Steffphon Pettigrew Explained

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
Highlights:

Steffphon Pettigrew (born March 21, 1989)[1] is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Western Kentucky University.

High school career

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]

College career

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]

Professional career

Uruguay Basketball League (2011–12)

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]

Mexico Basketball League (2012–13)

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]

Northwestern Mexico and Venezuela Basketball League (2013)

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]

Return to Mexico Basketball League (2013–14)

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]

Puerto Rico Basketball League (2014)

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]

Philippine Basketball Association (2015)

On April 12, 2015, he signed with the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters of the Philippine Basketball Association.[10]

France Basketball League (2015)

On June 23, 2015, he signed with the Chorale Roanne for the 2015–2016 season from the French second division LNB Pro B.[11]

The Basketball Tournament

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]

Honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Steffphon Pettigrew . basketball.realgm . April 13, 2015.
  2. Web site: Steffphon Pettigrew to be named 2007 Mr. KY Basketball. BOWLING GREEN KY. April 13, 2015.
  3. Web site: Kentucky's Mr. Basketball Steffphon Pettigrew Signs With WKU. wkusports.com. April 13, 2015.
  4. Web site: Steffphon Pettigrew Set to Begin Professional Career in Uruguay. wkusports.com. April 13, 2015.
  5. Web site: WITH 52 CREDITS PETTIGREW BREAKS PERSONAL CAREER AND MEXICAN LEAGUE 2012–13 SINGLE GAME EVALUATION RECORD. steffphonpettigrew.championsagency.com. April 13, 2015.
  6. Web site: Steffphon Pettigrew to Guasave. May 23, 2013. court-side.com. April 13, 2015.
  7. Web site: Steffphon Pettigrew signs with Marinos. February 28, 2013. court-side.com. April 13, 2015.
  8. Web site: PETTIGREW LEADS ABEJAS TO ANOTHER HISTORIC SEASON. representabasketball.com. April 13, 2015.
  9. Web site: Two new faces in the ranks of the Maratonistas. April 28, 2014. ELNUEVODIA.COM. April 13, 2015.
  10. Web site: Talk 'N Text secures Steffphon Pettigrew as Governors' Cup import. April 12, 2015. rappler.com. April 12, 2015.
  11. Web site: Steffphon Pettigrew is choralien. chorale roanne.com. June 23, 2015.
  12. Web site: Steffphon Pettigrew | the Basketball Tournament . March 13, 2018 . March 13, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180313092828/https://www.thetournament.com/players/steffphon-pettigrew . dead .