Corey Santee
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(Flint, Michigan)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 13, 1983 Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Flint Southwestern Academy (Flint, Michigan) |
| College | TCU (2001–2005) |
| NBA draft | 2005: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2005–2012 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Career history | |
| 2005 | BK Ventspils |
| 2005–2006 | Nürnberger Basketball Club |
| 2006–2007 | Fort Worth Flyers |
| 2007 | Intercollege Etha |
| 2008 | Welcoat Dragons |
| 2008–2009 | Sumykhimprom Sumy |
| 2010 | Shen Yang Dongjin |
| 2012 | Rizing Fukuoka |
Corey Donya Santee[1] (born September 13, 1983) is an American professional basketball guard.
Santee was a three-year starter at Flint Southwestern Academy[citation needed]. As a senior in 2001, he averaged 20 points and 7 assists per game, leading him to earn first team All-State honors[citation needed]. He also finished as the runner-up for Michigan's "Mr. Basketball"[citation needed] and was rated the number one point guard in the 2001 class in the state of Michigan by Prep Spotlight Magazine.
College career
After high school, Santee was recruited by coach Billy Tubbs to attend Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. After Santee's freshman year at TCU, Tubbs was replaced by Neil Dougherty, who came to TCU fresh from a trip to the Final Four as an assistant at Kansas.
Santee was named Team MVP and All-Conference USA as both a junior and senior. In his junior season Corey started all 29 games at point guard and played a team-high 33.1 minutes per contest while ranking first on the team in scoring at 14.5 per contest and in assists at 4.4 per game. As a senior in 2005, he led his team with 14 ppg, 3 rpg, 4 assists. He scored a season high 26 points against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He towed the Horned Frogs to the quarterfinal round of the NIT. Corey Santee started 61 straight games for TCU and ended his college career as the all-time assists leader and also had 1,832 points, good for second on the school's all-time scoring list.