| Alec Wintering | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Position: | Point guard |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 165 |
| League: | LEB Oro |
| Team: | CB Estudiantes |
| Birth Date: | 26 April 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Concord, North Carolina |
| Nationality: | American |
| High School: | United Faith Christian Academy (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| College: | Portland (2013–2017) |
| Draft Year: | 2017 |
| Career Start: | 2017 |
| Years1: | 2017–2018 |
| Team1: | Araberri |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Team2: | Dutch Windmills |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Team3: | Peñas Huesca |
| Years4: | 2020–2021 |
| Team4: | Melilla |
| Years5: | 2021–2022 |
| Team5: | Real Valladolid |
| Years6: | 2022–2023 |
| Team6: | Palencia |
| Years7: | 2023–2024 |
| Team7: | Estudiantes |
| Years8: | 2024–present |
| Team8: | Palencia |
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Alec Wintering (born April 26, 1995) is an American basketball player for Palencia Baloncesto of the LEB Oro. Standing at, he plays as point guard.[1]
Wintering played four seasons of college basketball with the Portland Pilots.[2] He averaged 14.1 points and 5.2 assists in 110 games with the Pilots.
As a freshman in the 2013–14 season, Wintering was the Pilots' starting point guard for the first 27 games of the season before suffering a leg injury.[3]
Wintering returned to the starting lineup for the Pilots as a sophomore in 2014–15 and set the Pilots' single-season record for assists with 187. His 45.8% three point shooting ranked fifth best in a season in Pilots' history. For his performances over the season, Wintering was named second team all-West Coast Conference.
As a junior in 2015–16 Wintering again improved his production. He scored 18.3 points per game and led the team in points, assists and steals. His 584 points scored ranked second all-time at Portland in a single season. Wintering was named first team all-WCC at season's end.
A repeat performance was expected from Wintering as a senior, and he was named preseason first team all-WCC. He lived up to the billing, scoring 19.5 points and dishing out 5.6 assists per game before a mid-January knee injury sidelined him for the rest of the season. Wintering's final career game for Portland came on January 19, 2017 at San Francisco, when he tore his ACL.[4] Despite missing nearly two months to end the season, Wintering was named honorable mention all-WCC as a senior.[5]
In September 2017, Wintering signed a one-year contract with Araberri BC of the Spanish LEB Oro.[6]
On August 1, 2018, Wintering was announced by Dutch Windmills of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL).[7] In October 21, he suffered an injury which included a broken fibula. In January, he returned to the starting line up.[8] On 10 April 2019, Windmills withdrew from the DBL due to its financial problems.[9]
On December 21, 2019, he has signed with Huesca of the LEB Oro.[10]
In July 2020, Wintering signed with Melilla of the LEB Oro.[11]
On July 19, 2021, he has signed with Real Valladolid Baloncesto of the LEB Oro.[12]
In July 2022, Wintering signed with Palencia Baloncesto of the LEB Oro.[13]