Kevin Bookout (born March 16, 1983) is an American former professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player. Born in
Stroud, Oklahoma, he attended Stroud High School where he competed in basketball,
baseball
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,
shot put and
discus.
He played
college basketball
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for the
Oklahoma Sooners
The Oklahoma Sooners are the athletic teams that represent the University of Oklahoma, located in Norman. The 19 men's and women's varsity teams are called the "Sooners", a reference to a nickname given to the early participants in the Land Ru ...
as he wanted to attend a college with quality basketball and
track-and-field
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programs.
While with the Sooners basketball team, Bookout scored 1,018 points and pulled in 682 rebounds. He also participated on the track team and appeared in the
2007 NCAA finals in shot put.
Bookout aspired to earn a spot on the United States shot put team for the
2008 Olympics but delayed his efforts until the
2012 Olympics.
He instead played basketball professionally with the
Rio Grande Valley Vipers
The Rio Grande Valley Vipers are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League based in Edinburg, Texas, and are affiliated with the Houston Rockets. The Vipers play their home games at the Bert Ogden Arena. The Vipers have won fo ...
in 2007.
Bookout worked out for the
New York Jets of the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(NFL) in 2012.
References
External links
Player Profile@ ESPN.com
Profile@ scout.com
Profile@ NewsOK.com
1983 births
Living people
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Oklahoma
Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball players
Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
People from Lincoln County, Oklahoma
Power forwards (basketball)
Rio Grande Valley Vipers players
Track and field athletes from Oklahoma
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