Rick Rickert
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Rick Rickert
Rick Rickert (born on February 11, 1983 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American-born basketball player. He is a 2001 graduate of Duluth East High School where he was a basketball star and highly recruited college prospect.[1] He was named 2001 Minnesota Mr. Basketball.[2]
Rickert is currently playing for the German basketball team EnBW Ludwigsburg.
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Career
Rickert played collegiately for the University of Minnesota, where after averaging 15 points and 5 rebounds per game in 2001-2002[3] he became the first Gopher player ever to win the Big Ten Freshmen of the Year award.[4] After averaging 16 points and 6 rebounds his sophomore season Rickert declared for the 2003 NBA Draft.
Ricky Bobby as his friends call him,despite his own beliefs that he would be taken in the first round,[5] Rickert was not drafted until the 55th overall selection (26th in the second round) by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rickert failed to make the team and went to play in Slovenia. Since then, Rickert has played with: Krka Novo Mesto (Adriatic League/Euroleague), Timberwolves (NBA), Asheville Altitude (D-League), Panellinios B.C. Athens (Greece), Lleida Bàsquet (Spain - 2nd Division), Fayetteville Patriots (D-League), Detroit Pistons (NBA), Colorado 14ers (D-League), the D-League All Star Team that traveled to China, representing the U.S. in the world tournament (D-League), and the New Zealand Breakers (Australasian Basketball League).
Kevin Garnett punched Rickert during a 2004 pick-up game, leading to stitches and a chipped tooth.[6]
In 2007, Rickert signed to play with the New Zealand Breakers in the Australasian NBL. In June 2008, he re-signed with the New Zealand Breakers. In the 2008-09 season, he averaged 13.6 points and 8.1 rebounds.[7]
Rick played for the Harbour Heat in the 2010 domestic NBL competition in New Zealand. The Heat made the Quarter finals where Rick scored 30 points.
Rick was signed to play with the Gold Coast Blaze for the 2010-11 in the Australasian NBL, however, he did not receive clearance to play as a 'naturalized' player following Rick obtaining New Zealand citizenship (and the Blaze club did not sign him as one of only two import positions available) and he then moved away from Australia and moved to the German basketball club EnBW Ludwigsburg.
As of May 2011, Rickert played for the Bayamon Vaqueros in the Puerto Rico professional basketball league.
Awards
NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE: 2007-08
- Australasian National Basketball League All Star
COLORADO 14ERS NBDL:2006-07
- NBDL All Star, played in Las Vegas All Star Game
- NBDL All Star World Games Player/Representative
TEAM KRKA: SLOVENIA: 2003-04
- Adriatic League All Star Team
- Leading Scorer for KRKA
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: 2002-03
- All-Big Ten First Team by coaches
- All-Big Ten Second Team by media
- All-Big Ten Academic
- Selected Playboy All American
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: 2001-02
- Big Ten Freshman of the year
- All-Big Ten Second Team by coaches
- All-Big Ten Second Team by media
HIGH SCHOOL: 2000-01
- McDonald’s High School All-American
- Mr. Basketball in the state of Minnesota
References
- ^ Recruiting Rankings CNNSI.com
- ^ "Rickert, Calhoun honored". Minneapolis Star-Tribune (NewsBank). April 30, 2001. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MN&p_theme=mn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EFD12ED483E64C2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
- ^ Rickert's college stats sportsstats.com
- ^ Freshman of the year hoopshype.com
- ^ ESPN.com - 2003 NBA Draft: College seniors score first-round knockout
- ^ Garnett punches player during pickup game Washington Post
- ^ [1] Career Statistics-Rick Rickert NBL.com.au
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