Christopher Monroe Booker (born October 24, 1981) is an American former professional

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player. He played as a 6'10" (2.08 m) tall

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High school career

As a four-year Letterman at

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, Booker averaged 24.0 points and 12.0 rebounds per game as a senior. He was named Fort Worth Player of the Year during his senior season. He earned First-Team All-District honors as a senior, and was also named District Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player in the Fort Worth district.

College career

Junior college

Booker attended

Tyler Junior College Tyler Junior College (TJC) is a public community college in Tyler, Texas. It is one of the largest community colleges in Texas, with an enrollment of more than 12,500 credit students each year with an additional 20,000 continuing education enroll ...

in his freshman year, where he averaged 10.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. Improving in his sophomore season, he averaged 19.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game, was and named All-Conference and Second Team All-American.

Purdue

Booker transferred for his junior season to play for

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, where he was named an All-Big Ten honorable mention by conference coaches, and was named to the All-Junior College Transfer Team. He led the Boilermakers in rebounding, averaging 5.7 per game. He also played in all 30 games, with 24 starts, and ranked third on the team in scoring, at 9.4 points per game. He led the squad in blocked shots, and shot 45.2 percent from the field, fourth-best on the team. He played 807 minutes, second-most on the team. He also set Purdue's record for blocks in a season.

Professional career

In August 2010, he signed with the Slovenian team

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. With Krka he won the

2010–11 FIBA EuroChallenge 2010–11 FIBA EuroChallenge was the eighth edition of Europe's third-tier level transnational men's professional club basketball FIBA EuroChallenge Tournament, organized by FIBA Europe. The Final Four was awarded to Oostende and was held from A ...

. In August 2011, he signed a two-year deal with the Belgian team

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. He left Oostende after one season. For the 2012–13 season he signed with the Greek team

Panionios Panionios G.S.S. Football Club ( Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'' ...

. In September 2013, he returned to his former team

signing a one-year deal. In July 2014, he extended his contract with Krka for one more season. On October 9, 2015, Booker signed a deal with Entente Orleans 45 of the French top league,

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. On December 17, 2015, Booker signed a deal with KK Igokea. In March 2016, he left Igokea and signed with Zlatorog Laško for the rest of the season.

References

External links

Euroleague.net profileEurobasket.com profileAdriatic League profileTBLStat.net profile
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