Stuart Thomas "Stu" Turnbull (born December 28, 1984, in Kingston, Ontario) is a former Canadian professional basketball player.
A product of Frontenac Secondary School, Turnbull played for the Carleton Ravens men's basketball program from 2004 to 2009, winning CIS National Championship titles in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009. [1] In the 2008-09 campaign, Turnbull was presented with the Jack Donohue Trophy as Championship Tournament MVP. [2] He also was named to the All-Canada First Team [3] and received OUA East Player of the Year [4] and OUA Wilson Cup MVP honours that year. [5] He made headlines after hitting the game-winning buzzer-beater in the 2009 CIS semi-final. [6]
Following graduation in 2009, Turnbull played three years of professional basketball in Germany. After a brief stint with the Giants Nördlingen of the German ProA league at the beginning of the 2009-10 season, he signed with SC Rist Wedel of the German ProB and quickly became a team leader. [7] For the 2010-11 season, he returned to the German ProA league, joining the UBC Hannover Tigers. [8] At Hannover, he averaged 15.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists per contest. Turnbull spent his last season as a professional basketball player with the Dragons Rhöndorf in the German ProB league. [9] In each season in Germany, Turnbull was named to the Eurobasket.com All-Defensive Team of the respective league. [10] He returned to his native Canada, where he ran summer basketball camps for youth players and started working in digital marketing. [11]
Stuart Thomas "Stu" Turnbull (born December 28, 1984, in Kingston, Ontario) is a former Canadian professional basketball player.
A product of Frontenac Secondary School, Turnbull played for the Carleton Ravens men's basketball program from 2004 to 2009, winning CIS National Championship titles in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009. [1] In the 2008-09 campaign, Turnbull was presented with the Jack Donohue Trophy as Championship Tournament MVP. [2] He also was named to the All-Canada First Team [3] and received OUA East Player of the Year [4] and OUA Wilson Cup MVP honours that year. [5] He made headlines after hitting the game-winning buzzer-beater in the 2009 CIS semi-final. [6]
Following graduation in 2009, Turnbull played three years of professional basketball in Germany. After a brief stint with the Giants Nördlingen of the German ProA league at the beginning of the 2009-10 season, he signed with SC Rist Wedel of the German ProB and quickly became a team leader. [7] For the 2010-11 season, he returned to the German ProA league, joining the UBC Hannover Tigers. [8] At Hannover, he averaged 15.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists per contest. Turnbull spent his last season as a professional basketball player with the Dragons Rhöndorf in the German ProB league. [9] In each season in Germany, Turnbull was named to the Eurobasket.com All-Defensive Team of the respective league. [10] He returned to his native Canada, where he ran summer basketball camps for youth players and started working in digital marketing. [11]