Avis Wyatt (born August 20, 1984) is an American retired

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player. Wyatt is and played as power forward and center. After four years playing in college for Virginia State, Wyatt played in the Netherlands, Cyprus and Greece.

Biography

Avis is a native of

Petersburg, Virginia Petersburg is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 33,458. The Bureau of Econ ...

. He attended Petersburg High School as well as

Virginia State University Virginia State University (VSU or Virginia State) is a public historically Black land-grant university in Ettrick, Virginia. Founded on , Virginia State developed as the United States's first fully state-supported four-year institution of hi ...

. While attending Virginia State University, Avis pledged Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, Fall 2004.Kathleen Lindsay, Alumna of Virginia State University, Class of 2008

Career

Wyatt started his professional career in 2007, in the Netherlands with

MyGuide Amsterdam Amsterdam Basketball was a Dutch professional basketball club from the city of Amsterdam, established in 1995 and dissolved in 2011. The club won the Dutch championship seven times and the Dutch Cup five times. History Early years (1995–1997) ...

. Here he played for two seasons and won the DBL championship two times. The next year, Wyatt moved to Cyprus to play for

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintai ...

, reaching the finals of the Cypriot League. On June 17, 2011, Wyatt signed with

GasTerra Flames GasTerra is a Dutch partially state-owned company that is active in the worldwide trade and supply of natural gas. It is owned by Royal Dutch Shell (25%), ExxonMobil (25%) and the Dutch government (50%). Its history dates back to 2005, when the com ...

to return to the Netherlands. In his year with Flames, Wyatt averaged 8.7 points and 6 rebounds per game. The team reached the semi-finals of the 2011–12 DBL season.

Honours

**2x Dutch Champion (2): 2008, 2009 *

**All-League First Team (1): 2011 *

** DBL blocks leader (1): 2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyatt, Avis 1984 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands American men's basketball players Amsterdam Basketball players Basketball players from Virginia Centers (basketball) Donar (basketball club) players Dutch Basketball League players Power forwards (basketball) Sportspeople from Petersburg, Virginia Virginia State Trojans men's basketball players