Fred House
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Frederick "Fred" House (born January 4, 1978) is an American
United States
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 professional basketball
Basketball
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 player. He currently plays with the pro club Azovmash Mariupol
Azovmash Mariupol
Azovmash Mariupol is a Ukrainian professional basketball club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of Mariupol in South-Eastern Ukraine. It now takes part in 3 competitions: Ukrainian SuperLeague, Ukrainian Cup and the ULEB Eurocup. The home court is Azovmash Arena. It is one of the strongest teams...

. He was born in Valdosta
Valdosta, Georgia
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, in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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 of Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
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High school and college basketball

Spent 2001–02 with the North Charleston Lowgators of the National Basketball Development League (NBDL), where he was named the league’s Rookie of the Year ... He was coached by current Hawks
Atlanta Hawks
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 Director of Player Development Alex English
Alex English
Alexander English is a retired American basketball player and former assistant coach of the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association who played at the forward position...

 ... On the season, House averaged 13.4 ppg and 4.5 rpg (.458 FG%, .744 FT%) in 56 starts in helping lead the club to an NBDL-best 36–20 regular season mark and a berth in the NBDL Finals ... Played his final two seasons at Southern Utah
Southern Utah University
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 after two years at Dixie Junior College in Utah
Utah
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 ... Was a two-time All-Mid-Continent Conference first team selection at SUU ... Earned All-Region and All-America Honorable Mention as a freshman at Dixie ... As a senior, started all 31 games and led the team in scoring 15 times ... Averaged 17.8 ppg and 5.9 rpg, ranking fifth in the nation in steals (3.0 spg) ... Named Mid-Continent Tournament MVP after scoring 66 points in three games ... Scored 21 points against Boston College
Boston College
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 in the NCAA Tournament
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
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 ... As a junior, led SUU in scoring (14.8 ppg) and rebounding (5.9 rpg) ... Ranked fourth in the nation in steals (3.4 spg) ... His 98 steals set a single-season school record ... Led team in scoring 11 times, rebounding 13 times, blocks 10 times and steals 14 times.

European career

In the 2002–03 season, House began a Europe
Europe
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an adventure, signing for ex-European champions Partizan Belgrade
KK Partizan
Košarkaški klub Partizan is a Serbian professional basketball club. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club Partizan. The club competes in the Serbian League, Adriatic League and the Euroleague....

 from Serbia
Serbia
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. With Partizan he led the 2003–04 Euroleague in steals with 3.3 per game. In the 2006–07 season season he reached the Euroleague Final Four with TAU Vitoria
Saski Baskonia
Saski Baskonia, S.A.D., known as Caja Laboral for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain...

, alongside Luis Scola
Luis Scola
Luis Alberto Scola Balvoa is an Argentine professional basketball player. The power forward-center for the Argentine national team is currently signed with the NBA's Houston Rockets. He formerly was a Euroleague star with the ACB's Saski Baskonia...

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