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Jeremy Lin

February 11, 2012 by · Comments Off on Jeremy Lin 

Jeremy Lin, Jeremy Shu-How Lin (born August 23, 1988) is an American professional basketball player with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After receiving no athletic scholarship offers out of high school and being undrafted out of college, the Harvard University graduate reached a partially guaranteed contract deal with his hometown Golden State Warriors. One of the few Asian Americans in NBA history, Lin is also the first American player to be of Chinese or of Taiwanese descent in the league.

In his senior year in 2005-2006, Lin captained Palo Alto High School to a 32-1 record and upset nationally ranked Mater Dei, 51-47, for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division II state title. According to Dana O’Neil of ESPN, “..

. Lin was the runaway choice for player of the year by virtually every California publication.” He was named first-team All-State and Northern California Division II Player of the Year ending his senior year averaging 15.1 points, 7.1 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals.

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