Rolando Hourruitiner (born May 28, 1975) is a business

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; focusing mainly in

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. Hourruitiner is a former

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and sports agent with extensive international exposure. He has also been featured as a basketball TV commentator and analyst in Puerto Rico. Rolando was a member of the Puerto Rico Basketball National Team from 1995 until 2004, including been a key player of the 2004 team that defeated the United States Basketball National Team at the

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. He also competed in PanAm Games,

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and

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. Hourruitiner graduated from

Charleston Southern University Charleston Southern University (CSU) is a private Baptist university in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention (Southern Baptist Convention). History Charleston Southern University was cha ...

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, SC, in 1998. He was co-captain of the 1996-1997 CSU Buccaneers

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basketball team that won the

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championship and went on to the 1997 NCAA basketball tournament. It was the first time for Charleston Southern University Basketball to compete in the National Tournament... To this day, it's still the only CSU Bucs team to make it. In October, 2015, Rolando was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame of his hometown

Caguas Caguas (, ) is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, and east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey. Caguas was founded i ...

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(Pabellón de la Fama del Deporte Cagüeño). He was honored and recognized for his years of continued success as a basketball player, coach and executive, including his 10 years (1995-2004) as a member of the Puerto Rico Basketball National Team.

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Baloncesto Superior Nacional profile
1975 births Living people 1998 FIBA World Championship players 2002 FIBA World Championship players Baloncesto Superior Nacional players Basketball players at the 1999 Pan American Games Charleston Southern Buccaneers men's basketball players Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games medalists in basketball Leones de Ponce basketball players Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games medalists in basketball Puerto Rican businesspeople Puerto Rican men's basketball players Puerto Rico men's national basketball team players Sportspeople from San Juan, Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-basketball-bio-stub