Shelden Williams
Center, Basketball Player
1983 –
Who is Shelden Williams?
Shelden DeMar Williams is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Tianjin Ronggang of China. He played college basketball at Duke University, where his #23 jersey was retired on January 28, 2007.
His size, aggressive style of play, and shot-blocking ability earned him the nickname "The Landlord." During high school, Williams was a member of the National Honor Society and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He earned the 2005 and 2006 NABC Defensive Player of the Year Awards while at Duke, becoming only the fifth player in history to earn the award two consecutive years. He holds Duke's career blocks record, single-season blocks record, and career rebounding record, while he is 17th in career blocks on the NCAA charts. He is the third player in ACC history to have 1,500 points, 1,000 rebounds and 350 blocks. His 1,217 rebounds and 1,859 career points rank him seventh in ACC history and sixteenth in Duke history, respectively. Williams became only the third Duke basketball player to record a triple-double when Duke defeated Maryland on January 11, 2006, recording 19 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocks.
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- Born
- Oct 21, 1983
Oklahoma City - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Candace Parker
(2008/11/13 - )
- Candace Parker
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Duke University
- Lived in
- Oklahoma City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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