Steffphon Pettigrew | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lb: | 222 |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1989 |
Birth Place: | Elizabethtown, Kentucky, U.S. |
High School: | Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown, Kentucky) |
College: | Western Kentucky (2007–2011) |
Draft Year: | 2011 |
Career Start: | 2011 |
Career End: | 2020 |
Career Position: | Forward / center |
Years1: | 2011–2012 |
Team1: | Club Atletico Aguada |
Years2: | 2012–2013 |
Team2: | Abejas de Guanajuato |
Years3: | 2013 |
Team3: | Frayles de Guasave |
Years4: | 2013 |
Team4: | Marinos de Anzoátegui |
Years5: | 2013–2014 |
Team5: | Abejas de Guanajuato |
Years6: | 2014 |
Team6: | Maratonistas de Coamo |
Years7: | 2015 |
Team7: | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |
Years8: | 2015–2016 |
Team8: | Chorale Roanne Basket |
Years9: | 2016–2017 |
Team9: | Abejas de Guanajuato |
Years10: | 2019 |
Team10: | Indios de San Francisco de Macorís |
Years11: | 2020 |
Team11: | Club Deportivo Universidad Católica |
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Steffphon Pettigrew (born March 21, 1989)[1] is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Western Kentucky University.
Pettigrew attended Elizabethtown High School in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. As a senior, he averaged 33.6 points and 13.3 rebounds per game and he was named as Kentucky's 2007 Mr. Basketball.[2]
On 2007, he signed with Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball of the NCAA's Division I (NCAA) for 4 seasons (2007–08,2008–09,2009–10 and 2010–11) Pettigrew earned the commonwealth's highest honor, and was also named the Kentucky Player of the Year by both the Associated Press and Louisville Courier-Journal, after averaging a state-best 33.6 points per game and 13.8 rebounds per outing — which was second among all players — for Elizabethtown High School.[3]
On 2011, he signed with Club Atletico Aguada of the Liga Uruguaya de Basketball. Pettigrew's four-year WKU career will go down as one of the finest in Hilltopper history, as he started the final 38 games of his career en route to 136 career games played, the second-most all-time, and made 97 starts, which rank seventh all-time. In those games he scored 1,544 points, which puts him in elite company in 13th place on the WKU career scoring list.[4]
On November 3, 2012, he signed with Abejas de Guanajuato of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional. His simply unstoppable played against Barreteros in the Mexican League was "best ever" after he dominated both offensively and defensively and carried the Abejas to a huge road win with average record of 41 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assist[5]
On May 23, 2013, he signed with the Frayles de Guasave of the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico.[6] After one game played with Guasave he was transferred to Marinos de Anzoátegui (Venezuela) however he was released by the club in April 2013. He only averaged of 3 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block.[7]
On March 15, 2014, he returned to the Mexico to be part again of the Abejas de Guanajuato of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional for the third season and leads the abejas for another historic season. After he played for 44 games in LNBP he averaged of (21.05 PPG) (6.27 RPG) (2.20 APG) (1.09 SPG) (0.52 BPG) (FG% .544) (FT% .669).[8]
On April 28, 2014, he signed with Maratonistas de Coamo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (Puerto Rico). He averaged 14.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game in 14 challenges.[9]
On April 12, 2015, he signed with the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters of the Philippine Basketball Association.[10]
On June 23, 2015, he signed with the Chorale Roanne for the 2015–2016 season from the French second division LNB Pro B.[11]
In 2017, Pettigrew played for the Kentucky Kings of The Basketball Tournament. The Basketball Tournament is an annual $2 million winner-take-all tournament broadcast on ESPN.[12]