Kevin Dwayne Galloway (born May 23, 1988) is an Iraqi-AmericanKevin Dwayne Galloway
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player for Al Riyadi Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League.

High school

Galloway attended

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, where he played high school basketball.

College career

Galloway played

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(2006–2007), the College of Southern Idaho (2007–2008),

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(2008–2009), and

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(2010–2011).

Professional career

Galloway began his pro career in the 2011–12 season, the

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's Idaho Stampede. In the 2014–15 season, he played with the Greek Basket League club

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. In the 2015–16 season, he played with the Lebanese club Homenetmen Beirut B.C. till the end of 2016–17 season. In the 2017–18 season, he joined the Greek club Faros Larissas. He left Faros and joined

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of the

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. On October 4, 2018, Galloway came back to the Lebanese Basketball League, and he signed with Al Riyadi Beirut

National team career

Galloway became a naturalized citizen of Iraq, and was a member of the senior Iraqi national basketball team at the

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, in

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, Iran. He led the Iraqi team in points, rebounds, assists, and steals at the tournament.

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