Zena Ray "Zeke" Upshaw was an American professional basketball player.
10 Facts About Zeke Upshaw
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Zeke Upshaw began his college basketball career with the Illinois State Redbirds.
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Zeke Upshaw began playing organized basketball when he was six.
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Zeke Upshaw attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools where he averaged 24 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as a junior in 2008, when he was named the most valuable player of the Independent School League.
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Zeke Upshaw averaged 1.6 points per game, while never averaging more than 7.4 minutes played per game.
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Zeke Upshaw graduated from Illinois State with a degree in apparel, merchandising and design in 2013, but transferred to Hofstra for his final season of NCAA eligibility.
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Zeke Upshaw exercised the graduate transfer exception, which enables players who have already received their degree but have eligibility remaining to be able to play immediately at another school while studying for a post-graduate degree in a discipline that was not available in their previous school.
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Zeke Upshaw led the CAA in scoring at 19.8 points per game, and earned second-team All-CAA honors.
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The Kent County medical examiner's preliminary determination after conducting an autopsy was that Zeke Upshaw had a sudden cardiac death.
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On May 30,2018, Zeke Upshaw's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the NBA, the Detroit Pistons, the SSJ Group, who owns the Grand Rapids Drive, and the DeltaPlex Arena.