Michael Joseph Wilkinson (born October 1, 1981) is an American former professional

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player. Standing at , he played at the

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position.

Amateur career

Wilkinson attended

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, where he played basketball for the Vanguards. In his senior year, Wilkinson earned the Mr. Basketball award, which is the player of the year award in Wisconsin high school basketball. Wilkinson played

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for the

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from 2001 to 2005, redshirting his freshman year, for a total of five years with the basketball program. He averaged 14.3 points per game and was selected to the All-

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First Team his senior year. He was just the second player to finish his playing career with at least 1,500 points and 800 rebounds at Wisconsin.

Pro career

After playing in

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and

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, Wilkinson joined Euroleague team UNICS for two seasons. On January 23, 2014, he signed a contract with

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for the rest of the season.

National team

He has been granted a Macedonian citizenship and is known as Majkl Vilkinson (Мајкл Вилкинсон in Cyrillic) and he also played for the national basketball team.

References

External links

Eurocup ProfileKhimki ProfileTBL profileBG Basket profileLevski Sofia Video
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkinson, Mike 1981 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria American expatriate basketball people in Greece American expatriate basketball people in Russia American expatriate basketball people in Turkey Aris B.C. players Basketball players from Wisconsin BC Khimki players BC Levski Sofia players BC UNICS players Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players Macedonian men's basketball players PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban players People from Blue Mounds, Wisconsin Power forwards (basketball) Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball players American men's basketball players