Ulhas Koravi Satyanarayan, mostly referred to as Ulhas KS, is an Indian professional

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player. As of December 2021, he has been the only Indian professional basketball player in Europe.TN youth leads team to medal victory in European league
India New England News, 13 December 2021. Accessed 9 January 2022.

Early life

He is originally from

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.Tamil Nadu boy to play in elite European professional basketball league
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), 15 October 2021. Accessed 9 January 2022. He started basketball at age 7.Virtual Encounters with Ulhas KS - YouTube

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, 22 October 2021. Accessed 11 January 2022.

Basketball career

Ulhas hails from

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. He played in the Under-19 national school league and Delhi Open league, winning gold and bronze in the two tournaments. In 2016, he joined Westminster Business School (WBS) in Marylebone, Central London. He initially got selected to play in the 1st team (out of 3). Ulhas was pivotal in the clubs success in 2017–18, running the offense as starting point guard, leading the Westminster Dragons to their first university title in 7 years. In his 3rd year in England he played in the National Basketball League. After graduation from Westminster, Ulhas played in a semi-professional

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league 3BL in India. There, he played for

's team Old School Ballers and won the 2019 championship. In mid-2021, he started his fully professional career with Gloria of the

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. As of mid-December 2021 he was the league's second-best scorer. He helped his team

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secure the bronze medal at the 2021 Moldovan Super League, the first medal in the team's league history.

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Ulhas Satyanarayan
at Asia-basket.com
Ulhas KS
on Twitter {{DEFAULTSORT:Satyanarayan, Ulhas Koravi 1998 births Living people Alumni of the University of Westminster Basketball players from Tamil Nadu Guards (basketball) Indian expatriate sportspeople in England Indian expatriates in Malta Indian expatriates in Moldova Indian men's basketball players Sportspeople from New Delhi