| No. 11 – JDA Dijon Basket | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | LNB Pro A |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1986-01-26)January 26, 1986 (age 39) Pontiac, Michigan, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Listed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Avondale (Auburn Hills, Michigan) |
| College | Chicago State (2005–2009) |
| NBA draft | 2009:undrafted |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2009–2011 | Pınar Karşıyaka |
| 2011–2012 | Artland Dragons |
| 2012–2013 | Mersin BB |
| 2013–2015 | Artland Dragons |
| 2015–2017 | JDA Dijon |
| 2017–2018 | Samsun |
| 2018–present | JDA Dijon |
| Career highlights | |
David Holston (born January 26, 1986)[1] is an American professionalbasketball player forJDA Dijon Basket of France'sLNB Pro A. He played college basketball atChicago State University (CSU). In 2019, he was named theMost Valuable Player of the FrenchLNB Pro A.
David Holston was born inPontiac, Michigan. He attendedAvondale High School in nearbyAuburn Hills where he led the team to the 2002 Class B state championship.[2] During his career at Avondale, he earned all-county and all-state honors and scored over 2,000 career points, but he was not offered a single college basketball scholarship.[2]
Holston enrolled atChicago State University in the fall of 2004 and earned a spot onits men's basketball roster as awalk-on.[2] At this time, the school was classified as anIndependent Division I school, meaning it had noathletic conference affiliation.[3] He went on to have a prolific career at CSU but received very little national attention due to a confluence of factors: attending a smallDivision I school that was not in a conference, Chicago State's historically sub-par performance in men's basketball, and his own diminutive 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) stature.[2][3]
During Holston's tenure at CSU between2005–06 and2008–09 (heredshirted his truefreshman season), he scored a school-record 2,331 points, finished in the top five in points per game nationally for his senior season, led theNCAA in three-point field goals made per game in his final two seasons, and was the first Chicago State player to garner Division I postseasonAll-American honors, among others.[4][5] Holston finished his collegiate career with averages of 19.6 points, 4.4 assists and 2.1 steals per game,[4] and his 450 career three-pointers were the second-most in NCAA Division I history at the time of his graduation.[5] During his senior season in 2008–09, his averages of 25.9 points, 6.4 assists, 3.7 steals and three rebounds per game led CSU to a 19–13 record—its first winning season since the school transitioned to Division I—and he was named the Independent Player of the Year.[6][7]
Due to his size, Holston was not chosen in the2009 NBA draft.[8] That July, he signed withPınar Karşıyaka of theTurkish Basketball League[6] and played for them for two seasons. During his first year, Holston averaged approximately 12 points and four assists per game, and during his second season he averaged roughly 15 points and six assists.[1] He then signed with theArtland Dragons inGermany'sBasketball Bundesliga for the 2011–12 season.[9] In the summer of 2012, he signed a contract withMersin BB of Tukey for the 2012–13 season.[10] In July 2013, he returned to Artland Dragons,[11] and stayed with them for two seasons.
In the 2018–19 season, Holston played withJDA Dijon of the FrenchLNB Pro A. He led Dijon to the third place in the regular season. On May 20, 2019, he won thePro A Most Valuable Player award.[12]