Stuart Thomas "Stu" Turnbull (born December 28, 1984 in Kingston, Ontario) is a former Canadian professional basketball player.

Career

A product of Frontenac Secondary School, Turnbull played for the Carleton Ravens men's basketball program from 2004 to 2009, winning CIS National Championship titles in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009.[1] In the 2008-09 campaign, Turnbull was presented with the Jack Donohue Trophy as Championship Tournament MVP.[2] He also was named to the All-Canada First Team[3] and received OUA East Player of the Year[4] and OUA Wilson Cup MVP honours that year.[5] He made headlines after hitting the game-winning buzzer-beater in the 2009 CIS semi-final.[6]

Following graduation in 2009, Turnbull played three years of professional basketball in Germany. After a brief stint with the Giants Nördlingen of the German ProA league at the beginning of the 2009-10 season, he signed with SC Rist Wedel of the German ProB and quickly became a team leader.[7] For the 2010-11 season, he returned to the German ProA league, joining the UBC Hannover Tigers.[8] At Hannover, he averaged 15.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists per contest. Turnbull spent his last season as a professional basketball player with the Dragons Rhöndorf in the German ProB league.[9] In each season in Germany, Turnbull was named to the Eurobasket.com All-Defensive Team of the respective league.[10] He returned to his native Canada, where he ran summer basketball camps for youth players and started working in digital marketing.[11]

References

  1. ^ "U Sports Hoops - University Basketball in Canada". usportshoops.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  2. ^ "Jack Donohue Trophy (Championship Tournament MVP)" (PDF). usports.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  3. ^ "Four Carleton University Ravens Honored at 2009 CIS Men's Baskertball Championship Awards Gala". goravens.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  4. ^ "Carleton's Stuart Turnbull named "OUA East Player of the Year". goravens.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  5. ^ "U Sports Hoops - University Basketball in Canada". usportshoops.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  6. ^ "The dynasty that won't die: What will it take to stop Carleton's unbeatable basketball team?". 30 October 2017.
  7. ^ nurun.com. "Stu Turnbull: 'Playing basketball as a job -- n..." The Kingston Whig-Standard. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  8. ^ "Erste Neuverpflichtung für die kommende Saison". schoenen-dunk.de. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  9. ^ "Turnbull der neue Drache". Kölnische Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  10. ^ "Stuart Turnbull Basketball Player Profile, High School, News, Career, Awards - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  11. ^ "Sprott alum Stuart Turnbull reflects on basketball, careers and being a mentor | Sprott School of Business". Sprott School of Business. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
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