Jermaine "Stretch" Middleton (born January 15, 1984) was an American basketball player for the

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Biography

The 7'4" Middleton was born in

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and started playing basketball as a

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junior. His friend Dorrell Wright convinced him to attend

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for a

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. Jermaine attended

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for two years (playing briefly in 2005-06), before transferring to the West Palm Beach, Florida campus of

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(now part of

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) for his final two years. In 2008 Northwood - with Middleton - made the final eight teams of the NAIA National Tournament. Middleton played for Rochester and St. Joseph of the

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, and then in China. He began playing for the Globetrotters starting in the 2011-12 season, and continued through the 2014-15 season. Middleton currently lives in

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. He is in business with the Australian company SafeLace.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Middleton, Jermaine 1984 births Living people Harlem Globetrotters players South Kent School alumni Crenshaw High School alumni Basketball players from Los Angeles Northwood Timberwolves men's basketball players Central Connecticut Blue Devils men's basketball players American men's basketball players Centers (basketball) 21st-century African-American sportsmen 20th-century African-American sportsmen