Deion Turman is an American professional basketball player, born August 13, 1992. The 6-8, 215-pound center played his high school ball at Mt. Lebanon, where he helped his team to the 2010

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class 4A state title. Turman averaged 10.1 points per game and 12.9 rebounds per game while guiding his team to a 25-3 overall record as a high school senior. Deion received a scholarship from

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for the 2010-2011 season where he contributed 9 points and 15 rebounds. Deion left Robert Morris after his first year to take a scholarship at

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for the remainder of his college career. In the 2014-2015 season with the Reading Rockets (EBL, UK), Turman received honors for All British EBL Division 1 - Second Team, and All British EBL Division 1 - All Import Team as well as Reading Rockets team award of MIP. Wingate Season Statistics: Notable Honors: All SAC Honors in 2014, 2013 · All-State Honors 2014 · SAC Player of the Week 2014, 2013 · Monroe Player of the Week, 2014, 2013 All Tournament Player 2011-2012 In July 2014 Deion signed as a professional basketball player with Strategic Sports. In August, he went on to sign with the

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References

http://www.eurobasket.com/United-Kingdom/news/403312/Eurobasket.com-All-British-EBL-Division-One-Awards-2015

External links

Reading Rockets web page

Wingate Bulldog's statistics

EBL Division 1 2015 Honorees
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