Shawn Dominique Hopkins (born 9 May 1995) is a Finnish-American professional

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player for Finnish

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team

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Career

Hopkins started his senior career with

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in 2011. During 2015–2019, he played college basketball with

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and

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. He returned to Nokia for the 2019–20

season. He played one season with

Tampereen Pyrintö Tampereen Pyrintö ry is a Finland, Finnish Sports club, multi-sport club from Tampere. Pyrintö representatives have achieved several Olympic medals and other success. In the year 2017, Pyrintö has sport sections in cross-country skiing (spor ...

and was named the Korisliiga Most Improved Player in 2021. Then he joined

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in Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla, where they won the Icelandic Cup in 2022. For the 2022–23 season, Hopkins joined SCM U Craiova in Romanian Liga Națională, along with fellow countryman Topias Palmi. In 2023, he returned to Finland and joined

Kauhajoki Karhu Basket Kauhajoki Karhu Basket, is a Finnish professional basketball team from Kauhajoki. The team plays in Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball. In 2018, the club achieved their first Korisliiga title ever after defeating Salon Vilpas 4� ...

, winning the domestic bronze medal. In June 2024, Hopkins signed for

, winning the Finnish championship title in 2025.

National team career

Hopkins has played over 80 games for Finland youth national teams. He debuted with the

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in 2016.

Personal life

Hopkins was born in

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, Finland, to a Finnish mother and an American father. His father is a former professional basketball player who played in the NBA for

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in 1979 and later in Finland for a long time. His American spouse Lynsey Kelly is a former

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player who has played in Finnish women's top-tier

Kansallinen Liiga The Kansallinen Liiga ('National League') is the premier division of women's football in Finland. It was previously called the Jalkapallon naisten SM-sarja ('Women's Football Finnish Championship Series') during 1974 to 2006 and the Naisten L ...

for Ilves. The couple had met earlier in 2017 in the United States. They are married and have a daughter.Lynsey Hopkins muutti miehensä kanssa Suomeen ja hämmentyi: ”En ollut tottunut sellaiseen tapaan käyttäytyä”

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, 16 February 2025

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Troy profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Hopkins, Shawn 1995 births Living people Finnish men's basketball players Small forwards Shooting guards Finnish expatriate basketball people in the United States Finnish expatriate basketball people in Iceland Finnish expatriate basketball people in Romania Finnish people of American descent BC Nokia players Tampereen Pyrintö players Helsinki Seagulls players Kauhajoen Karhu players Stjarnan men's basketball players SCM U Craiova (basketball) players Troy Trojans men's basketball players North Georgia Nighthawks men's basketball players Finnish people of African-American descent 21st-century Finnish sportsmen