Jeremy Kendle
| No. 7 – Canterbury Rams | |
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| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
| League | NZNBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
March 15, 1988 Jeffersonville, Indiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Listed weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Jeffersonville (Jeffersonville, Indiana) |
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| NBA draft | 2013 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013 | Wydad Casablanca |
| 2013 | SAM Basket Massagno |
| 2013–2014 | Essaouira |
| 2015 | Toowoomba Mountaineers |
| 2016 | Bendigo Braves |
| 2017 | Brisbane Bullets |
| 2017–present | Canterbury Rams |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Jeremy Paul Kendle (born March 15, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Canterbury Rams of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL). He played three seasons of college basketball for Bellarmine University, becoming the only player in school history to be named to the NABC All-America Team two years in a row. He was also a key member of the Bellarmine Knights' 2011 championship-winning team, helping the school claim their first NCAA Division II National Championship.
Kendle moved to Australia in 2015 and saw immediate success. He helped the Toowoomba Mountaineers to a playoff appearance and collected the Queensland Basketball League's scoring title, All-League Team honors, and was named the league's Most Valuable Player. The following year, he joined the Bendigo Braves and helped them claim their first South East Australian Basketball League title in 11 years. He also claimed a number of individual honors, including scoring champion, All-SEABL Team, Grand Final MVP and the overall Most Valuable Player of the league. His impressive season with Bendigo earned him a spot on the Brisbane Bullets roster late in the 2016–17 NBL season, which led to him earning a contract with New Zealand's Canterbury Rams for the 2017 season.
Kendle was born and raised in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and grew up playing basketball. As a sophomore at Jeffersonville High School, Kendle was nearly cut from the basketball team due to his small stature; he was five-foot seven inches tall and 140 pounds. He was told he wasn't good enough to make the varsity basketball team. The head coach on the senior varsity team wanted to cut him, but the junior varsity coach knew his father and they had a mutual respect. He kept Kendle on the team, but he rode the bench for the whole season. The next year, he hit a six-inch growth spurt and worked really hard physically. He subsequently started on the varsity team as a junior.
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