Justin Spears: Former Wildcat Kyle Fogg's unique basketball career should be celebrated more

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Justin Spears: Former Wildcat Kyle Fogg's unique basketball career should be celebrated more
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Kyle Fogg hasn't officially logged any NBA minutes, but his professional career is one of the most successful among former Arizona Wildcats.

Justin Spears His name isn't in the rafters of McKale Center, his jersey isn't draped inside Arizona's historic arena, and he doesn't have a spot alongside in the hallways to honor NBA Draft picks to play for the Wildcats. But Kyle Fogg's career, both at the UA and professionally, is one to tip your cap to — and raise a glass to.

People are also reading… The 6-foot-3 guard ascended to a starting role for Arizona as a strong perimeter defender in 2008-09, a UA team that squeaked into the NCAA Tournament and played in the Sweet 16. That season was memorable for me because I grew up in Tucson and was just a middle-schooler at the time. The club basketball team that I played for at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base had a meet-the-team event at Benko Fitness Center after the Wildcats toured Tucson's prominent military base.

Fogg took his talents overseas and played professionally in Finland, Belgium, Germany, Spain and China. Fogg was named MVP and scoring champion of Korisliiga, the top professional league in Finland, after averaging 27 points per game. Fogg was also the Bundesliga scoring champion in Germany and helped Unicaja in Spain win the EuroCup championship. Most recently, Fogg won back-to-back Chinese Basketball Association championships with the Liaoning Flying Leopards; he averaged 21.1 points, 5.

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