Mike Rose

Michael Rose (born April 6, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels before playing professionally in Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Germany and Canada.

High school career Rose attended Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois, where he was rated the 30th-best prospect in the state of Illinois by ChicagoHoops.com. As a senior in 2004–05, he averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and three steals per game as he led Neuqua Valley to a 24-4 record. He subsequently earned Upstate Eight All-Conference team and Illinois Basketball Coaches Association third team all-state accolades.

College career As a freshman at Eastern Kentucky in 2005–06, Rose played in all 30 games with 16 starts and was twice named OVC Freshman of the Week in November 2005. He subsequently led all EKU freshmen in points (6.2 ppg), minutes (20.4 mpg), steals (25) and rebounds (2.7 rpg). He also earned first-team NABC Division I All-District 19 honors along with Lester Hudson, Drake Reed, Kenneth Faried and Wes Channels.

Professional career In July 2009, Rose signed with Oyak Renault of the Turkish Basketball League. He left the team after appearing in just one game to start the 2009–10 season.

On January 15, 2010, Rose signed with the Melbourne Tigers in Australia for the rest of the 2009–10 NBL season. In eight games, he averaged 6.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game. Following the NBL season, he had a seven-game stint with the Southland Sharks during the 2010 New Zealand NBL season. He averaged 22.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.6 steals per game. In 29 games, he averaged 8.5 points and 1.9 rebounds per game. In eight games during the 2011 New Zealand NBL season, he averaged 14.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game. In 17 games, he averaged 15.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.6 steals per game. In 18 games, he averaged 21.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.2 steals per game. In 41 games, he averaged 10.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. He went on to win the league's Most Valuable Player award. In 22 games, he averaged 22.7 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.9 steals per game. In 21 games, he averaged 20.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game. In 20 games, he averaged 14.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game.