Shane Battierr-Killer of Spurs

Shane Battier

Battier with the Heat
No. 31 – Miami Heat
Position	Forward
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	September 9, 1978 (age 34) Birmingham, Michigan
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Detroit Country Day School (Beverly Hills, Michigan)
College	Duke (1997–2001)
NBA Draft	2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall
Selected by the Vancouver Grizzlies
Pro playing career	2001–present
Career history
2001–2006	Memphis Grizzlies
2006–2011	Houston Rockets
2011	Memphis Grizzlies
2011–present	Miami Heat
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA champion (2012–2013) 2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2008–2009) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2002) NCAA champion (2001) NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2001) John R. Wooden Award (2001) Naismith College Player of the Year (2001) ACC Player of the Year (2001) 3× NABC Defensive Player of the Year (1999–2001) Academic All-American of the Year (2001) Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (2001) Consensus NCAA All-American Second Team(2000)
Medals[hide] Men’s basketball Competitor for  United States FIBA World Championship Bronze 2006 Japan National team Goodwill Games Gold 2001 Brisbane National team

Shane Courtney Battier (born September 9, 1978) is an Americanprofessional basketball player who currently plays for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has also been a member of the U.S. national team.

Battier was born and raised in Birmingham, Michigan, and attendedDetroit Country Day School in Beverly Hills, Michigan, where he won many awards including 1997 "Mr. Basketball of Michigan". He went on to play four years of college basketball at Duke, where he captured the 2001 National Championship and swept the major National Player of the Year awards. Battier was selected with the sixth overall pick of the 2001 NBA Draft by the Vancouver Grizzlies (who soon became the Memphis Grizzlies). He was traded five years later to the Houston Rockets, and was then traded back to the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2010–2011 NBA season. He signed with the Miami Heat in 2011. His number has been retired by both Detroit Country Day School and Duke University. He has been recognized for his aggressive defense and has "routinely ­guarded the league's most dangerous offensive players".^[1] He is the only basketball player to have ever won both the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award (1997) and the Naismith College Player of the Year (2001).^[2]