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Position
  
Point guard

Listed weight
  
185 lb (84 kg)

Weight
  
84 kg

Listed height
  
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Height
  
1.91 m


Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Basketball Player

League
  
NBA Development League

Name
  
Ty Greene

Siblings
  
Sam Greene

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Born
  
June 6, 1992 (age 31) Knoxville, Tennessee (
1992-06-06
)

High school
  
Bearden (Knoxville, Tennessee)

Current team
  
USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball (#5 / Guard)

College
  
USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball

Parents
  
Debbie Greene, David Greene

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Ty Greene (born June 6, 1992) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of South Carolina Upstate, where in 2015 he was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year.

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High school career

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Greene attended Bearden High School where he was named the East Tennessee Player of the Year after leading Bearden to a 35-3 overall record and a spot in the Tennessee Class AAA State Championship Game. As a senior, he averaged 16 points per game and picked up All-District and All-State Tournament honors.

College career

Greene played college basketball for the University of South Carolina Upstate where he was selected as the 2015 Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year after finishing the regular season ranked first in the conference in scoring with 23.4 points per game in league games and scoring more than 20 points at least once against every A-Sun opponent. Greene also received national honors that season, as he was named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press and received the Lou Henson Award as the top mid-major college player in the country.

Professional career

On October 31, 2015, Greene was selected by the Delaware 87ers in the third round of the 2015 NBA Development League Draft. Greene played the season for the 87ers, averaging 10.6 points and 2.2 rebounds in 25.6 minutes per game. He played both the point guard and shooting guard positions and saw his role increase as the year wore on.

Following his lone professional season, Greene retired from basketball in favor of a position with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Memphis.

Personal life

He is the son of David, who played basketball and baseball at Clinch Valley College, and Debbie Greene and has a younger brother. Greene majored in political science. He was married on June 17th, 2016 to Knoxville native and fellow Division 1 basketball player Taylor Mills.

References

Ty Greene Wikipedia