Dion Prewster

Early life

Prewster was born in Santa Ana, California to an African-American father, Norvell Prewster, and a Samoan mother, Ana Hunt. He was raised by his mother in American Samoa and spent time in Hawaii before moving to Wellington when he was seven. He grew up in the suburb of Johnsonville and attended Wellington College before moving to the United States for his senior year of high school, enrolling at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa where he led his team to the Class 4A state championship in 2007–08.

College career

As a freshman at San Jacinto College in 2008–09, Prewster averaged 8.9 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game as he helped lead his team to a 25-5 record and the ETJCC South Division title.

As a sophomore in 2009–10, Prewster earned first-team All-ETJCC and All-Region XIV honors after averaging 14.3 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 blocks per game.

On May 6, 2010, Prewster transferred to Stephen F. Austin State University. As a junior for SFA in 2010–11, he averaged 5.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 29 games, with three starting assignments.

On April 20, 2011, Prewster transferred again, this time to Truman State University.

Professional career

In May 2011, Prewster joined with the Wellington Saints for the rest of the 2011 New Zealand NBL season. The Saints went on to win the 2011 NZNBL championship. In seven games for the Saints, he averaged 0.6 points per game.

Despite transferring to Truman State University, Prewster decided on not returning to the United States after he signed with the New Zealand Breakers on July 4, 2011 as a development player for the 2011–12 NBL season. The Breakers went on to win the 2011–12 ANBL championship. In 12 games for the Breakers, he averaged one point per game.

In November 2011, Prewster signed with the Southland Sharks for the 2012 New Zealand NBL season. In 12 games, he averaged 8.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.

After a successful season with Southland in 2012, Prewster signed with the Hawke's Bay Hawks for the 2013 New Zealand NBL season. In 16 games, he averaged 13.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.0 steals per game.

In December 2013, Prewster signed a two-year deal with the Wellington Saints, returning to the team for a second stint. In 2014, he averaged 8.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 20 games, as he helped the Saints win their eighth NBL championship. In 2015, he averaged a career-high 14.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 20 games, helping the Saints back to the Grand Final where they lost to Prewster's former team, the Southland Sharks.

On August 24, 2015, Prewster signed with the Sydney Kings for the 2015–16 NBL season. Prewster received respectable playing time over his first 13 games for the Kings, largely thanks to import Josh Childress battling with injuries, as he averaged 4.3 points in 18.6 minutes per game. On November 7, Prewster scored a season-high 12 points in a one-point loss to the Adelaide 36ers. Following his good start for the Kings, he re-signed with the Wellington Saints for the 2016 season on December 9. He went on to play in all 28 games for the last-placed Kings in 2015–16, averaging 3.4 points and 2.5 rebounds per game.

Prewster played in the first seven games for the Wellington Saints in 2016 before an ankle injury forced him to miss the team's April 15 game against the Canterbury Rams. In the Saints' regular season finale on May 29, Prewster scored 40 points in just 21 minutes off the bench in a 120–72 win over the Hawke's Bay Hawks. He subsequently earned Player of the Week honors for Round 12. The Saints went on to win their ninth NBL championship in 2016.

On 14 September 2016, Prewster signed with the Nelson Giants for the 2017 season. He later re-joined the Sydney Kings for the 2016–17 NBL season as an injury replacement for Julian Khazzouh. His performance over the team's first six games of the season saw the Kings officially add him to the roster on 5 November 2016 as the 11th rostered player. In March 2017, he joined the Giants.

National team career

Prewster captained the Junior Tall Blacks at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship where he averaged 10.4 points, 6.6. rebounds and 1.2 assists per game.

In July 2015, Prewster earned his first Tall Blacks squad selection for their European tour, Stanković Cup and 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship. He made his FIBA Oceania Championship debut on August 18 in Game 2 of their two-game series loss to Australia, appearing in the final 29 seconds of the match.

Personal

In his spare time, Prewster is studying a degree in teaching.