Mike Wilkinson | |
Position: | Power forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 8.25 |
Weight Lbs: | 245 |
Nationality: | American / Macedonian |
Birth Date: | 1981 10, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Blue Mounds, Wisconsin |
High School: | Wisconsin Heights (Mazomanie, Wisconsin) |
College: | Wisconsin (2001–2005) |
Draft Year: | 2005 |
Career Start: | 2005 |
Career End: | 2014 |
Years1: | 2005–2007 |
Team1: | Aris Thessaloniki |
Years2: | 2007–2009 |
Team2: | Khimki |
Years3: | 2009–2010 |
Team3: | Galatasaray Café Crown |
Years4: | 2010–2011 |
Team4: | Lokomotiv-Kuban |
Years5: | 2011–2013 |
Team5: | UNICS Kazan |
Years6: | 2014 |
Team6: | Levski Sofia |
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Michael Joseph Wilkinson (born October 1, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at, he played at the power forward position.
Wilkinson attended Wisconsin Heights High School, where he 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 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 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]
After playing in Greece, Russia and Turkey, Wilkinson joined Euroleague team UNICS for two seasons.[2] On January 23, 2014, he signed a contract with Levski Sofia for the rest of the season.[3]
He has been granted a Macedonian citizenship and is known as Majkl Vilkinson (Мајкл Вилкинсон in Cyrillic)[4] and he also played for the national basketball team.[1]