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Aaron Trahair
Personal information
Born(1976-02-03)3 February 1976
Melbourne, Victoria
NationalityAustralian
Listed height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight101 kg (222 lb)
Career information
Playing career1994–2008
PositionShooting guard
Career history
1994-1996Perth Wildcats
1997-2000Sydney Kings
2000-2002Cairns Taipans
2002-2005West Sydney Razorbacks
2005-2006Hunter Pirates
2006-2007Singapore Slingers
2007Perth Wildcats
2007-2008Wollongong Hawks
Career highlights and awards
  • NBL champion (1995)

Aaron Trahair (born 3 February 1976) is an Australian professional basketball player born in Melbourne, Victoria.

Career

Before beginning his career in the NBL, Trahair attended the Australian Institute of Sport in 1992 and 1993.[1] He began his NBL career with the Perth Wildcats in 1994, and was named runner-up to Sam Mackinnon in the Rookie of the Year award for that season. The following year, Trahair was a member of the Australian under 19's team that won silver at the Junior World Championships, and won his only NBL championship to date with the Wildcats. In doing so, he was a member of the Wildcats squad that travelled to the McDonald's Championship in London that competed against the NBA's Houston Rockets and Spain's Real Madrid.

In 1997, Trahair headed east to play with the Sydney Kings where he would remain until the conclusion of the 2000 season. Over the next several years, Trahair would play a series of short stints with numerous fledgling NBL clubs including the Cairns Taipans, West Sydney Razorbacks, Hunter Pirates, and the Singapore Slingers.

Prior to the commencement of the 2008 season, the unsigned Trahair trained and appeared in several pre-season matches with the Wildcats while in Perth visiting family. Despite early reports by The West Australian newspaper that the Wildcats would not sign Trahair (as they held out for the possibility that American forward Shawn Redhage would become an Australian citizen), the guard was officially signed up shortly before the first match of the season against his previous club, the Singapore Slingers.

After only playing 8 games with limited minutes for the Wildcats, Trahair was released by the club to allow him to sign with the Wollongong Hawks for the remainder of the 2008 season.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Perth Wildcats Player Profile". NBL. 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  2. ^ "Hawks add experience to roster". Sportal. 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2008. [dead link]

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