Evan Earl Battey (born September 27, 1998) is an American professional

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player for

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of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played

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for the

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. He was named second-team All-Pac-12 as a senior in 2022.

High school career

Battey started playing high school basketball at the

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. He averaged 11 points and 11 rebounds per game as a freshman. As a sophomore, Battey averaged 20 points and 14 rebounds per game, leading his team to its second straight CIF Los Angeles City Section Division IV title. For his junior season, he transferred to

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. In his fifth game of the season, Battey scored 44 points, two shy of the school record. As a junior, he averaged 24 points and 12 rebounds per game. Battey was ruled ineligible for his senior season, as he had repeated ninth grade and exhausted all eight semesters of athletic eligibility. While sidelined, he served as a coach for Villa Park's big men and

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. He committed to playing college basketball for

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over offers from

Arizona State Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

, Miami (Florida) and

Purdue Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...

, among others.

College career

Battey sat out for the 2017–18 season as an academic

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, because he did not graduate from high school in four years. In December 2017, he suffered a

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while playing basketball with his friends, and had two

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s later in the day. Battey rehabilitated for five months, including

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and

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. As a freshman at Colorado, he averaged 8.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. In his sophomore season, Battey became a regular starter and averaged 8.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. As a junior, he averaged 10.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, and was named to the All-

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honorable mention. As a senior, Battey averaged 12.4 points and 4.7 rebounds per game and was named second-team All-Pac-12.

Career statistics

College

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, 33 , , 33 , , 28.5 , , .502 , , .488 , , .759 , , 4.7 , , 1.2 , , .6 , , .5 , , 12.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 133 , , 108 , , 25.0 , , .502 , , .390 , , .748 , , 5.0 , , 1.1 , , .5 , , .4 , , 9.8

Personal life

Battey's father, Earl III, played

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and is a longtime

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officer. His grandfather, Earl Jr., was a five-time

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and a three-time

Gold Glove The Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as simply the Gold Glove, is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in bo ...

winner. Battey's uncle,

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, was a

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and won the gold medal at the

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References

External links

Colorado Buffaloes bio
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