Kitwana Rhymer
Kitwana Rhymer (born 22 May 1978 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a United States Virgin Islands basketball player currently with La Villa Basketball of the La Vega League in the Dominican Republic.
Rhymer was a four-year player for the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1998 to 2002.[1] He graduated as the school's fifth-leading shot blocker and was the 2000-01 Atlantic 10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year.[2]
Professional career
[edit]Since beginning his professional career in 2002, Rhymer has bounced through nine teams on four continents. These include:[3]
Brooklyn Kings (USBL) (2002)- Columbus Riverdragons (D-League) (2003)
- Westchester Wildfire (USBL) (2003–04)
- Great Lakes Storm (CBA) (2005)
Waikato Pistons (2006)[4]- Long Island Primetime (USBL) (2006)
Guaros de Lara (2006)
Hanzevast Capitals Groningen (2006–07)- Marinos de Anzoategui (2007–08)
Kryvbasbasket-Lux Kryvyi Rih (2008–09)
Gaz Metan Mediaş (2009–10)
La Villa Basketball La Vega League (2010–17)- Brujos de Guayama, Baloncesto Superior Nacional, 1 game, 2017 [5]
National team career
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| Men's basketball | ||
Representing  Virgin Islands
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| Centrobasket | ||
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2006 Panama | |
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2008 Mexico | |
Rhymer is a long-time member of the Virgin Islands national basketball team. He played with the team at the 1999, 2003, 2006, and 2008 Centrobasket tournaments.[6] The Virgin Islanders won the silver medal in each of the latter two Centrobasket tournaments. He also participated with the team at the last place Virgin Islanders at both the FIBA Americas Championship 2007 and FIBA Americas Championship 2009.
References
[edit]- ^ Profile Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at UMASS Athletics
- ^ D-League Profile
- ^ Basketpedya.com Profile
- ^ Basketball: Pistons' hopes on import Rhymer
- ^ "Kitwana Rhymer Basketball Player Profile, U.S. Virgin Islands National Team, News, , Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - latinbasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ^ Profile at FIBA.com
- 1978 births
- Living people
- UMass Minutemen basketball players
- United States Virgin Islands men's basketball players
- United States Virgin Islands expatriate basketball people
- Basketball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for the United States Virgin Islands
- People from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Columbus Riverdragons players
- Waikato Pistons players
- Brujos de Guayama players
- Fujian Sturgeons players
- Shanxi Loongs players
- American expatriate basketball people in China