Isaiah Wilkerson

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Isaiah Wilkerson
No. 15 – Tulsa 66ers
Position Shooting guard
League NBA Development League
Personal information
Born (1990-11-13) November 13, 1990
Staten Island, New York
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Listed weight 215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school Curtis (Staten Island, New York)
College NJIT (2008–2012)
NBA draft 2012 / Undrafted
Pro playing career 2012–present
Career history
2012–present Tulsa 66ers (D-League)
Career highlights and awards

Isaiah Jamal Wilkerson (born November 13, 1990)[1] is American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA D-League. He finished his collegiate career in 2011–12 as the Great West Conference Player of the Year. He became the first player from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to win the player of the year award and only the third overall winner in Great West history.

High school

Wilkerson was born in Staten Island, New York to parents Beaun and Linda Wilkerson.[2] He attended Curtis High School where he starred on the basketball team.[2] As a senior in 2007–08, he helped lead Curtis to a school-record 25 win season (including a 14–0 mark in conference play).[2] The New York Daily News named him to their First Team All-Staten Island group after Wilkerson averaged 16.6 points per game.[2] He scored 20 or more points in seven different games including two 24-point performances.[2]

College

Wilkerson did not enroll at NJIT immediately to play for the Highlanders.[2] It was not until the second semester that he became a student, so his first career game on December 20, 2008 came without the benefit of having a single practice yet with the team.[2] In 22 games that season he averaged 12.5 points and 3.5 rebounds.[1] The following year, he scored in double figures 22 times while averaging 13.0 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.[1] Wilkerson was named an honorable mention for the All-Great West Conference team.[2] In his junior season in 2010–11 he once again creased his averages to 13.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, leading NJIT in both statistical categories, and was named All-Great West First Team.[2] The Highlanders finished in second place with a 9–3 conference record.[2] The following year—Wilkerson's last—saw him average career-highs of 16.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game.[1] The Highlanders made it to the championship game of the Great West Conference Tournament but lost to North Dakota, 75 to 60.[2] He was then named the conference player of the year.[2] Wilkerson was also the only men's basketball player from any of the eight New Jersey NCAA Division I schools to be named to an All-American team, which the Associated Press did when he was put on the honorable mention squad.[3]

For his career, Wilkerson scored 1,577 points and grabbed 616 rebounds; the rebounding total is the NJIT program record for their Division I era.[4] His point total had been NJIT's all-time scoring mark in the Division I era at the time of his graduation, but the following season, former teammate Chris Flores surpassed him as the school's all-time leading scorer.[5]

Professional

In November 2012, Wilkerson was acquired by the Tulsa 66ers for the 2012–13 season. In November 2013, he was re-acquired by the 66ers.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Isaiah Wilkerson". 2012 NBA Draft Prospects. DraftExpress LLC. 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 "2011–12 Isaiah Wilkerson". NJITHighlanders.com. New Jersey Institute of Technology. 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012. 
  3. ↑ "AP honor for NJIT basketball senior and Curtis product Isaiah Wilkerson". Staten Island Advance. March 30, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Met Basketball Writers Honor NJIT's Isaiah Wilkerson". NJITHighlanders.com. New Jersey Institute of Technology. April 27, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Flores scores 32, becomes NJIT's career scoring leader in 108-69 rout of Fisher". Fox News. January 31, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Isaiah Wilkerson Player Profile – RealGM

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