Charles Lee (basketball)
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Charles Lee, is an American basketball
player. A 6'3" guard from Bucknell University
, he has spent most of his professional career in Israel and Europe.
The 2006 Patriot League
Player of the Year, Lee helped guide Bucknell to two straight Patriot League Championships and two straight NCAA Tournament
second-round appearances. In four seasons with the Bison, he earned First Team All-Patriot League honors twice (2004, 2005) and Second Team All-Patriot League honors once (2003). He finished his career at Bucknell with 1,147 career points (11.0 ppg), 568 rebounds (5.5 rpg) and 167 steals (1.61 spg).
Lee enrolled at Bucknell a year before the school started offering athletic scholarship
s, and never received anything more than partial financial aid. The New York Times called him "[one of] college basketball's best nonscholarship players". At Bucknell, Lee majored in business.
After graduating in 2006, Lee played with the San Antonio Spurs
during the NBA's summer league and pre-season, but he did not make the regular season roster. He has since played for Hapoel Gilboa/Afula
in Israel, Verviers-Pepinster in Belgium, and MEG Goettingen in Germany.
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. A 6'3" guard from Bucknell University
Bucknell University
Bucknell University is a private liberal arts university located alongside the West Branch Susquehanna River in the rolling countryside of Central Pennsylvania in the town of Lewisburg, 30 miles southeast of Williamsport and 60 miles north of Harrisburg. The university consists of the College of...
, he has spent most of his professional career in Israel and Europe.
The 2006 Patriot League
Patriot League
The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I) for a number of sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision...
Player of the Year, Lee helped guide Bucknell to two straight Patriot League Championships and two straight NCAA Tournament
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...
second-round appearances. In four seasons with the Bison, he earned First Team All-Patriot League honors twice (2004, 2005) and Second Team All-Patriot League honors once (2003). He finished his career at Bucknell with 1,147 career points (11.0 ppg), 568 rebounds (5.5 rpg) and 167 steals (1.61 spg).
Lee enrolled at Bucknell a year before the school started offering athletic scholarship
Athletic scholarship
An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport...
s, and never received anything more than partial financial aid. The New York Times called him "[one of] college basketball's best nonscholarship players". At Bucknell, Lee majored in business.
After graduating in 2006, Lee played with the San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
during the NBA's summer league and pre-season, but he did not make the regular season roster. He has since played for Hapoel Gilboa/Afula
Hapoel Gilboa/Afula
Hapoel Afula was a basketball club in Israel. The club had been formed by a merger of Hapoel Gilboa and Hapoel Afula.The club played in Ligat HaAl until 2008 when it was relegated after finishing bottom in the 2007-08 season...
in Israel, Verviers-Pepinster in Belgium, and MEG Goettingen in Germany.