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

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player.

High school

Born in

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, Šulskis attended The Rock of Gainesville High School in

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, where he played soccer and basketball. During his high school off-season Šulskis played AAU basketball for Florida Elite out of

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, 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

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. 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

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. However, he ended up not playing there and moving to BC Nevėžis. In 2012, Šulskis signed with

BC Šiauliai BC 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 BC Lietuvos Rytas, Lietuvos Rytas and BC Žalgi ...

. 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.

References

External links

Eurobasket.com Profile
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