Andrew James Ogilvy (born 17 June 1988) is an Australian-Irish former professional
basketball
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player. He played three seasons of
college basketball
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for
Vanderbilt before playing in Europe for the first three years of his professional career. After a season in his hometown with the
Sydney Kings
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, he returned to Spain for a second stint. In 2015, he joined the
Illawarra Hawks and helped lead them to a grand final appearance in 2017. After seven seasons with the Hawks, he retired from the
National Basketball League (NBL) in 2022.
Early life
Born in
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Ogilvy attended
Oakhill College
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in the Sydney suburb of
Castle Hill. He grew up playing basketball for the Hills Hornets in Sydney's northwest.
Between 2005 and 2007, Ogilvy attended the
Australian Institute of Sport
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in
Canberra
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and played for the program's
SEABL team.
College career
In 2007, Ogilvy moved to the United States to play
college basketball
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for
Vanderbilt University. In his collegiate debut against
Austin Peay
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on 10 November, Ogilvy had 18 points and nine rebounds, recording the best start for a VU freshman since Phil Cox scored 30 points to open the season in the 1981–82 campaign. He was named to South Padre Invitational All-Tournament team after averaging 16.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. He scored a career-high 27 points and made a career-high 12 field goals in Vanderbilt's
SEC tournament
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win over
Auburn on 13 March. He played in 34 games and started 33, scoring in double digits in 32 games and surpassing the 20-point barrier 11 times. He also had four double-doubles on the season and finished with averages of 17.0 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.4 blocks in 26.4 minutes per game.
He set a new Vanderbilt freshman scoring record with 578 points and led all freshman in the SEC in scoring at 17.0 points per game.
His 49 blocks on the season is the fourth most in a season in Vanderbilt history and the most in a season since Chris Woods blocked 50 shots in the 1994–95 season.
He was subsequently named to the
SEC All-Freshman Team and earned second-team All-SEC.
As a sophomore in 2008–09, Ogilvy played in 29 games and started 28, averaging 15.4 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.7 blocks in 27.6 minutes per game.
He posted the team's highest rebound average since 2006, when
Julian Terrell had 7.2 rebounds per game.
He was named the Cancun Challenge MVP after averaging 19 points and five rebounds in the final two games of tournament, including a 25-point performance against
VCU on 30 November. He scored a then career-high 28 points in win over
South Carolina on 28 February. He set a new career high with 33 points in win over
LSU
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on 4 March, becoming the first VU sophomore to reach the 1,000-point plateau.
At the season's end, he was a second-team All-SEC selection by the league's coaches and an honorable mention pick by the league's media as a sophomore.
As a junior in 2009–10, Ogilvy averaged 13.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.0 steals and 1.5 blocks in 33 games, with 28 starts.
He subsequently earned second-team All-SEC selection for the third straight year and was named to the NABC All-District (21) Second Team.
During the season, he became only the second player in Commodore history to record 1,000 points and 100 blocks in his career.
In April 2010, Ogilvy declared for the
NBA draft, forgoing his final year of college eligibility.
He finished his career at Vanderbilt as the Commodores' all-time leader in free throws made (471) and blocks per game (1.51).
Professional career
After going undrafted in the
2010 NBA draft
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, Ogilvy played for the
Chicago Bulls
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at the 2010
NBA Summer League
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in Las Vegas.
Ogilvy went on to forge a career in Europe, spending the 2010–11 season in Turkey with
Beşiktaş
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, the 2011–12 season in Spain with
Valencia, and the 2012–13 season in Germany with
Brose Baskets
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.
On 16 April 2013, Ogilvy signed with his hometown team the
Sydney Kings
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for the
2013–14 NBL season
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. He led the league in rebounds (8.7 per game) and blocks (65), and scored 13.1 points per game to earn his selection to the
All-NBL First Team.
Ogilvy returned to Spain for the 2014–15 season, joining
Manresa. His season was cut short by a foot injury.
Ogilvy returned to Australia in 2015 and joined the
Illawarra Hawks. He played the next seven seasons with the Hawks, which included reaching the 2017 NBL Grand Final series and serving as team captain in
2020–21 and
2021–22. Ogilvy announced his retirement from the NBL on 7 August 2022.
Ogilvy had a number of off-season stints, including 2016 in Puerto Rico with
Atenienses de Manatí, 2017 in Iran with
Azad University Tehran, 2019 with Hills Hornets (
Waratah League
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) and
Rockhampton Rockets
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(
QBL), 2020 in Greece with
Iraklis, and 2022 with the Hills Hornets in the
NBL1 East
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.
Personal life
Ogilvy is a dual citizen of Australia and Ireland, having obtained an Irish passport in 2011.
References
External links
Vanderbilt Commodores bioTBLStat.net profileACB.com profile
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1988 births
Living people
Australian men's basketball players
Australian expatriate basketball people in Germany
Australian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Australian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Australian Institute of Sport basketball players
Australian people of Irish descent
Basketball players from Sydney
Bàsquet Manresa players
Beşiktaş men's basketball players
Brose Bamberg players
Centers (basketball)
Naturalised citizens of Ireland
Expatriate basketball players in Turkey
Illawarra Hawks players
Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players
Irish men's basketball players
Liga ACB players
Sportsmen from New South Wales
Sydney Kings players
Valencia Basket players
Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball players
People educated at Oakhill College