Jermaine Middleton | |
Position: | Center |
Height Ft: | 7 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lb: | 240 |
Team: | Harlem Globetrotters |
Number: | 54 |
Birth Date: | 15 January 1984 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
High School: | Crenshaw High School South Kent School |
College: | Central Connecticut State University Northwood University |
Career Start: | 2011 |
Career End: | 2015 |
Jermaine "Stretch" Middleton (born January 15, 1984) was an American basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters.[1]
The 7'4" Middleton was born in Los Angeles and started playing basketball as a Crenshaw High School junior.[2] His friend Dorrell Wright convinced him to attend South Kent School for a postgraduate year. Jermaine attended Central Connecticut State University for two years (playing briefly in 2005-06),[3] before transferring to the West Palm Beach, Florida campus of Northwood University (now part of Keiser University) for his final two years. In 2008 Northwood - with Middleton - made the final eight teams of the NAIA National Tournament.[4]
Middleton played for Rochester and St. Joseph of the Premier Basketball League, and then in China. He began playing for the Globetrotters starting in the 2011-12 season,[5] and continued through the 2014-15 season.
Middleton currently lives in San Antonio.[6] He is in business with the Australian company SafeLace.[7]