Andrew Wheeler
| No. 25 – Southland Sharks | |
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| Position | Point guard |
| League | NBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 18 January 1988 Invercargill, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Listed height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Listed weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| 2010–2013, 2015– | Southland Sharks |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Andrew Wheeler (born 18 January 1988) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Southland Sharks of the National Basketball League (NBL).
In September 2010, Wheeler was sentenced in the Dunedin District Court to seven months' home detention after admitting a charge of reckless disregard for safety when he struck a man in the face with a beer bottle at a Dunedin flat-warming party in March.[1] After managing just three games for the Sharks in 2010 because of the incident, he re-joined the squad in late April 2011 for the rest of the 2011 season.[2] He played two further seasons with the Sharks as he totalled 15 games over four NBL seasons, winning an NBL championship in the process.[3]
After not playing for the Sharks in 2014, Wheeler continued on with the club in 2015[4] and 2016.[5]
Off the court, Wheeler is a lawyer in Invercargill.[6]
References
- ↑ Sharks player guilty of assault
- ↑ Southland Sharks player learns hard lessons
- ↑ Player statistics for Andrew Wheeler
- ↑ Southland Sharks coach Paul Henare wants to go out with a bang
- ↑ Southland Sharks import Nick Kay happy with new home
- ↑ Southland's Andrew Wheeler expected to get opportunity to shine for Sharks
External links
- Andrew Wheeler at sharksbasketball.co.nz
- Andrew Wheeler at australiabasket.com
- Invercargill's first basketball finals weekend welcomed by Southland Sharks original Andrew Wheeler
