Aubrey Coleman

Aubrey Coleman
Position Guard
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg)
League Serie A
Team Angelico Biella
Born October 9, 1987 (1987-10-09) (age 24)
Houston
Nationality American
College Houston
Draft Undrafted, 2010
Pro career 2010–present
Career history Aliağa Petkim (2010)
Austin Toros (2011)

Aubrey Gene Coleman (born October 9, 1987) is an American professional basketball guard with the Angelico Biella of the Serie A. Prior to joining the his current team, Coleman played as a guard for the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League and Aliağa Petkim in the Turkish Basketball League. He played college basketball as an all-Conference USA player for Houston where he became the NCAA's leading scorer for the 2010 season.

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Career

Early years

Coleman played in high school for Thurgood Marshall High School and Gulf Shores Academy, and at the junior college level for Southwest Mississippi Community College.

College

Coleman played as a guard for Houston under the number 12, and majored in sociology. At Houston, Coleman was the 2009 Conference USA Newcomer of the Year as well as a selection for the 2009 All-Conference USA first team.[1][2] He also received honors of being named to the 2008-09 NABC All-District 11 first team and the 2008-09 USBWA All-District VII Team. His junior season where he started 32 for games, he was the team leader for the Cougars with 19.4 points per game, and was second-place for rebounds per game with 8.2.[3] He also led the league with 2.3 steals per game, received the Conference USA Rookie of the Week award five times, and the Conference USA Player of the Week award two times. During the postseason, He was a part of Houston's team during the 2009 College Basketball Invitational.

For the 2009-10 season, Aubrey Coleman ended the season as the nation's leading scorer in the NCAA. A part of the first Cougars team to win the Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament in 2010, Coleman was also a part of the first Houston team to enter the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship since 1992.

Professional

Coleman played for the New Orleans Hornets in the NBA Summer League in 2010,[4] where he averaged 11.4 points and 3.0 rebounds in 5 games,[5] and later joined the Turkish Basketball League team Aliağa Petkim,[6] but left the team in December 2010 due to personal reasons.[7] It was announced that Coleman had joined the Austin Toros of the National Basketball Developmental League on January 6, 2011.[8] In April, 2011 he signed with Angelico Biella in Italy until the end of the season.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Player Bio: Aubrey Coleman". Houston Cougars athletics. http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/coleman_aubrey00.html. Retrieved 2009-11-27. 
  2. ^ Katz, Andy (2009-09-04). "Best of the Rest ShootAround: The teams and players you do not want to face". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/notebook?page=notebook/shootaround/bestofrest. Retrieved 2009-11-27. 
  3. ^ Campbell, Steve (2009-11-17). "Pressure's on Penders for tourney appearance". Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/houston/6724167.html. Retrieved 2009-11-27. 
  4. ^ http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2010/6/28/1540775/nba-summer-league-rosters-vegas NBA Summer League Rosters - Vegas
  5. ^ http://www.nba.com/summerleague2010/players/sl_aubrey_coleman/
  6. ^ http://salsabasket.blogspot.com/2010/07/aubrey-coleman-aliagada.html
  7. ^ Coleman Aliağa'dan Ayrıldı(Turkish)
  8. ^ Schroeder, Scott (2011-01-06). "Spurs-Owned Austin Toros Acquire 2010 NCAA Leading Scorer Aubrey Coleman". NBA Fanhouse. http://nba.fanhouse.com/2011/01/06/spurs-owned-austin-toros-acquire-2010-ncaa-leading-scorer-aubrey/. Retrieved 2011-01-23. 
  9. ^ Coleman in arrivo a Biella (Italian)