Jared Berggren | |
Position: | Center |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 235 |
Nationality: | American |
Birth Date: | 1990 4, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Coon Rapids, Minnesota |
Highschool: | Princeton (Princeton, Minnesota) |
College: | Wisconsin (2009–2013) |
Draft Year: | 2013 |
Career Start: | 2013 |
Career End: | 2019 |
Years1: | 2013–2015 |
Team1: | B.C. Oostende |
Years2: | 2015–2016 |
Team2: | Pallacanestro Cantù |
Years3: | 2016 |
Years4: | 2016–2017 |
Years5: | 2017–2018 |
Team5: | Niigata Albirex BB |
Years6: | 2018 |
Team6: | Shinshu Brave Warriors |
Years7: | 2018–2019 |
Team7: | Union Neuchâtel Basket |
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(born April 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Union Neuchâtel in Switzerland.
He played four seasons with the Wisconsin Badgers, in which he averaged 7.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game.[1] In his senior season he was named to the Second Team All Big Ten Conference by both by the media the coaches, as well as being the best defensive team of the conference.[2] [3]
After not being selected in the 2013 NBA draft, he signed with B.C. Oostende of the Belgian league.[4] In his first season on the team he averaged 7.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.[5] After losing much of the following season, in July 2015 he signed for a season with the Pallacanestro Cantù of the Italian league.[6] He played 14 games, averaging at 6.8 points and 5.2 rebounds before being fired in February 2016.[7]
The following day he signed a contract with Aquila Basket Trento for the rest of the season,[8] playing eleven games in which he averaged 4.0 points and 3.2 rebounds.[5]
In August 2016 he signed for a season with the Basket Brescia Leonessa.[9] He spent the 2017–18 season with Shinshu Brave Warriors in Japan.[10]
On July 9, 2018, Berggren signed a one-year contract with Union Neuchâtel.[11]