Michael Meeks (basketball)

Michael Meeks

Personal information
Born	(1972-02-23) February 23, 1972 Kingston, Jamaica
Nationality	Canadian / German
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Career information
High school	Cardinal Leger Secondary School (Brampton, Ontario)
College	Canisius (1992–1996)
NBA draft	1996: undrafted
Playing career	1996–2011
Position	Power forward / center
Career history
As player:
1996–1997	Darüşşafaka
1997–1998	Brandt Hagen
1998–2000	Besançon
2000–2001	UNICS Kazan
2001–2002	Fabriano Basket
2002–2004	Zadar
2004	Central Dawgs
2004–2005	Viola Reggio Calabria
2005–2006	Telekom Baskets Bonn
2006–2007	ČEZ Nymburk
2007–2009	Euphony Bree
2009–2011	BG Göttingen
As coach:
2011–2012	BG Göttingen
2012–2014	S.Oliver Baskets (assistant)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing Canada FIBA Americas Championship 1999 San Juan National team 2001 Neuquén National team Summer Universiade 1993 Buffalo National team

Michael Meeks (born February 23, 1972) is a Canadian former professional basketball player. He is a former member of the Canadian men's national basketball team and is currently working for Canada Basketball.

College career

A 6'9", 235 lb. centre-power forward, Meeks led Canisius College in his senior year in 1996 to the school's only NCAA Tournament appearance since the mid-1950s. They lost badly in the first round, however, to the Utah Utes. He finished his four-year career as the school's second all-time scorer and rebounder and was inducted in the Hall of Fame in January 2007.

National team career

Meeks played for Canada in the 2000 Summer Olympics and was central to the team winning their preliminary round group leading the team in scoring. (They lost in the quarter-finals however and finished 7th.) He also competed in two world championships, 1998 and 2002.

Personal

Meeks is a dual citizen, having acquired German citizenship whilst playing there. He is a native of Brampton, Ontario, having settled there as a youth after immigrating to Canada from Jamaica.

After returning to Canada, he was named manager of youth player development at Canada Basketball in 2015.

References

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