Kyle Armani Austin (born Oct 18, 1988) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Club Nacional de Basketball of the Uruguayan Basketball League. He played collegiately at USC and then transferred to UC Riverside.

Early life and high school

Austin was born to parents Carol Austin and Greg Ware in

Pasadena, California Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district. I ...

. Austin attended Pasadena high school where he went on to be San Gabriel valley player of the year in consecutive seasons. He led his team to the CIF division 2 championship game where they lost in the final to Compton Dominguez. Austin received state player of the year honors becoming one of only two players to do so on the losing team.

College career

Austin signed to

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

where he was given a scholarship made available due to the tragic death of then USC point guard

Ryan Francis Ryan LeChanc Francis (March 17, 1987 – May 13, 2006) was an American college basketball player. At the time of his death, he was the starting point guard for the USC Trojans. He was murdered during a trip to his hometown in Baton Rouge, Lou ...

UC Riverside

Austin then played for

UC Riverside The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside) is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on in a suburban distr ...

Professional career

* 2019–present: Uruguay

Uruguayan Basketball League Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

– Club Nacional de Basketball * 2016–2019: Argentine

Liga Nacional de Básquet The Liga Nacional de Básquet (abbreviated LNB, and literally in English, "National Basketball League"), also commonly referred to as "La Liga de Básquet" ("The Basketball League"), is the top-tier level of the Argentine basketball league system ...

– Hispano Americano de Rio Gallegos * 2015–16: Italy A2 – Casalpusterlengo * 2014–15: Italy A2 – Latina Basket * 2013–14: Italy A2 – Bawer Matera * 2013: Mexico CIBACOPA – Mineros de Cananea * 2012–13: Hungary DivA – Kormend * 2012: Hungary DivA – Jaszberenyi * 2011: Sweden Basketligan – Boras * 2011: Évreux – France * 2011: Belgium – Pepinsteer * 2010–11: Portual LPB – Vitoria * 2010: Spain LEB Gold – Palencia

Awards and honors

* Eurobasket Honorable Mention All Italian League 2014 * Eurobasket Hungary Forward of the year 2013 * First Team All Big West 2010 * First Team All Big West 2009

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Austin, Kyle 1988 births Living people American men's basketball players UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball players Basketball players from Pasadena, California