Stanley Mace Whittaker Jr. (born October 21, 1994) is an American professional

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player for

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of the

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. He played college basketball for the Keiser University Seahawks, where he was coached by

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College career

Stanley Whittaker attended

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from 2013 to 2015, before transferring to

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. He graduated in 2017.Topscorer mit bewegender Geschichte – Stanley Whittaker zu den LIONS
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who died in August 2017. Whittaker was a two-time NAIA All-American.

Club career

After his college education, Stanley Whittaker suffered several professional and personal setbacks. Whittaker couldn't find a job in basketball for two years. He kept in touch with his sport through training children. In 2019, he had the first engagement with

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where he played a few games during the

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(Second Lithuanian league). Fortunately for Whittaker, in January 2020, several players from

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were involved in a betting scandal so Graz needed replacement players at short notice. Although Whittaker barely had time to settle in Austria, he scored over 18 points per game in his first season and averaged eight assists. He even improved this record in the

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with an average of over 21 points and eight assists. Besides being the league's best scorer, he also served as team captain for

. In August 2021, he signed with PS Karlsruhe Lions of the German

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. He scored over 22 points, got over 5 rebounds and made over 6 assists per game in 34 games for the PS Karlsruhe Lions. In June 2022, he signed with

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of the German

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. Whittaker wrapped-up the 2022–23 season as the team's leading scorer, averaging 18.0 points, while dishing out 5.1 assists per contest in Bundesliga play. On June 19, 2023,

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of the Italian

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announced his signing.

College career

Club career

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