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Shane Battier

Forward, Houston Rockets

Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Shane Battier of the Houston Rockets is most recognized for playing sound, fundamental team-oriented basketball, all while making his teammates more effective…A nine-year NBA veteran, Battier has played in 685 regular season games, where he has averaged 9.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.1 steals per game…Battier was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in both 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons…He spent his first five seasons playing for the Memphis Grizzlies where he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2002 ...Battier has also enjoyed successful international play as he won a bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championships… He also was named to the 2006-2008 USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team and was a member of the 2001 USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team and the 2001 USA Goodwill Games Team, which finished 5-0 to capture the gold medal at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia … He won the 2002 NBA Community Assist Award for his community service efforts…Battier was selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies (eventually the Memphis Grizzlies) with the sixth pick in the 2001 NBA Draft after a stellar college career at Duke…At Duke, he led the Blue Devils to two Final Fours in 1999 and 2001, where they lost to Connecticut in 1999, but came back two years later to win the national championship by defeating the University of Arizona...Battier was named the 2001 NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player… In 2001, Battier also won numerous major national awards including the Naismith College Player of the Year, the John R. Wooden Award, Oscar Robertson Trophy and the Lowe’s Senior Class Award…A three-time awardee of the NABC Defensive Player of the Year, he also was named the 2001 ACC C0-Athlete of the Year…Battier was named First-Team All-America by The Associated Press, USBWA, The Sporting News, ESPN.com and CBS Sportsline in 2000-01 At the conclusion of his collegiate career, Battier was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Men’s Basketball Team and had his jersey number 31 retired by the Blue Devils…Prior to Duke, Battier attended Detroit Country Day School and was named Mr. Basketball of Michigan (1997) and was the 1997 Naismith Prep Player of the Year…He graduated from Country Day with a 3.96 grade point average and was named the school’s outstanding student in his senior year.

Updated: June 2010
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