Dwayne Fontana | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lbs: | 218 |
Position: | Forward |
Birth Date: | 21 February 1973 |
High School: | Riordan (San Francisco, California) |
College: | Arizona State (1990–1994) |
Nationality: | American |
Career Start: | 1994 |
Career End: | 2001 |
Years1: | 2000–2001 |
Team1: | KFÍ |
Years2: | 2001 |
Team2: | Baloncesto Alcalá |
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Dwayne Lamore Fontana (born 21 February 1973) is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball for Arizona State before going on to play professionally. In 2001, he was the leading scorer of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild.[1]
Fontana attended Riordan High in San Francisco where he played basketball.[2]
Fontana played four years for Arizona State, averaging 10.1 points and 5.9 rebounds over his career. During his senior year the University was rocked by a point-shaving scandal involving teammates Hedake Smith and Isaac Burton. He was interviewed in the Netflix series Bad Sport about his teammates' involvement.[3]
In September 2000, Fontana signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club KFÍ.[4] On 13 October he scored a season high 48 points against Valur/Fjölnir.[5] On 21 February, he grabbed 15 offensive rebounds against Njarðvík.[6] [7] For the season, Fontana averaged a league leading 33.0 points and 13.9 rebounds per game.[3]
Following his stay in Iceland, Fontana played shortly in Spain and Luxembourg before retiring from basketball.[3]