Glen Saville

NBL Player Infobox
name = Glen Saville


nickname = Sav
position = Guard/Forward
height = 199cm
weight = 97kg
team = Wollongong Hawks
nationality = Australia
birth_date = Birth date and age|1976|1|17|mf=y
birth_place = Bendigo, Victoria
first_nbl_game = 1995
junior_association = Bendigo
college = Australian Institute of Sport
previous_clubs = Wollongong Hawks 1995-2007, Sydney Kings 2007-2008
championships = 2001
career_highlights =
Grand Final MVP (2001)
Best Defensive Player (2003)Current Boomers squad member

Glen Saville (born January 17 1976, in Bendigo, Victoria) is an Australian professional basketball player, currently playing for the Wollongong Hawks in the Australian National Basketball League.

Saville is one of the NBL's most versatile players and at times he is called upon to man any position on the court using a combination of size, strength and speed to handle whatever match-up the opposition throws his way. His career began at the AIS and after graduation he signed with the Wollongong Hawks in 1995. After an impressive rookie season he competed for Australia at the Junior World Championships. Glen continued to develop as a player was named as captain of the Hawks in 2000. A year later he led Wollongong to an NBL championship victory and was named as the Larry Sengstock Medalists for his efforts.

After continued success in the NBL, Glen was apart of a Boomers squad that toured China and Europe. With this experience of playing against the worlds elite he produced career best numbers and finished third in the overall voting for the MVP award, the following season he finished fourth. In 2004 Glen was apart of the Boomers squad that played in the Olympic Games and was a key contributor to the success of the Boomers. However in 2005 Glen was key factor in the Hawks push to the Grand Final in season 2005, averaging a career high 17.8ppg during the regular season as well as 9.4rpg and 3.8apg. But it was not enough and the Hawks eventually lost to the Sydney Kings. The following season he unfortunately missed out on 2006 Commonwealth Games selection due to knee surgery that also cut short his 2005/06 NBL season. After twelve dominating years with the Hawks, Glen declined to sign with Wollongong and instead signed as a free agent with the Sydney Kings for the 07/08 NBL season. On the 18th of June, 2008, the Wollongong Hawks announced that they had signed Saville after the termination of the Sydney Kings.

Links

* [http://www.aussiebball.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3374 Glen Saville Profile]