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Jason Washburn (born June 5, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Taoyuan Pilots of the P. LEAGUE+. He played college basketball for the University of Utah.

Jason Washburn

Washburn with Yokohama B-Corsairs
No. 42 – Taoyuan Pilots
Position	Center
League	P. LEAGUE+
Personal information
Born	(1990-06-05) June 5, 1990 (age 32)
Nationality	American
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school	Battle Creek Central (Battle Creek, Michigan)
College	Utah (2009–2013)
NBA draft	2013 / Undrafted
Playing career	2013–present
Career history
2013–2014	Cherkaski Mavpy
2014	Tsmoki-Minsk
2014–2015	Basic-Fit Brussels
2015–2016	Sigal Prishtina
2016–2018	Yokohama B-Corsairs
2018–2019	U BT Cluj-Napoca
2019–2020	Yokohama B-Corsairs
2020	Ryukyu Golden Kings
2020–2021	Niigata Albirex BB
2021–2022	Fukushima Firebonds
2022–	Taoyuan Pilots
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

High school career

Washburn attended his hometown's Battle Creek Central High School, leading the team to the district championship and regional finals as a senior and district championships as a junior. As a junior, he averaged 17 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots per game while averaging a double-double as a senior, with at least two triple-doubles (points, rebounds, blocks). He became the all-time blocks leader at BCC and set a new school record for blocks in a season and blocks in a game.[1]

College career

As a four-year player at Utah, Washburn appeared in 123 games with 70 starts and averaged 8.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 22.4 minutes per game,[2] finishing as the Utes' leading scorer (11.4 ppg), rebounder (6.2 rpg) and shot blocker (1.4 bpg) as a junior in 2011–12.[1]

Professional career

On June 12, 2013, Washburn signed with Cherkaski Mavpy of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague for the 2013–14 season.[3] After averaging 14.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, he left Cherkaski on February 27, 2014.[4] Four days later, he signed a one-month deal with Tsmoki-Minsk of the Belarusian Premier League.[5]

On May 20, 2014, Washburn signed with Basic-Fit Brussels of the Belgian Ethias League,[6] and that offseason, he joined the Utah Jazz for the 2014 Las Vegas Summer League.[7] During the 2014–15 season, he played 27 games with the Belgian outfit, starting six and posting averages of 8.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 0.8 blocks in 18.7 minutes per game.[2]

On September 15, 2015, Washburn signed with the Charlotte Hornets.[2] However, he was waived on October 23 after appearing in four preseason games.[8] On November 3, he signed with Sigal Prishtina of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.[9]

In August 2016 Washburn signed with the Yokohama B-Corsairs for the inaugural season of the Japanese B.League.[10] He was injured most of the 2017-18 season and missed most of the year. On August 21, 2018, Washburn signed with the Romanian club U BT Cluj-Napoca.[11]

Washburn signed with the Niigata Albirex BB on November 5, 2020.[12]

On August 9, 2022, Washburn signed with the Taoyuan Pilots of the P. LEAGUE+.[13]

Personal life

Washburn is the son of Bob Washburn and Dawn Lewis and majored in Mass Communication.[1]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2016-17	Yokohama	51	37	26.5	.576	.500	.742	7.1	1.2	0.6	0.7	1.9	14.8
2017-18	Yokohama	4	4	21.5	.621	-	.706	5.8	1.0	0.2	0.8	2.5	12.0
2019-20	Yokohama

References

External links

• Utah bio
• RealGM profile
• USBasket profile
• DraftExpress profile

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