Ross Bekkering

Ross Bekkering (born August 19, 1987) is a former Canadian-Dutch professional basketball player. Bekkering played in the Dutch Basketball League.[1] Bekkering is the younger brother of Henry Bekkering, who was a professional basketball player as well.

Ross Bekkering
Personal information
Born (1987-08-19) August 19, 1987
Taber, Alberta
NationalityCanadian / Dutch
Listed height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Career information
High schoolW. R. Myers (Taber, Alberta)
CollegeCalgary (2005–2010)
NBA draft2010: undrafted
Playing career2010–2016
PositionPower forward / center
Number12
Career history
2010–2011ZZ Leiden
2011–2012Matrixx Magixx
2012–2013ZZ Leiden
2013–2016Donar
Career highlights and awards

He played collegiately for Calgary, where he played five years. In 2010, he started his professional career in the Netherlands with ZZ Leiden, winning the Dutch Basketball League in his rookie year. The following year, he signed with Matrixx Magixx. After one year he returned to Leiden, where he won another DBL title in 2013. Afterwards, he played three years with league rival Donar, where he added two more championships. He retired in 2016.

Four years after his retirement, in 2020, Bekkering played 3x3 basketball for the Netherlands national team. He represented the country at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Professional career

Bekkering started his professional career with Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden in 2010. With Leiden Bekkering won the Dutch championship. The following season Bekkering left for Matrixx Magixx to team up with his older brother Henry Bekkering. After a year with Magixx Bekkering signed again with Leiden, and in his second season he won the championship once again.

On June 10, 2013 Bekkering signed with the GasTerra Flames from Groningen along with Leiden teammate Arvin Slagter.[2] Bekkering won his first NBB Cup with Flames, by beating his former team Leiden 79–71 in the Final. After the DBL regular season Bekkering was selected in the DBL All-Defense Team. He extended his contract with one year in July 2014.[3]

On June 23, 2016, Bekkering announced his retirement at age 28.[4]

3x3 basketball

In 2021, Bekkering joined the Netherlands national 3x3 team.[5] He played at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where the team finished in the fifth place.[6]

Honours

Professionally
Individual awards

College
Calgary
  • 2x All-Canada West Team (2009, 2010)
  • 2x All-Canadian Team (2009, 2010)

Statistics
Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field goal percentage
 3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high     Led the league

DBL
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 ZZ Leiden 48[lower-alpha 1]24.1.568.267.6935.50.90.60.611.1
2011–12 Magixx 1926.1.520.396.6376.81.10.80.911.4
2012–13 ZZ Leiden 46[lower-alpha 1]26.2.550.259.5808.31.20.60.712.0
2013–14 Donar 3522.8.622.364.5865.91.510.48.8
2014–15 Donar 1525.1.622.368.6096.42.41.30.311.4
2015–16 Donar 2829.7.607.500.65010.52.51.21.013.5
  1. Including Playoff games.

References
  1. "Ross Bekkering". Basketballleague.nl. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. "Bekkering van Leiden naar Flames". NOS.nl (in Dutch). June 10, 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. "Ross Bekkering stays in Groningen". iBasketball (in Dutch). 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  4. "Ross Bekkering retires at 29". www.sportando.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12.
  5. "Vier maanden in Nederland was tekort voor Ross Bekkering". Basketball.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  6. "Tournament Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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