Shaquille Goodwin
Goodwin playing for Memphis | |
Scafati Basket | |
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Position | Power forward / Center |
League | Serie A2 Basket |
Personal information | |
Born |
Decatur, Georgia | September 1, 1994
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 242 lb (110 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Southwest DeKalb (Decatur, Georgia) |
College | Memphis (2012–2016) |
NBA draft | 2016 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2016–present |
Career history | |
2016 | AEK Larnaca |
2016–2017 | Science City Jena |
2017–2018 | Rethymno Cretan Kings |
2018–present | Scafati Basket |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Shaquille Goodwin (born September 1, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Scafati Basket of the Italian Serie A2 Basket. Standing at 2.06 m (6'9"), he plays the power forward and the center positions. After playing four years of college basketball at Memphis, Goodwin entered the 2016 NBA draft, but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds.
High school career
Goodwin played high school basketball at Waterloo West High School in Waterloo, Iowa. He played four seasons at Southwest DeKalb High School, where he led the Panthers to back-to-back state title games in his final two seasons, He Won the 2012 Atlanta Journal-Constitution slam dunk contest championship and was named to the Georgia Class AAAA All-State and 6AAAA All-Region first teams in 2011-12. Goodwin was selected All-Metro first team by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2011-12 and As a senior, he averaged 21.2 points, 12.3 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game.[1]
College career
As a freshman Goodwin played 36 games, having a really solid season, producing 7.4 points and 4.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, being included to the Conference USA All-Freshman team. As a sophomore he played in 34 contests, and improved his numbers, averaging 11.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game, improving his playing time to 28.9 minutes per game. During the next season, his numbers dropped averaging 9.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. During his final year at college, Goodwin had an impressing year, having 14.7 points 7.5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game in 33 games.[1]
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Goodwin joined AEK Larnaca of the Cypriot Basket League.[2] On November, he left AEK Larnaca in order to join Science City Jena of the Basketball Bundesliga.[3]
On July 1, 2017, Goodwin joined Rethymno Cretan Kings of the Greek Basket League.[4] He averaged 12 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in Greek top division. On July 18, 2018, Goodwin signed with Scafati Basket of the Italian second division.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Memphis Bio". Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ↑ "AEK Larnaca inks rookie Shaq Goodwin". sportando.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ↑ "Shaq Goodwin moves to Science City Jena". sportando.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ↑ "Cretan Kings land Shaquille Goodwin, ex Jena". eurobasket.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ↑ "Shaquille Goodwin inks with Scafati". Sportando. Retrieved July 18, 2018.