Kyle Barone

Kyle Barone
Personal information
Born September 12, 1989
Orange County, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Pacifica (Garden Grove, California)
Summit Prep (Redwood City, California
College Idaho (2009–2013)
NBA draft 2013 / Undrafted
Pro career 2013–present
Position Center
Career history
2013 PGE Turów Zgorzelec
Career highlights and awards

Kyle Barone (born September 12, 1989) is an American basketball player. He was the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior in 2012–13 after leading the WAC in scoring (18.2) and rebounding (10.9) in conference games.[1] Barone became the first player from the University of Idaho to be named the men's basketball player of the year in the WAC.

In Barone's four-year career between 2009–10 and 2012–13 he appeared in a school record 125 games.[1] He graduated with 1,414 points—the fourth highest total in school history—as well as 864 rebounds, which ranks second.[1] Heading into his senior season he was suspended indefinitely by head coach Don Verlin for violating team rules but was re-instated before the first regular season game.[2] For his career, Barone averaged 11.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.0 blocks and 0.4 steals.[3] He plays the center position.[3]

On October 24, 2013, Barone signed with PGE Turów Zgorzelec in Poland.[4] After 5 games, Barone left PGE Turów, after averaging 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Idaho center Kyle Barone named WAC Player of the Year". KREM.com. Idaho Athletics. March 10, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Matt (October 8, 2012). "Idaho suspends Kyle Barone indefinitely". KLEWTV.com. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kyle Barone stats". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Barone z kontraktem". PGE Turów Zgorzelec (in Polish). October 24, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  5. ↑ "PGE Turow Zgorzelec, Kyle Barone to part ways". Sportando.net. January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.

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