Shawn Hopkins | |
Position: | Small forward, shooting guard |
Height M: | 1.95[1] |
Weight Kg: | 95 |
Nationality: | Finnish / American |
League: | Korisliiga |
Team: | Helsinki Seagulls |
Birth Date: | 9 May 1995 |
Birth Place: | Nokia, Finland |
College: | Troy (2015–2018) North Georgia (2018–2019) |
Career Start: | 2011 |
Years1: | 2011–2015 |
Team1: | BC Nokia |
Years2: | 2019–2020 |
Team2: | BC Nokia |
Years3: | 2020–2021 |
Team3: | Tampereen Pyrintö |
Years4: | 2021–2022 |
Team4: | Stjarnan |
Years5: | 2022–2023 |
Team5: | SCM U Craiova |
Years6: | 2023–2024 |
Team6: | Kauhajoki Karhu |
Years7: | 2024–present |
Team7: | Helsinki Seagulls |
Shawn Dominique Hopkins (born 9 May 1995) is a Finnish-American professional basketball player for Finnish Korisliiga team Helsinki Seagulls.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Hopkins was born in Nokia, Finland, to a Finnish mother and an American father. His father is a former professional basketball player who played in the NBA for Washington Bullets in 1979 and later in Finland for a long time.[6] His American spouse Lynsey Kelly is a former football player who has played in Finnish women's top-tier Kansallinen Liiga for Ilves.[7] The couple had met earlier in the United States.[8]