Kyle Wiltjer wins pro title in Spain, has now won a championship at every level

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Former Kentucky forward Kyle Wiltjer is a professional basketball champion, giving him a title at every level between high school, college and the pros.

Suiting up for Lenovo Tenerife (Spain), Wiltjer earned his first professional championship in FIBA’s Basketball Champions League in May. His team defeated BAXI Manresa by a final score of 98-87 to earn the title.

The former Wildcat averaged 11.8 points on 52.2% shooting and 43.8% from three to go with 3.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists over 18 games this season.

Wiltjer, who has been playing professionally overseas since 2017, signed with Tenerife out of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in July of 2021. He previously played for Olympiacos Piraeus (Greece) from 2017-18, Unicaja (Spain) from 2018-19), and Türk Telekom (Turkey) from 2019-21.

Wiltjer won three consecutive state championships at Jesuit High School (Oregon) before winning a national championship at the University of Kentucky in 2012.

The former Wildcat averaged 5.0 points and 1.8 rebounds per game as a freshman, knocking down 43.2% from deep off the bench to help claim the national title. He then returned to Kentucky for his sophomore year, where he earned SEC Sixth Man of the Year honors after averaging 10.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per contest, knocking down 36.7% of his 3-pointers.

He then transferred to Gonzaga, where he averaged 16.8 points per game as a junior and 20.4 points as a senior. The 6-foot-10 forward went undrafted in 2016 and signed with the Houston Rockets as a free agent.

Champion at every level.

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