peoplepill id: kevin-rankin
KR
Turkey
6 views today
7 views this week
Kevin Rankin
Turkish–American basketball player

Kevin Rankin

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
Turkish–American basketball player
Places
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Wheeling, USA
Age
53 years
Stats
Height:
212 cm
Weight:
121 kg
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Kevin Rankin (born 26 August 1971) is a retired American/Turkish professional basketball player. He stands 2.10 m (6'11") tall and played the power forward and center positions.

Amateur career

After playing high school basketball in Wisconsin, Rankin played NCAA Division I college basketball at Northwestern University.He attended the university from 1990–1994, compiling a distinguished academic and athletic record.

Rankin started 111 of the 112 games he played at Northwestern and led the Wildcats in rebounding all four seasons, with a high of 8.4 per game during his junior season of 1992-1993.He remains the school's all-time leader in career blocked shots with 133.He led the team in scoring during his senior season, 1993–1994, with 15.3 points per game, and won the team MVP award in each of his last three seasons (1992, 1993, and 1994). He shared the 1992 award with teammates Todd Leslie and Cedric Neloms.

During his senior year, Rankin led the Wildcats to a thrilling 97-93 overtime berth in the National Invitation Tournament.The bid brought the Wildcats their first taste of postseason play since 1983.

Rankin was also an academic standout.He was named to the Academic All-America second team in 1994, and the third team in 1993.He won a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten team each year from 1992 to 1994, and was awarded the Big Ten Medal of Honor for scholastic and athletic excellence in 1994.

Professional career

  • 1994 Chicago Bulls (Never officially played in the regular season for them; was on the team from September 26 to November 14.)
  • 1994-95 Fenerbahçe (Turkey)
  • 1995-96 Festina Andorra (Spain)
  • 1996-00 Ülkerspor (Turkey)
  • 2000-01 Hapoel Jarusalem (Israel)
  • 2001-02 Pallacanestro Biella (Italy)
  • 2002-03 Alba Berlin (Germany)
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Kevin Rankin is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Credits
References and sources
Kevin Rankin
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes