Jermaine Middleton

Jermaine "Stretch" Middleton (born January 15, 1984) was an American basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters.[1]

Jermaine Middleton
No. 54 – Harlem Globetrotters
PositionCenter
Personal information
Born (1984-01-15) January 15, 1984
Los Angeles
NationalityAmerican
Listed height7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High schoolCrenshaw High School
South Kent School
CollegeCentral Connecticut State University
Northwood University
Playing career2011–2015

Biography

The 7'4" Middleton was born in Los Angeles and started playing basketball as a Crenshaw High School junior.[2] His friend Dorrell Wright convinced him to attend South Kent School for a post-grad year. Jermaine attended Central Connecticut State University for two years (playing briefly in 2005-06),[3] before transferring to the West Palm Beach, Florida campus of Northwood University (now part of Keiser University) for his final two years. In 2008 Northwood - with Middleton - made the final eight teams of the NAIA National Tournament.[4]

Middleton played for Rochester and St. Joseph of the Premier Basketball League, and then in China. He began playing for the Globetrotters starting in the 2011-12 season,[5] and continued through the 2014-15 season.

Middleton currently lives in San Antonio.[6] He is in business with the Australian company SafeLace.[7]

References
  1. "Jermaine Middleton Basketball Player Profile, Harlem Globetrotters, Kaiser, News, Entertainment team stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards". Usbasket.com. 1984-01-15. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  2. "Harlem Globetrotter big man to signs with VIP Ink Publishing Jermaine Middleton to release autobiography". VIP Ink Publishing. 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  3. "Jermaine Middleton Stats, Bio". ESPN. 2004-10-13. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  4. ""Stretch" Middleton enjoying rookie season for Globetrotters | Sports". Dothaneagle.com. 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  5. "Announce 2012 Rookie Class". Harlem Globetrotters. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  6. "What it's like to be the tallest person in SA". Kens5.com. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  7. "Stretch Middleton (@jaylm35)". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
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