Shawan Robinson

Shawan Robinson (born July 7, 1982 in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.) is an American professional basketball player, and currently plays for the Newcastle Eagles in the British Basketball League.

The 6ft2 shooting guard attended Clemson University, where he played with current team mate Olu Babalola, and is now in his rookie year of professional basketball, having signed for the Eagles in 2006.

Robinson attended Clemson for 4 years. In his final year (the 2005/2006 season) he averaged a team leading 12.3ppg and a free throw percentage of 91.3%, enough to have him ranked 3rd in the nation. This percentage was also the fourth best in the history of the ACC.

Aside from his evident talents on the court, Robinson was also gifted in the classroom. He became the first Clemson Tiger ever to be named Academic All-ACC in each of his four seasons. He was a student teacher at Central Elementary nearby and graduated with an Elementary Education degree in 2006.

Shawan was the sixth player signed by Eagles coach Fabulous Flournoy at the start of the 2006/2007 season, following Fab himself, Olu Babalola, TJ Walker, Darius Defoe and Andrew Bridge. As of the March 6, 2007 Robinson was averaging 16.32 ppg, a team leading average, and 37% on threes.

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