Jason Washburn

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

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.

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, 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. After averaging 14.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, he left Cherkaski on February 27, 2014. Four days later, he signed a one-month deal with Tsmoki-Minsk of the Belarusian Premier League.

On May 20, 2014, Washburn signed with Basic-Fit Brussels of the Belgian Ethias League, and that offseason, he joined the Utah Jazz for the 2014 Las Vegas Summer League. 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. On November 3, he signed with Sigal Prishtina of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.

In August 2016 Washburn signed with the Yokohama B-Corsairs for the inaugural season of the Japanese B.League. 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.

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

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

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

On August 5, 2026, Washburn re-signed with the New Taipei Kings of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).

Personal life Washburn is the son of Bob Washburn and Dawn Lewis and majored in Mass Communication.

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