NLEX Road Warriors | |
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Position | Forward |
League | PBA |
Personal information | |
Born |
Mesa, Arizona |
December 3, 1989
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Mesa (Mesa, Arizona) |
College |
Iowa (2008–2010) USC (2011–2013) |
NBA draft | 2013 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2013–present |
Career history | |
2013–2014 | U.D. Oliveirense |
2015 | Taranaki Mountainairs |
2015–2017 | Fuerza Regia |
2017–present | NLEX Road Warriors |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Aaron Fuller (born December 3, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played college basketball for the University of Iowa and the University of Southern California before playing professionally in Portugal, New Zealand and Mexico.
Fuller attended Mesa High School in Mesa, Arizona where he earned all-state and all-conference honors as a junior and senior. As a senior in 2007–08, he averaged 24.5 points, 10.8 rebounds and 2.1 blocked shots per game as he led Mesa to a 17-11 record and an East Valley Region championship. He was named East Valley Region Player of the Year and East Valley Tribune Player of the Year, and was named Player of the Year for Class 4A-5A in Arizona by the Arizona Republic.
As a freshman for Iowa in 2008–09, Fuller appeared in 32 games with 19 starts, while averaging 4.0 points and 2.7 points per game. He scored a season-high 16 points against Penn State on January 24.
As a sophomore in 2009–10, Fuller earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors after averaging 9.7 points and a team-leading 6.2 rebounds in 30 games (22 starts). He posted a team-best six double-doubles and led Iowa in rebounding a team-best 14 times, including 12 of the last 16 games. On February 16, he recorded career-highs of 30 points and 13 rebounds against Michigan.
On April 9, 2010, Fuller announced his decision to leave the Hawkeyes basketball program in order to move closer to home and his family. Less than a month later, on May 4, he signed with USC and subsequently redshirted the 2010–11 season due to NCAA transfer regulations.
As a redshirted junior in 2011–12, Fuller suffered a labral tear in his left (shooting) shoulder in October, and in December he suffered one in his right shoulder. He was later ruled out for the rest of the season in January due to the injuries, opting to have season-ending surgery to deal with the labrum tear in his left shoulder. Shooting with his non-preferred right hand for most of the season, he was second on the Trojans team in scoring (10.6) and first in rebounding (5.9).