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Jeremy Kendle is a professional basketball player based in Brisbane, Australia, having played in 3 seasons in the NBL, 1 with the Sydney Kings and 2 with the Brisbane Bullets. Jeremy attended Bellarmine University (D2) in Louisville, Kentucky and was an integral part of the 2010-11 NCAA Division 2 Championship team under Head Coach Scott Davenport, and in that season, he was named GLVC Player of the Year, 1st team All-American, and a member of the D2 all-tournament team.Jeremy played professionally in Switzerland and Morocco before coming to Australia in 2015 with the Toowoomba Mountaineers to play in the Queensland Basketball League (QBL). Jeremy helped the team reach the semi finals and won the MVP Award and highest points scoring awards for the League that year, averaging 30.2 points, 7.3 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 1.9 steals per game.Jeremy then went on to play for the Bendigo Braves in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). The Braves finished first on the ladder with a 21–3 record, while Jeremy earned the league’s scoring title with an average of 27.7 points per game and was named MVP of the league. He was fortunate enough to go on to win a championship with the Braves, the club's first championship since 2005. He scored 34 points in the SEABL national grand final and was awarded the Hugh McMenamin Medal.Jeremy then went on to a season with the Canterbury Rams in the NZBL, and appeared in all 19 games for the Rams in 2017, averaging 20.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game and was named Import Player of the Year and 1st team All NZNBL. After the NZNBL season, JK was picked for an NBL All-Australian team that travelled to China to play the Chinese national team in a three-game series. In an 89-75 win in Game 3, Jeremy scored a game-high 20 points.He finished the 2017 QBL season with the Southwest Metro Pirates under Head Coach Mick Downer. His next contract had him back in the NBL but this time he was playing for the Sydney Kings. This was an injury replacement gig, eventually replaced by Jerome Randle who was the league's MVP the previous season for the Adelaide 36er’s.His next move was back to Bendigo where he knew he could have a big impact on and off the court. He appeared in all 22 games for the Braves in 2018, averaging 23.1 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. Despite having a successful season as a player, he was more proud of the impact he was able to have off the court as a trainer. Jeremy moved back to Brisbane and immediately began training players and being involved in the basketball community in as many ways as he could. For about 3 months he was building his resume as a trainer as well as training full time with the Brisbane Bullets as a player. Bullets head coach Andrej Lemanis and his staff were generous enough to allow Jeremy to help out at training even though he was not contracted with the club. Their consideration of his situation led to him being able to stay in shape which ultimately led to him signing with the club on December 5th 2018 because a spot opened up on the roster. He was fortunate enough to help the club making the playoffs for the first time since they were reinstated in the league in 2016.Jeremy was appointed as Head Coach/Player Captain with the South West Metro Pirates for the 2020 NBL1 North season, which was cut short in the pre-season due to the COVID19 situation. In this interview, we talk about his college career, professional career and the impact of the current pandemic on players and how Jeremy uses his faith and discipline to stay focused.You can contact Jeremy (or JK as he is known locally) through his website: https://www.jeremykendlebasketball.com/