Reggie Cross

Reginald Gene Cross (born August 12, 1966) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball with the Miami Dade Sharks and the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. Cross was selected in the 1987 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers but never played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He instead played professionally in the American Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and in France, Spain and Turkey. Cross is the most recent player from the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors to be selected in an NBA draft.

College career Cross emerged as a promising prospect while playing at South Plantation High School in Plantation, Florida, and received multiple scholarship offers from NCAA Division I colleges. However, he was not initially academically eligible and instead played his first two seasons of college basketball with the Miami Dade Sharks. He gained further attention from NBA teams following a promising showing at an All-Star Game in Japan and earned invites to multiple NBA tryout camps. On December 2, 1989, Cross signed with Hapoel Haifa in Israel to join the team until April 1990. Cross joined the Orlando Magic for training camp in 1990 but did not make the team's final roster. He spent part of the 1990–91 season playing in Spain with the Grupo IFA Granollers, replacing Tom Sheehey. Cross spent the remaining 1990–91 season in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), splitting his season between the Grand Rapids Hoops and the Yakima Sun Kings.

After a stint in France playing for Le Mans Sarthe during the 1991–92 season, Cross returned to the United States in 1992 to play for the Palm Beach Stingrays of the United States Basketball League (USBL) and the Columbus Horizon of the CBA. Following the conclusion of the CBA season, he joined the Washington Bullets for training camp but missed time with the team due to an illness in his family. In June 1993 he played for the Winnipeg Thunder of the Canadian National Basketball League after having been part of the Montreal Dragons roster. He spent three consecutive seasons playing in Turkey from 1993 to 1996.

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Personal life Cross' first child, a daughter, was born while he was attending Miami Dade. He married the child's mother, Gwenell, in 1986. His second child, a son, was born during his first season at Hawaii.