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UConn Huskies in the Pros - Completed Season Edition

While we looked at how former UConn Huskies are currently doing in the professional ranks, we didn't see how other former Huskies did in their respective sports during the 2015-16 season.

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Men's Basketball

Rashad Anderson: Anderson played 15 games for MAFC Budapest in the Hungarian League and led them in scoring with 24.3 points as a starting forward. He pulled down 5.5 rebounds a game and averaged 2.3 assists.

Hilton Armstrong: Armstrong played last season in Turkey for Denizli who finished at 24-10 in the Turkish Basketball First League. He saw action in 32 games, averaging 13.9 points and led the team with 11 rebounds a game. He also blocked 2.4 shots a game.

Ryan Boatright: Boatright started the basketball season with the Grand Rapids Drive of the NBA D League where he played in 20 games with five starts. He averaged 11.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and assists per game before heading to Italy where he signed with Betaland Capo d'Orlando of the Lega Basket Serie A. He played in 11 games there where he scored 19.2 points a game while averaging 5 rebounds and 2.5 assists.

Josh Boone: Boone played for Khimky of the Russian VTB United League. His team was eliminated on May 24 for the VTB United League playoffs in the semifinals by CSKA. In the May 24 game, he scored two points and had four rebounds in seven minutes of action.  For the season, Boone averaged 11.4 points and led the team with 5.9 rebounds a game in 18 games played.

Caron Butler: Butler spent the 2015-16 season playing in 17 games for the Sacramento Kings in the NBA. He averaged just 3.7 points and 1.3 rebounds. He was inducted into the Huskies of Honor back in February.

DeAndre Daniels: Daniels spent the 2015-16 season with Raptors 905 of the NBA D League and played in eight games with five starts. He averaged 2.9 points and 3.3 rebounds.

Andre Drummond: Drummond really came into his own during the 2015-16 season for the Detroit Pistons and set himself up for a max extension this summer. He made 81 starts for the Pistons and averaged a double-double of 16.2 points and 14.8 rebounds. He'll spend the summer working on his free throw percentage most likely as he only shot 35.5% from the line. The Pistons were eliminated by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the 2016 NBA Playoffs.

Jerome Dyson: Dyson played for Auxilium-Torino of Lega Basket Serie A in Italy. In 18 games, he averaged 15.9 points, 2.8 rebounds and led the team with with 3.1 assists per game.

Gavin Edwards: Edwards has spent the 2013-16 seasons playing for Aishin SH in the Japan Basketball League. Right now his team is playing Toshiba BT in a best-of-three finals of the JBL beginning May 28. In 57 games this season, he is averaging 14.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists.

Khalid El-Amin: El-Amin is still balling as he played for BG Gettingen in the Basketball Bundesliga. In 16 games, he averaged 13.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and led the team with 6.4 assists per game.

Rudy Gay: Gay, a teammate of Caron Butler's with the Sacramento Kings, saw action and started in 71 games this season. He averaged 17.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists.

Niels Giffey: Giffey has spent the last three seasons playing for ALBA in the Basketball Bundesliga. He averaged 6.1 points and 3.9 rebounds in 21 games last season.

Lasan Kromah: Kromah, who played at UConn as a graduate student during the 2013-14 season, played for Kavala in the Greek Basketball League. He played in 13 games and led the team in scoring with 14.9 points while pulling down 3.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.

Jeremy Lamb: After three seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Lamb was traded to the Charlotte Hornets for the 2015-16 season. He averaged career-highs of 8.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game in 66 games played in Buzz City. His squad was eliminated by the Miami Heat in the first round of the 2016 NBA Playoffs.

Shabazz Napier: Napier, who recently said he would play for Puerto Rico this summer, spent the 2015-16 season with the Orlando Magic. He played in 55 games and averaged just 3.7 points and 1.8 assists per game.

A.J. Price: Price played in China for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association. In 34 games, he led the team in scoring with 30.4 points a game while pulling down 5.9 rebounds and dishing out 4.5 assists per game.

Stanley Robinson: Robinson spent the 2015-16 season playing for Los Leones de Quilpue of the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile. He led the team in scoring with 21.6 points and averaged 8.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists over 27 games.

