Mark Nash (born 25 February 1976) is an Australian

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player. The junior club that he played for was Kingborough District, in Tasmania. A well-known player in the

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born in Launceston,

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, he played for the Australia Under-20 team in 1995 at the Junior World Championships. He continued to play well in the Association, and was given a chance to play in the All-ABA team that year, and then won the ABA Youth Player of the Year in 1996. He was recruited by the Hobart Devils at the start on the 1996 season. He then had a year back in the ABA, before being signed for the

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in 1998. He was then signed by the

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. He competed for the

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at the East Asian and Goodwill Games in 2001. He won an NBL Championship with the

in the 2002 season. After playing his 300th NBL game in 2006 he moved back home to

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in 2007 to play for the Hobart Chargers before retiring after the 2009 season.

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