Shane Battier

Shane Battier

Battier with the Heat
Miami Heat
Position	Director of Basketball Analytics and Development
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1978-09-09) September 9, 1978 (age 38) Birmingham, Michigan
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Detroit Country Day School (Beverly Hills, Michigan)
College	Duke (1997–2001)
NBA draft	2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall
Selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies
Playing career	2001–2014
Position	Small forward
Number	31
Career history
2001–2006	Memphis Grizzlies
2006–2011	Houston Rockets
2011	Memphis Grizzlies
2011–2014	Miami Heat
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA champion (2012, 2013) 2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2008, 2009) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2002) NBA Teammate of the Year (2014) NCAA champion (2001) NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2001) Naismith College Player of the Year (2001) AP College Player of the Year (2001) John R. Wooden Award (2001) Oscar Robertson Trophy (2001) Adolph Rupp Trophy (2001) Sporting News College Player of the Year (2001) Consensus first-team All-American (2001) Consensus second-team All-American (2000) 3× NABC Defensive Player of the Year (1999–2001) ACC co-Player of the Year (2001) Academic All-American of the Year (2001) No. 31 retired by Duke
Career statistics
Points	8,408 (8.6 ppg)
Rebounds	4,082 (4.2 rpg)
Assists	1,717 (1.8 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's basketball Representing  United States FIBA World Championship 2006 Japan National team Goodwill Games 2001 Brisbane National team

Shane Courtney Battier (born September 9, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player who played for various teams of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has also been a member of the U.S. national basketball team.

Battier was born and raised in Birmingham, Michigan, and attended Detroit Country Day School in nearby Beverly Hills, where he won many awards including the 1997 Mr. Basketball award. He went on to play four years of college basketball at Duke, where he captured the 2001 National Championship and swept the major National Player of the Year awards. Battier was selected with the sixth overall pick of the 2001 NBA draft by the Vancouver Grizzlies (who soon became the Memphis Grizzlies). He was traded five years later to the Houston Rockets, and was then traded back to the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2010–2011 NBA season. He signed with the Miami Heat in 2011. His number has been retired by both Detroit Country Day School and Duke University. He has been recognized for his aggressive defense and has "routinely guarded the league's most dangerous offensive players". He is the only basketball player to have ever won both the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award (1997) and the Naismith College Player of the Year (2001). Battier won two NBA championships with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013.