Shawan Robinson
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Shawan Robinson is an American
United States
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 professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player, and currently plays for the NH BK Ostrava in the Mattoni NBL.

The 6' 2" Shooting Guard
Shooting guard
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 attended Clemson University
Clemson University
Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....

, and is now in his third year of professional basketball, having signed for Ostrava in November 2008.

Robinson attended Clemson for 4 years. In his final year (the 2005/2006 season) he averaged a team leading 12.3ppg and a free throw percentage of 91.3%, enough to have him ranked 3rd in the nation. This percentage was also the fourth best in the history of the ACC.

Aside from his evident talents on the court, Robinson was also gifted in the classroom. He became the first Clemson Tiger ever to be named Academic All-ACC in each of his four seasons. He was a student teacher at Central Elementary nearby and graduated with an Elementary Education degree in 2006.

Shawan signed with Ostrava after a brief stint with the Deutsche Bank Skyliners from Germany. He spent the 2006/2007 season in England where he led the British Playoff Champions with 16 ppg and 4 assist, and 2007/2008 season in Giessen Germany where he averaged 3.1 ppg in limited action. As of January 11, 2009 Robinson was averaging 16.32 ppg to go along with 3.5 apg and 3.7 rpg, and 32% on threes for NH Ostrava.
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