Venson Hamilton

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Venson Hamilton

| image = Venson Hamilton.jpg

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9.5

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| weight_lbs = 255

| nationality = American

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|8|11}}

| birth_place = Forest City, North Carolina

| high_school = East Rutherford
(Forest City, North Carolina)

| college = Nebraska (1995–1999)

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 50

| draft_year = 1999

| draft_team = Houston Rockets

| career_position = Center

| career_number = 4

| career_start = 1999

| career_end = 2014

| years1 = 1999–2000

| team1 = Basket Napoli

| years2 = 2000–2001

| team2 = Prokom Trefl Sopot

| years3 = 2001

| team3 = Virtus Ragusa

| years4 = 2001–2002

| team4 = Basket Club Ferrara

| years5 = 2002–2003

| team5 = Tenerife

| years6 = 2003–2004

| team6 = Bilbao Basket

| years7 = 2004–2005

| team7 = DKV Joventut

| years8 = 2005–2009

| team8 = Real Madrid

| years9 = 2011

| team9 = Gran Canaria

| years10 = 2014

| team10 = Besa

| years11 = 2014

| team11 = RSB Berkane

| highlights =

ULEB Cup champion (2007)
Spanish League champion (2007)
Big 12 Player of the Year (1999)

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Shad Venson Hamilton (born August 11, 1977)[http://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1678 Venson Hamilton profile.] @ TheDraftReview.com is an American former professional basketball player.

College career

A graduate of East Rutherford High School in Forest City, North Carolina, Hamilton played college basketball at the University of Nebraska, where he played with the Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team. He holds school records for most blocked shots (241), and most rebounds (1,080), surpassing the previous record by nearly 300. He ranks ninth on the school's all-time scoring chart with 1,416 career points. He shot 52.7% from the field throughout his career. He also dished out 164 assists, and compiled 186 steals in his college career.

He was named the Big 12 Player of the Year during his senior season of college. His 335 rebounds during his senior season set a new school record for rebounds in a single season. He was also named to the Big 12 conference's All-Defensive Team.

Professional career

Hamilton was selected with the 50th overall draft pick by the Houston Rockets in the 1999 NBA draft. In the 1999–00 season, he played with Basket Napoli of Italy. In November 2000, he signed with Prokom Trefl Sopot of Poland. In January 2001, he was released by Prokom, and the next month he returned to Italy and signed with Virtus Ragusa for the rest of the season. For the 2001–02 season, he moved to Basket Club Ferrara. For the 2002–03 season, he moved to Spain and signed with Tenerife of the LEB Oro. The next season he also played in LEB Oro but moved to Bilbao Basket. For the 2004–05 season, he moved to the Spanish ACB League club DKV Joventut. From 2005 to 2009 he played with Real Madrid. With Real he was the Spanish champion and ULEB Cup winner in 2007. In 2011, he played only game with Gran Canaria. In 2014, he played with KB Besa of Kosovo and his last club was RSB Berkane of Morocco.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/africa/africa/113167/venson-hamilton-signs-in-morocco-with-renaissance-de-berkane.html|title=Venson Hamilton signs in Morocco with Renaissance de Berkane}}

References

External links

[http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=B70 Venson Hamilton] at acb.com {{in lang|es}}
[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=mad&pcode=JUH Venson Hamilton] at euroleague.net
[http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=HAM-VEN-77 Venson Hamilton] at legabasket.it {{in lang|it}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20010126080600/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/1999/draft/draftboard/players/13.html Venson Hamilton] at sportsillustrated.cnn.com

Category:1977 births

Category:Living people

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Italy

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Kosovo

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Morocco

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Poland

Category:American expatriate basketball people in Spain

Category:American men's basketball players

Category:Arka Gdynia (basketball) players

Category:S.S. Basket Napoli players

Category:Basketball players from North Carolina

Category:Bilbao Basket players