Vytautas Šulskis (born August 8, 1988) is a Lithuanian professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player.

High school

Born in

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

, Šulskis attended The Rock of Gainesville High School in

Gainesville, Florida Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, Alachua County, Florida, and the largest city in North Central Florida, with a population of 141,085 in 2020. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida, Gaine ...

, where he played soccer and basketball. During his high school off-season Šulskis played

AAU basketball The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is an amateur sports organization based in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. It has ...

for Florida Elite out of

Tampa Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough County ...

, Florida. Šulskis was teammates with a number of highly regarded basketball players including Larry Sanders, Justin Morin, and Dominque Jones while playing AAU for the Elite.

College career

After graduation from high school, Šulskis went on to play for the Youngstown State University Penguins of

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

. While playing for Penguins, Šulskis scored more than 1,000 career points and starred in 120 consecutive games. He averaged 13.1 points per game, 5.2 rebounds per game and 2 assists per game his senior year.

Professional career

In August 2011, he signed a one-year contract with

BC Žalgiris Basketball Club Žalgiris ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Žalgiris) is a professional basketball team that is based in Kaunas, Lithuania, and competes domestically in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL, Lithuanian Basketball League). Founded in 1944, i ...

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. However, he ended up not playing there and moving to

BC Nevėžis BC Nevėžis ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Nevėžis), commonly known as Nevėžis Kėdainiai, also known as Nevėžis-OPTIBET due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Kėdainiai, Lithuania. The club currently competes in ...

. In 2012, Šulskis signed with

BC Šiauliai BC Šiauliai ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Šiauliai) is the professional basketball club of Šiauliai, Lithuania. The club competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League. It has won the 3rd place award (behind Lithuanian basketball giants Lietuvos Rytas ...

. From 2015 he is playing for Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas. In the 2015–16 season, Šulskis was named the Most Valuable Player of the LKL. In December 2017, Šulskis returned to

and signed with

BC Neptūnas Basketball Club Neptūnas ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Neptūnas), commonly known as Neptūnas or Neptūnas Klaipėda, is a Lithuanian professional basketball team based in Klaipėda, Lithuania. The club participates in the Lithuanian Basketball League ...

References

External links

Eurobasket.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sulskis, Vytautas 1988 births Living people BC Juventus players BC Neptūnas players BC Nevėžis players BC Pieno žvaigždės players BC Prienai players BC Šiauliai players Lithuanian men's basketball players Lithuanian expatriate basketball people in the United States category:Shooting guards Small forwards Basketball players from Vilnius Youngstown State Penguins men's basketball players