Melvin Booker

Melvin Booker

Personal information
Born	(1972-08-20) August 20, 1972 Pascagoula, Mississippi
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Moss Point (Moss Point, Mississippi)
College	Missouri (1990–1994)
NBA draft	1994 / Undrafted
Playing career	1994–2008
Position	Guard
Number	9, 14, 5
Career history
1994–1995	Hartford Hellcats (CBA)
1995	Pittsburgh Piranhas (CBA)
1995–1996	Grand Rapids Mackers (CBA)
1996	Houston Rockets
1996	Denver Nuggets
1996–1997	Grand Rapids Hoops (CBA)
1997	Golden State Warriors
1997–1998	Scavolini Pesaro (Italy)
1998–1999	Sony Milano (Italy)
1999–2002	Scavolini Pesaro (Italy)
2002–2004	Ülkerspor (Turkey)
2004–2007	Khimki (Russia)
2007–2008	Armani Jeans Milano (Italy)
Career highlights and awards
Consensus second-team All-American (1994) Big Eight Player of the Year (1994) 2× First-team All-Big Eight (1993, 1994)

Melvin Jermaine Booker (born August 20, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), 185 lb (84 kg) point guard, he played for the University of Missouri Tigers basketball team.

Amateur career

Booker was a standout high school player in Moss Point, Mississippi. He averaged 28 points per game in his senior year and was named the player of the year in his class. Despite that, none of the major four-year schools from the region recruited him. Booker signed with Missouri, a school whose attention he caught during a prior recruitment run through the area. Missouri assistant coaches noticed him while they were scouting fellow Mississippi standouts Litterial Green and Chris Jackson.

Booker was the 1994 Big Eight Player of the Year, when he led Missouri to an undefeated conference record of 14–0 and an Elite Eight berth. He was also an all Big Eight selection is 1993 and 1994 and was a 1994 first-team All-American. In 1999, Booker was elected to the intercollegiate athletics Hall of Fame at the University of Missouri.

Professional career

Despite those accomplishments, Booker was not selected in the 1994 NBA draft.

He played in the NBA for the Houston Rockets during the 1995–96 season; and the Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors, during the 1996–97 season, for 32 games.

Personal

His son, Devin Booker, played for the University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball team during the 2014-15 NCAA season, and currently plays for the Phoenix Suns.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
• Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com