Kyle Lee Visser (born October 19, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player.
Biography
Visser graduated from
Forest Hills Central High School
Forest Hills Central High School is located in Ada Township, Michigan, near Grand Rapids. It is one of three high schools in the Forest Hills Public Schools system. The district also includes Forest Hills Eastern High School (FHE) and Forest Hil ...
in 2003 and played for the
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Wake Forest University, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a mem ...
from 2003–04 to 2006–07. He was considered by
ESPN
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to be the nation's most improved college basketball player after having scored 466 points during his senior season, which was more than his previous three seasons combined.
Visser ranked seventh in the
ACC
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*American College of Cardiology, A US-based nonprofit medical association that bestows credentials upon cardiovascular spec ...
in scoring at 17.3 ppg, and ranked second in the league in field goal shooting percentage (.593). He was the only player in the entire conference to rank in the top ten in scoring,
rebounding,
field goal percentage
Field goal percentage in basketball is the ratio of field goals made to field goals attempted. Its abbreviation is FG%. Although three-point field goal percentage is often calculated separately, three-point field goals are included in the gener ...
, and
blocks.
On November 11, 2006, he set a school record for field goal percentage in a single game (1.000) by shooting a perfect 10-for-10 against
James Madison University
James Madison University (JMU, Madison, or James Madison) is a public research university in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the institution was renamed Madison Coll ...
. Visser also ranks seventh in school history with 113 career blocks. In his senior season, he scored 20 points nine times to go along with six
double-double
In basketball, a double-double is a single-game performance in which a player accumulates ten or more in two of the following five statistical categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. The first "double" in the term ...
s.
Visser signed a nine-month contract with a German professional basketball team, the
New Yorker Phantoms in October 2007. On July 25, 2013, he returned to
Phantoms Braunschweig
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** Ghost, the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living
Aircraft
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signing two year–deal.
Retirement
On October 1, 2015, Visser officially retired from professional basketball and decided to continue working as a Real Estate agent. He is also continuing to work with kids on their basketball games during his camps and by organizing workouts.
References
External links
Wake Forest Demon Deacons bio
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1985 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Serbia
American men's basketball players
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players
Basketball players from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Centers (basketball)
KK Radnički Kragujevac (2009–2014) players
Riesen Ludwigsburg players
Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball players