Andrew Betts

Andrew Richard Betts (born 11 May 1977) is a British retired basketball player who played professionally in Spain, Italy, Greece, and Ukraine.

College career After starting his career as a junior youth club player with the Leicester Riders, Betts played college basketball at C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, from 1994 to 1997, and also later at Long Beach State University, from 1997 to 1998. He averaged 18.7 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, as a senior at Long Beach State. He never appeared in the NBA.

Betts started his pro club career with Fortitudo Bologna in the Italian A League in the 1998–99 season. His European basketball career culminated in winning the EuroCup in 2006 with Spanish side Joventut Badalona and national league titles in Greece with AEK Athens and in Spain with Real Madrid.

National team career Betts debuted for the English national team in 1996, at age 19. He was named England's Young Player of the Year, and also England's Player of the Year twice. During a national team career which began in 1996, Betts made 62 appearances for both the senior English national team and the senior Great Britain national team. With Great Britain, he played at the 2009 FIBA EuroBasket before retiring from international basketball in 2011. His highest scoring performance was in 2003 where he scored 31 points as England beat the Czech Republic in a EuroBasket qualifying game. The family lived in several Spanish cities during Betts's playing career before relocating to Colorado. Betts and Michelle have since divorced. He is the sporting ambassador for his home town club the Leicester Riders. He lives in Centennial, Colorado.