Jason Washburn

American-Bulgarian basketball player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jason Colin Washburn (born June 5, 1990) is an American-Bulgarian professional basketball player who currently plays for the New Taipei Kings of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He played college basketball for the University of Utah.

PositionCenter
Born (1990-06-05) June 5, 1990 (age 35)
NationalityAmerican / Bulgarian[1]
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Jason Washburn
Washburn with Yokohama B-Corsairs
No. 42 New Taipei Kings
PositionCenter
LeagueTaiwan Professional Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1990-06-05) June 5, 1990 (age 35)
NationalityAmerican / Bulgarian[1]
Listed height7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High schoolBattle Creek Central
(Battle Creek, Michigan)
CollegeUtah (2009–2013)
NBA draft2013: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2014Cherkaski Mavpy
2014Tsmoki-Minsk
2014–2015Basic-Fit Brussels
2015–2016Sigal Prishtina
2016–2017Yokohama B-Corsairs
2018–2019U-BT Cluj-Napoca
2019Yokohama B-Corsairs
2020Ryukyu Golden Kings
2020–2021Niigata Albirex
2021–2022Fukushima Firebonds
2022–2024Taoyuan Pilots
2024–presentNew Taipei Kings
Career highlights
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High school career

Washburn attended his hometown's Battle Creek Central High School, leading the team to the district championship and regional finals as a senior and district championships as a junior. As a junior, he averaged 17 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots per game while averaging a double-double as a senior, with at least two triple-doubles (points, rebounds, blocks). He became the all-time blocks leader at BCC and set a new school record for blocks in a season and blocks in a game.[2]

College career

As a four-year player at Utah, Washburn appeared in 123 games with 70 starts and averaged 8.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 22.4 minutes per game,[3] finishing as the Utes' leading scorer (11.4 ppg), rebounder (6.2 rpg) and shot blocker (1.4 bpg) as a junior in 2011–12.[2]

Professional career

On June 12, 2013, Washburn signed with Cherkaski Mavpy of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague for the 2013–14 season.[4] After averaging 14.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, he left Cherkaski on February 27, 2014.[5] Four days later, he signed a one-month deal with Tsmoki-Minsk of the Belarusian Premier League.[6]

On May 20, 2014, Washburn signed with Basic-Fit Brussels of the Belgian Ethias League,[7] and that offseason, he joined the Utah Jazz for the 2014 Las Vegas Summer League.[8] During the 2014–15 season, he played 27 games with the Belgian outfit, starting six and posting averages of 8.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 0.8 blocks in 18.7 minutes per game.[3]

On September 15, 2015, Washburn signed with the Charlotte Hornets.[3] However, he was waived on October 23 after appearing in four preseason games.[9] On November 3, he signed with Sigal Prishtina of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.[10]

In August 2016 Washburn signed with the Yokohama B-Corsairs for the inaugural season of the Japanese B.League.[11] He was injured most of the 2017–18 season and missed most of the year. On August 21, 2018, Washburn signed with the Romanian club U-BT Cluj-Napoca.[12]

Washburn signed with the Niigata Albirex on November 5, 2020.[13]

On August 9, 2022, Washburn signed with the Taoyuan Pilots of the P. LEAGUE+.[14]

On August 1, 2024, Washburn signed with the New Taipei Kings of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).[15] On June 5, 2025, Washburn awarded the Most Valuable Import of the TPBL in 2024–25 season.[16] On June 6, Washburn was selected to the All-TPBL First Team in 2024–25 season.[17] On August 13, Washburn re-signed with the New Taipei Kings of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).[18]

Personal life

Washburn is the son of Bob Washburn and Dawn Lewis and majored in Mass Communication.[2]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  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
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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2016–17 Yokohama 513726.5.576.500.7427.11.20.60.71.914.8
2017–18 Yokohama 4421.5.621-.7065.81.00.20.82.512.0
2019–20 Yokohama
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