Tyler Cheese
No. 4 – Rapla KK | |
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Position | Shooting guard |
League | Latvian-Estonian Basketball League |
Personal information | |
Born | Albany, Georgia | November 13, 1996
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 202 lb (92 kg) |
Career information | |
High school |
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College |
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NBA draft | 2020: undrafted |
Playing career | 2020–present |
Career history | |
2020 | Universo Treviso |
2020 | Vilpas Vikings |
2021 | Pelister |
2021–2022 | Team Ehingen Urspring |
2022- | Rapla KK |
Career highlights and awards | |
Tyler Cheese (born November 13, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Estonian Rapla KK of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League.
High school career
Cheese played three years at Albany High School and led the team to the Class AAAA state tournament as a junior.[1] He transferred to Combine Academy in North Carolina. As a senior, Cheese averaged 17.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game while shooting 41 percent from behind the three-point arc, earning All-State recognition. In April 2016, he signed with Florida SouthWestern over Florida and Chipola.[2]
College career
In his freshman season at Florida SouthWestern State College, Cheese averaged 10.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and two assists per game, earning Second Team All-Suncoast Conference honors. As a sophomore, he averaged 15.1 points, a team-high 6.6 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game and was named to the First Team All-Suncoast. Cheese scored a career-high 40 points against IMG Academy and recorded the first two triple-doubles in program history. He continued his career at NCAA Division I program Akron.[3] On February 23, 2019, Cheese scored a junior season-high 27 points in a 70–58 win over Miami (Ohio).[4] He averaged 11.1 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game as a junior.[5] On February 27, 2020, Cheese received a one-game suspension for bumping into an official in a game against Bowling Green.[6] In his senior season, he averaged 15.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game and earned Second Team All-Mid-American Conference honors.[7]
Professional career
On July 8, 2020, Cheese signed his first professional contract with Universo Treviso of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.[8] He played three games averaging four points per game. On October 26, 2020, Cheese signed with Vilpas Vikings of the Korisliiga.[9] After averaging seven points per game in four games, he requested to leave for personal reasons on November 18.[10] On July 21, 2021, Cheese signed with Pelister of the Macedonian League.[11] Later in 2021, he joined Team Ehingen Urspring of the German ProA.[12]
Personal life
He is the son of Victoria Cheese and has a sister, Shyneshia, and a brother, Deron.[5] His father died when he was five years old.[13]
References
- ^ Gustafson, Ken (February 17, 2015). "Upson-Lee boys eliminate Albany High in first round". Albany Herald. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ Caldwell, Dana (April 21, 2016). "College basketball: Florida SouthWestern State signs guards Tyler Cheese, Germain Remy". Naples Daily News. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ "Just A Kid Headed To Akron - Tyler Cheese Inks NLI With The Zips". Florida Southwestern College Athletics. April 19, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ "Tyler Cheese has 27, leads Akron to 70-58 win over Miami (OH)". WKYC. Associated Press. February 23, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ a b "Tyler Cheese". University of Akron Athletics. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Thomas, George M. (February 27, 2020). "University of Akron men's basketball: Zips' Tyler Cheese suspended for bumping official". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ "Former Buc Tyler Cheese Signs Pro Deal in Italy". Florida Southwestern College Athletics. July 27, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Maggi, Alessandro (July 8, 2020). "De' Longhi Treviso signs Tyler Cheese". Sportando. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ "Tyler Cheese leaves Treviso to join Vilpas Vikings". Sportando. October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- ^ "Tyler Cheese, Salon Vilpas part ways". Sportando. November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ Najdovski, Darko (July 21, 2021). "Tyler Cheese (ex Vilpas) signs at Pelister Bitola". Eurobasket. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
- ^ "ProA Round 9: Walter Tigers edge Falcons by two points". Eurobasket. November 11, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- ^ Thomas, George M. (March 5, 2020). "University of Akron's Tyler Cheese takes lessons of family onto court". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
External links
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Akron Zips men's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Finland
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Italy
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Shooting guards
- Sportspeople from Albany, Georgia
- Universo Treviso Basket players
- American expatriate basketball people in Estonia
- Vilpas Vikings players
- Korvpalli Meistriliiga players
- Rapla KK players