Luke Schenscher
| No. 40 – Townsville Heat | |
|---|---|
| Position | Centre |
| League | Queensland Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
31 December 1982 Hope Forest, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Listed height | 216 cm (7 ft 1 in) |
| Listed weight | 115 kg (254 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Lake Ginninderra College (Canberra, ACT) |
| College | Georgia Tech (2001–2005) |
| NBA draft | 2005 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2005–present |
| Career history | |
| 2005–2006 | Fort Worth Flyers |
| 2006 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2006–2007 | Fort Worth Flyers |
| 2007 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 2007 | Brose Baskets |
| 2008–2009 | Adelaide 36ers |
| 2009–2010 | Perth Wildcats |
| 2010–2012 | Townsville Crocodiles |
| 2012–2015 | Adelaide 36ers |
| 2015–2016 | Townsville Crocodiles |
| 2016–present | Townsville Heat |
| 2017 | → Singapore Slingers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Luke Dean Schenscher (born 31 December 1982) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Townsville Heat of the Queensland Basketball League (QBL). He is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) player with the Chicago Bulls and Portland Trail Blazers, and won an NBL championship with the Perth Wildcats in 2009–10.
Schenscher was born in Hope Forest, South Australia, a small town on the Fleurieu Peninsula approximately 20km south of the southern Adelaide suburb of Noarlunga. Growing up on his parents farm, he began playing junior basketball for the Noarlunga City Tigers (now Southern Tigers after merging with the Adelaide Southern Suns in 2003), the same club that had produced Olympic Games representatives Mark Bradtke (Boomers) and Julie Nykiel, Michelle Brogan and Carla Porter (Opals), as well as 1984 Opals coach Brendan Flynn. During his high school years, he played three years of basketball with the Australian Institute of Sport (1998–2000).
In 2001, Schenscher became the first high school player to represent the senior Australian men's basketball team, the Boomers when he was selected to the team for the East Asian Games.
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