Mike Wilkinson

Mike Wilkinson

Position	Power forward
Height	6 ft 8.25 in (2.04 m)
Weight	245 lb (111 kg)
League	PBL Euroleague VTB United League
Team	UNICS Kazan
Number	54
Born	October 1, 1981 (1981-10-01) (age 30) Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
Nationality	American / Macedonian
High school	Wisconsin Heights
College	Wisconsin
Pro career	2005–present

Michael Joseph "Mike" Wilkinson (born October 1, 1981) is an American professional basketball player.^[1] He is a 6 ft 8¼ in (2.04 m) 245 lb. (111 kg) power forward.

Amateur career

Wilkinson went to Wisconsin Heights High School and played basketball for the Vanguards. In his senior year, Wilkinson earned the Mr. Basketball award, which is the player of the year award in Wisconsin high school basketball.^[1]

Wilkinson played college basketball for four years for the Wisconsin Badgers from 2001 to 2005, redshirting his freshman year, for a total of five years with the basketball program. He averaged 14.3 points per game and he was selected to the All-Big Ten Conference First Team his senior year. He was just the second player to finish his playing career with at least 1,500 points and 800 rebounds at Wisconsin.^[1]

Pro career

• 2005-07 - Aris;
• 2007-09 - Khimki;^[1]
• 2009-10 - Galatasaray Café Crown;^[2]
• 2010-11 - Lokomotiv-Kuban;
• 2011-13 - UNICS;^[3]

Club Honors

• ULEB Eurocup:

- (1) - 2005/06;

• Russian Basketball League:

- 2 ! (2) - 2007/08, 2008/09;

• Russian Basketball Cup:

- (1) - 2008;

• Greek Basketball League

- 3 ! (2) - 2005/06, 2006/07;

National team

He has been granted a Macedonian citizenship and is known as Majkl Vilkinson (Мајкл Вилкинсон in Cyrillic)^[4] and he also plays for the national basketball team.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "‘Where is Mike Wilkinson Now?". UFA. 2008-04-07. http://undraftedfreeagent.blogspot.com/2008/03/where-is-mike-wilkinson-now.html. Retrieved 2008-04-08. 
2. ^ Galatsaray.org Mike Wilkinson Galatasaray Cafe Crown'da (Turkish)
3. ^ UNICS tabs Mike Wilkinson
4. ^ Eurobasket2009.org

External links

• Eurocup Profile
• FIBA.com Profile
• Khimki Profile

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Name	Wilkinson, Mike
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Date of birth	1981-10-01
Place of birth	Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, United States
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