Kelvin Michaúd Lewis (born April 12, 1988) is an American

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coach who is currently an Assistant Basketball Coach at

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. He was a former Professional Basketball Player for 13 seasons.

College career

Lewis played collegiately for

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, helping them reach an NCAA Tournament berth for the first time in 18 years. The only C-USA MVP in school history. He finished 3rd in school history in 3 pointers made. He also finished with 1,465 points in only 3 seasons, ranking him 14th all time in University of Houston history. He transferred to Houston from

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, where he spent his freshman year. Prior to Auburn, Lewis played for

North Crowley High School North Crowley High School is a public high school in Fort Worth, Texas. It administers grades 9-12 and is part of the Crowley Independent School District. The school's colors are royal blue and silver. The school's mascot is the Panther. The sch ...

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, where he was a part of the Rivals 150 recruits, and also All-State first team selection.

Professional career

Lewis played for the

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in the 2010

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. In August 2010, he signed with

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of Greece. He left Kavala before the start of the season. On November 2, 2010, he was drafted by the Texas Legends. On March 4, 2011, he was traded to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. On November 2, 2011, he was re-acquired by the Vipers. In August 2012, he signed with

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of Sweden. In which he earned 2nd Team All-Basketligen honors. For the 2013–14 season he signed with

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of Finland. He helped his team to win the

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, also was named Korisliiga Defensive Player of the Year. After attending Mini Camp with the

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, In July 2014 Lewis signed with

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of Romania. They also won the Cup that season. In the 2015–16 season he played with Kolossos Rodou in Greek A1. Lewis returned to Tampereen Pyrintö in February 2017 and averaged 10.7 points in 12 games in the Korisliiga. On October 22, 2017, Lewis tried out with the

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. He was put on waivers on October 31 before playing any games for the Warriors. On November 6, 2017, Lewis signed with Höttur of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla, replacing Aaron Moss. On February 21, Höttur announced they had released Lewis to allow him to sign with

Kauhajoki Karhu Basket Kauhajoki Karhu Basket ( en, Kauhajoki Bear Basket), is a Finland, Finnish basketball team from Kauhajoki. The team plays in Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball. In 2018, the club achieved their first Korisliiga title ever after d ...

in the Finnish

. Despite his early exit, he led the Úrvalsdeild in scoring with 25.4 points per game in 14 games. In May 2018, he helped Karhu win the

championship. He scored 5,450 Career Points as a Professional Player.

References

External links

Finnish League profileEurobasket.com ProfileRealGM.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Kelvin 1988 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Austria American expatriate basketball people in Finland American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Hungary American expatriate basketball people in Iceland American expatriate basketball people in Romania American expatriate basketball people in Sweden American men's basketball players Auburn Tigers men's basketball players Basketball players from Dallas Guards (basketball) Houston Cougars men's basketball players Kolossos Rodou B.C. players Rio Grande Valley Vipers players Solna Vikings players Soproni KC players Tampereen Pyrintö players Texas Legends players Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players