Gavin Schilling (born November 10, 1995) is a German professional

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player for Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He stands 6’9’’ (206 cm) tall and plays power forward. Schilling played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans.

Early career

Born in

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, Germany, Schilling grew up in

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, France, before moving to

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, with his mother and brother in 2003. He went to

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until 2009. At that time, he played soccer, football, baseball and basketball. Schilling moved to the

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, for the 2009–10 season, his freshman year of high school, where he played basketball and football. He then moved to Germany and spent the 2010–11 season with SG Urspringschule/Schelklingen, helping the team win the German under-16 championship. In 2011, Schilling returned to the US, enrolling at

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for the 2011-12 campaign. He then moved on to

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prior to the 2012–13 season. In March 2013, he committed to

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. As a freshman, Schilling made it to the NCAA Elite Eight with the Spartans and reached the NCAA Final Four his sophomore year. He missed the entire 2016–17 season due to a knee injury, which he sustained in October 2016. As a senior, Schilling averaged 2.9 points and 3.4 rebounds a game for the Spartans.

Professional career

On June 29, 2018, he signed a deal with

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of the German

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to get his professional career underway. On July 31, 2020, he signed with

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of the

(BBL). On July 9, 2021, he signed with

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of the German

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. On August 1, 2022, he inked a deal with French

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outfit

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. He transferred to Konyaspor of the Basketbol Süper Ligi on January 31, 2023. On July 27, 2023, he signed with Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

International career

Schilling played the Albert-Schweitzer-Tournament with the German under-18 national team in 2012 and attended the under-18 European Championships in Latvia and Lithuania the same year.

Personal life

Schilling speaks three languages: English, German and French. His father Andreas is a former German professional

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player, his mother is a native of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schilling, Gavin 1995 births Living people FC Bayern Munich basketball players Findlay Prep alumni German expatriate basketball people in the United States German men's basketball players German people of American descent Limoges CSP players Michigan State Spartans men's basketball players Power forwards (basketball) Ratiopharm Ulm players Sportspeople from Munich