanese B.League, $60,000 buyout to Rethymno Cretan Kings.{{cite web |last=Akita Northern Happinets|url=https://northern-happinets.com/news/30341.html|title=【新入団】トアーリン・フィッツパトリック選手 契約合意のお知らせ|date=31 July 2017 |accessdate=1 August 2017}}{{cite web |last=basket24gr|url=https://twitter.com/basket24gr/status/892488670296584193|title=Toarlyn Fitzpatrick|date=2 August 2017 |accessdate=2 August 2017}} In 2018 he moved to the Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots.

On July 19, 2018, Fitzpatrick returned to Greece once more, this time for Holargos, where he eventually became the team captain.

On July 25, 2019, he signed with ESSM Le Portel of the French LNB Pro A. {{Cite web|url=http://www.basketactu.com/basket-actu-mantas-kalnietis-evoque-son-depart-de-lasvel-fabien-paschal-de-retour-a-evreux-140006/|title=Mantas Kalnietis évoque son départ de l'Asvel, Fabien Paschal de retour à Evreux|date=July 24, 2019|publisher=BasketAccu|language=French|access-date=August 15, 2019}}

On November 21, 2019, Fitzpatrick returned to Greece for Aris.{{cite news |title=Toarlyn Fitzpatrick joins Aris BC |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/toarlyn-fitzpatrick-joins-aris-bc/ |website=Sportando |accessdate=September 4, 2020 |date=November 21, 2019}}

On September 9, 2020, Fitzpatrick signed with Ionikos Nikaias, his fifth club in Greece.{{cite web |last1=Mammides |first1=Chris |title=Toarlyn Fitzpatrick is a newcomer at Ionikos Nikaias |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Greece/news/644801/Toarlyn-Fitzpatrick-is-a-newcomer-at-Ionikos-Nikaias |website=Eurobasket |accessdate=September 16, 2020 |date=September 16, 2020}} On January 11, 2021, Fitzpatrick amicably parted ways with the Greek club, pending a better financial offer from abroad.

On January 12, 2021, Fitzpatrick signed with BCM U Pitești.

=The Basketball Tournament=

In 2017, Fitzpatrick competed in The Basketball Tournament with the Tampa Bulls, a team made up of USF alumni. Fitzpatrick's team made it to the Sweet 16 where they were eliminated by eventual champions Overseas Elite.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thetournament.com/players/toarlyn-fitzpatrick|title = Toarlyn Fitzpatrick}}

Personal life

In July 2018, Toarlyn Fitzpatrick married Greek volleyball player, Stella Tselidis. Their divorce was finalized in January 2021.

Fitzpatrick has a son from a previous relationship.

Career statistics

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=Regular season=

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|-

| align="left" | 2013–14

| align="left" | Willebroek

|36 ||15 || 16.6 ||.447 || .344 ||.655 || 4.14 || 0.75 ||0.36 ||0.19 ||7.75

|-

| align="left" | 2014–15

| align="left" |Patras

|26 ||23 || 27.0 ||.397 || .333 ||.659 || 7.31 || 1.15 ||0.92 ||1.12 ||11.12

|-

| align="left" | 2015–16

| align="left" |Tübingen

|34 ||14 || 22.5 ||.441 || .328 ||.674 || 4.26 || 1.03 ||0.71 ||0.44 ||8.59

|-

| align="left" | 2016–17

| align="left" |Rethymno

|31 ||26 || 27.9 ||.440 || .377 ||.672 || 6.74 || 2.03 ||0.81 ||0.90 ||12.16

|-

| align="left" | 2017–18

| align="left" | Akita

|24 ||7 || 21.7 ||.378 || .258 ||.703 || 6.2 || 2.6 || 1.6 ||0.5 ||10.3

|-

| align="left" | 2017–18

| align="left" | Ibaraki

|30 ||3 || 18.4 ||.406 || .280 ||.526 || 7.3 ||1.9 || 0.4 ||0.6 || 8.0

|-

| align="left" | 2018–19

| align="left" | Holargos

|29 ||27 || 27.4 ||.368 || .317 ||.533 || 5.10 ||1.17 || 0.90 ||0.24 || 8.24

|-

| align="left" | 2019–20

| align="left" | Le Portel

|8 ||3 || 13.2 ||.370 || .412 ||.000 || 2.25 ||1.25 || 0.38 ||0.12 || 3.38

|-

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= Playoffs =

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|-

|style="text-align:left;"|2016–17

|style="text-align:left;"|Rethymno

| 5 || || 29.0 || .315 || .273 || .545 || 7.2 || 1.4 || 1.2 || 0.8 || 9.8

|-

|style="text-align:left;"|2018–19

|style="text-align:left;"| Holargos

| 3 || || 31.7 || .424 || .400 || .500 || 13.3 || 0.3 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 12.0

|-

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= Early cup games =

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|-

|style="text-align:left;"|2017

|style="text-align:left;"|Akita

|2 ||0 || 21:22 || .471 || .333 || .000 || 4.0 || 4.0 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 9.0

|-

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