Eric Hinrichsen (born April 13, 1976) is a Canadian former

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player. He played for the Canadian national team at the

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. Standing at 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in), he played as a

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. Hinrichsen played for

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in 2003–04, helping the team win the

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championship.

High school and college career

Born in Campbell River, British Columbia, Hinrichsen graduated from Carihi Secondary School in 1994. He led his high school team, the Carihi Tyees, to an 'AA' Provincial Championship in 1993. In his senior year, he was named the Most Valuable Player at the 1994 'AAA' Provincial Championships, despite his team's fourth place finish at the tournament. Hinrichsen won numerous Canadian university accolades playing for the

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from 1995 to 1999. He was named the CIAU (now known as

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) Rookie of the Year for the 1994-95 season. In 1997, he won the Mike Moser Award, given to the CIAU player of the year. He was then named the 1997 national championship tournament Most Valuable Player, leading Victoria to a national title. Hinrichsen won the CIAU player of the year award once more in 1999, his last season with Victoria.

Professional career

Hinrichsen started his career with Bree of the Belgian First Division, where he played for three seasons. In the 2001–02 season, he averaged 3.7 points and 5.4 rebounds for the team. In the 2002–03 season, he played in France with

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of the first-level LNB Pro A. He averaged 4.1 points and 3.7 rebounds in 30 games. In the 2003–04 season, Hinrichsen signed with

(named MPC Capitals for sponsorship reasons) of the Dutch

. He won the 2003–04 national championship with Donar after beating

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in the finals. Hinrichsen averaged 4.5 points, on 63.8% shooting from the field, and 6.4 rebounds per game with Donar.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hinrichsen, Eric 1976 births Living people Basketball people from British Columbia Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canadian men's basketball players Canadian people of German descent Olympic basketball players of Canada People from Campbell River, British Columbia Victoria Vikes basketball players Bree BBC players STB Le Havre players Donar (basketball club) players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Canadian expatriate basketball people in France Dutch Basketball League players