David Holston (born January 26, 1986) is an American professional

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player for

JDA Dijon Basket Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Basket, commonly known as JDA Dijon Basket or simply Dijon, is a professional basketball club from the city of Dijon, France. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the French first tier division. The club has won the Frenc ...

of France's

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. He played college basketball at

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(CSU). In 2019, he was named the

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of the French

Early life and family

David Holston was born in

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. He attended Avondale High School in nearby

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where he led the team to the 2002 Class B state championship. During his career at Avondale, he earned all-county and all-state honors and scored over 2,000 career points, but he was not offered a single college basketball scholarship.

College career

Holston enrolled at

in the fall of 2004 and earned a spot on its men's basketball roster as a

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. At this time, the school was classified as an Independent Division I school, meaning it had no

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affiliation. He went on to have a prolific career at CSU but received very little national attention due to a confluence of factors: attending a small Division I school that was not in a conference, Chicago State's historically sub-par performance in men's basketball, and his own diminutive stature. During Holston's tenure at CSU between 2005–06 and 2008–09 (he

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his true

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season), he scored a school-record 2,331 points, finished in the top five in points per game nationally for his senior season, led the

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in three-point field goals made per game in his final two seasons, and was the first Chicago State player to garner Division I postseason

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honors, among others. Holston finished his collegiate career with averages of 19.6 points, 4.4 assists and 2.1 steals per game, and his 450 career three-pointers were the second-most in NCAA Division I history at the time of his graduation. During his senior season in 2008–09, his averages of 25.9 points, 6.4 assists, 3.7 steals and three rebounds per game led CSU to a 19–13 record—its first winning season since the school transitioned to Division I—and he was named the Independent Player of the Year.

Professional career

Due to his size, Holston was not chosen in the

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. That July, he signed with

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of the

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and played for them for two seasons. During his first year, Holston averaged approximately 12 points and four assists per game, and during his second season he averaged roughly 15 points and six assists. He then signed with the

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for the 2011–12 season. In the summer of 2012, he signed a contract with Mersin BB of Tukey for the 2012–13 season. In July 2013, he returned to Artland Dragons, and stayed with them for two seasons. In the 2018–19 season, Holston played with

JDA Dijon Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Basket, commonly known as JDA Dijon Basket or simply Dijon, is a professional basketball club from the city of Dijon, France. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the French French basketball league system, first tier divis ...

of the French

. He led Dijon to the third place in the regular season. On May 20, 2019, he won the Pro A Most Valuable Player award.

References

External links

Eurobasket.com profile
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Early life and family

College career

Professional career

See also

References

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