Jeremiah Massey

Jeremiah Massey is an American-born basketball player who became a naturalized Macedonian and has since retired from the professional game. Born on July 22, 1982, he played the power forward and center positions. He came up through Oxnard Community College, where he was named California State Junior College Player of the Year, and then Kansas State University, where he earned Big 12 Conference newcomer of the year honors in 2004. Selected fifth overall in the 2005 USBL draft, he began his professional career in Greece with Gymnastikos S. Larissas, led the Greek League in rebounding in 2005-06, and moved to Aris. In 2008 he joined Real Madrid on a three-year contract, and he later played in Spain, Russia, Germany, Lebanon, Qatar, Argentina and North Macedonia. He represented the Macedonia national basketball team after acquiring Macedonian citizenship in 2008.