Tyler Kepkay Explained

Tyler Kepkay
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lbs:185
Position:Guard
Birth Date:19 June 1987
Birth Place:Vancouver, British Columbia
Highschool:Handsworth
(North Vancouver, British Columbia)
College:
Nationality:Canadian
Draft Year:2009
Team1:ETB Wohnbau Baskets
Years1:2009–2010
Team2:Gießen 46ers
Years2:2010–2011
Team3:Science City Jena
Years3:2011–2012
Team4:Artland Dragons
Years4:2012
Years5:2013-Present
Team5:Winling Basketball Club

Tyler Kepkay (born June 19, 1987) is a Canadian professional basketball player, who last played for the Winling Basketball Club in Hong Kong. He is a veteran member of the Canadian national basketball team.

College career

Kepkay initially attended the College of Eastern Utah in Price, Utah. At the junior college school, he led the nation in scoring his sophomore season en route to being named First Team Junior College All-America.[1] Following his two years of junior college, he committed to the University of Utah for his last two years of eligibility. In his first season with the Utes, he played in all 33 games, starting 26 of them, while averaging 7.5 points and 2.1 assists per game.[2] In the 2008–09 season, he averaged 10.3 points per game for the Utes in helping the team to a 24–9 record and a berth in the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[3] At the tournament, he scored a team-high 19 points in a first round loss to the University of Arizona.[4]

National team career

Kepkay first played for the Canada national basketball team at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 2008 while seeing limited action off the bench for the Canadians.[5] He also participated with the team at the FIBA Americas Championship 2009.

References

  1. http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/kepkay_tyler00.html Utah Utes bio
  2. Web site: Player Bio: Tyler Kepkay - UTAH OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE . 2009-09-04 . 2009-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090811033713/http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/kepkay_tyler00.html . dead .
  3. Web site: Tyler Kepkay Stats, News, Bio.
  4. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=294000050 Arizona vs. Utah boxscore
  5. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120802082904/http://puertorico2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/facm/player/p/eid/4042/pid/69290/sid/4042/tid/257/profile.html Tyler Kepkay

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