Tyler Kepkay (born June 19, 1987) is a Canadian professional
basketball player, who last played for the Winling Basketball Club in Hong Kong. He is a veteran member of the
Canadian national basketball team.
College career
Kepkay initially attended the
College of Eastern Utah
Utah State University Eastern (USU Eastern) is a public regional college within the Utah State Universitybr>system The USU Eastern campus is located in Price, Utah, United States. Founded as Carbon College in 1937, the college joined the Universi ...
in
Price, Utah. At the junior college school, he led the nation in scoring his sophomore season en route to being named First Team Junior College All-America. Following his two years of junior college, he committed to the
University of Utah for his last two years of eligibility. In his first season with the Utes, he played in all 33 games, starting 26 of them, while averaging 7.5 points and 2.1 assists per game. In the 2008–09 season, he averaged 10.3 points per game for the Utes in helping the team to a 24–9 record and a berth in the
2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament in which 65 schools competed to determine the national champion of the men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2008–09 basketball ...
. At the tournament, he scored a team-high 19 points in a first round loss to the
University of Arizona.
National team career
Kepkay first played for the
Canada national basketball team Canada national basketball team may refer to:
* Canada men's national basketball team
* Canada women's national basketball team
* Canada men's national under-19 basketball team
* Canada men's national under-17 basketball team
* Canada women's nation ...
at the
FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 2008
The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 2008 was the final qualifying tournament for the 2008 Olympic men's basketball tournament. Organized by FIBA, it took place from 14 to 20 July 2008 at the OAKA Indoor Sports Arena, in Athens, ...
while seeing limited action off the bench for the Canadians.
Tyler Kepkay
at FIBA.com He also participated with the team at the FIBA Americas Championship 2009.
References
External links
Utah Utes profile
1987 births
Living people
Artland Dragons players
Basketball people from British Columbia
Canadian expatriate basketball people in Germany
Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Canadian men's basketball players
ETB Wohnbau Baskets players
Giessen 46ers players
Point guards
Science City Jena players
Basketball players from Vancouver
Utah State Eastern Golden Eagles men's basketball players
Utah Utes men's basketball players
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