Nicholas Adam DeWitz (born September 16, 1982,

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) is an American former professional

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player.

High school

In high school, DeWitz attended

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. He was nominated for All-America honors and was an all-state selection. Helped Dobson and head coach Rick McConnell to a 28–3 record his senior year.

College career

In 2001, DeWitz attended

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, in

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. During his time at UVSC, he completed his associate degree in 1.5 years. Then he transferred to the

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(2003–04) where he played only half the season before transferring to

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to play under his former head coach, Jeff Reinert at UVSC. In his first year at OSU he was the first recipient of the Pac-10's Fred Hessler Award, given to the league's top non-freshman newcomer. Set the OSU single-season record for three-point percentage (50.0%, 34-for-68) and ranked second in the Pac-10. Had 37 blocks in conference play, which is tied for first on OSU’s single-season Pac-10 list. He had a dunk vs. Washington State that was #5 on SportsCenter’s top plays of the day. DeWitz posted a career-high 28 points (the most by an OSU player in 2004–05) in a home win against California. In that game, tied the school and Gill Coliseum records with seven three-pointers made(Gary Payton), and set a school single-game record for three-point percentage with a minimum of eight attempts (.778, 7-for-9). In OSU’s record books, ended his career first in three-point percentage (43.6%), first in blocked shots per game (2.06).

Professional career

In 2006, DeWitz signed with Porvoon Tarmo of the Finnish

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, helping his team reach the playoffs, scoring 19.7 and 6.3 rebounds during playoffs. During the summer of 2007 he played in the IBL with the

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, helping them to the best record in the league 18–4 while scoring 17 point per game. In 2007–08 DeWitz played in Japan, in the BJ league for the

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. He was 4th in the league in scoring 21ppg with his team finished in 3rd place. In 2008–09 he played for

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in the BJ league Japan and in 2009–10 he played for

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in the Portuguese League.

High school

College career

Professional career

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