Charlie Villanueva: Villanueva played in 66 games for Mark Cuban's Dallas Mavericks squad. He averaged 5.1 points and 2.5 rebounds. The Mavericks were eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the 2016 NBA Playoffs.

Kemba Walker: Walker led the Charlotte Hornets to the first round of the 2016 NBA Playoffs where they were eliminated by the Miami Heat after leading 3-2 in the first round. In 81 regular season games, Walker averaged 20.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists. In the seven game series vs the Heat, he averaged 22.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists.

Enosch Wolf: Wolf played for two teams in 2015-16. He started out with Amex Zornotza in the third tier of the Spanish Basketball League system. He led the team in rebounding with 7.8 rebounds while averaging 11.2 points over 12 games. He finished up by playing two games for the Musel Pikes in Luxembourg's Total League. There he averaged 10.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in those two games played.

* If they didn't finish their collegiate careers at UConn, they weren't included on this list.

Women's Basketball

Charde Houston: Houston spent the 2015-16 overseas with Hanabank Bucheon of the Women's Korean Basketball League. She played in 15 games and led the team with 19.2 points per game and averaged 7.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game as well.

Bahar Öztürk (Barbara Turner): Öztürk played for Hatay BSB in the Turkish Women's Basketball League. She saw action in 35 games and averaged 15.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.9 assists. Her team recently lost to Fenerbahce in the finals.

Ketia Swanier: Swanier played her ball in Poland last season for FBG Sosnowiec. She played in 22 games and averaged 8.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists.

* If they didn't finish their collegiate careers at UConn, they weren't included on this list. Nor are the stats from the WNBA players who were overseas over the winter. They will be included next season in the weekly post.

Hockey

Garrett Bartus: Bartus, spent most of his season with the Macon Mayhem of the Southern Professional Hockey League. At one point during the season, he was loaned to the Adirondack Thunder. While with the Thunder he played in three games where he was 1-2 with a 3.33 goals against average and a save percentage of .889.. He excelled for the expansion Mayhem where he earned league MVP honors after going 22-18-5 with with a 2.39 GAA and .923 save percentage.He led the league in wins (22), saves percentage (.929), minutes played and saves, and his three shutouts tied for most in the SPHL.

Steve Bergin: Bergin, a defenseman, played for the Pensacola Ice Flyers of the Southern Professional Hockey League in 2015-16. He saw action in 44 games and had 3 goals and 6 assists for 9 points. He is the Ice Flyers all-time leader in games played and plus/minus, The Ice Flyers won the SPHL championship this past spring.

Sean Erickson: Erickson played for the Rapid City Rush of the ECHL In 58 games, he had 5 goals and 10 assists for 15 points.

Trevor Gerling: Gerling spent the 2015-16 season with the Edinburgh Capitals of the EIHL (Elite Ice Hockey League). In 59 games, Gerling had 27 goals and 34 assists for 61 points.

Matt Grogan: Grogan played in four games for the Mississippi RiverKings of the Southern Professional Hockey League where he was 4-0 with a 2.74 GAA and a save percentage of .891. He saw action in four games for the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL.There he was 2-0-1 with a 3.09 GAA and a save percentage of .880.

Brant Harris: Harris played for two teams in 2015-16. He played in 51 games for the Florida Everglades of the ECHL where he had 19 goals and 15 assists for 34 points. He then saw action in 11 games for the Manitoba Moose of the AHL where he had an assist.

Jacob Poe: Poe played of two ECHL teams in 2015-16. He saw the bulk of his time with the Allen Americans where he played in 32 games where had four assists. He also played in eight games for the Tulsa Oilers where had 3 assists.

Cole Schneider: Schneider played for two AHL teams in 2015-16 and was the only Husky in the NHL this past season. His first stop was with the Binghamton Senators where he had 17 goals and 25 assists for 42 points. He then played for the Rochester Americans where he had 4 goals and 10 assists for 14 points. He was called up by the Buffalo Sabres at the end of the season and didn't register a point in two games.

Nick Schneider: Schneider played in 56 games for the Huntsville Havoc of the Southern Professional Hockey League last season. He didn't have a goal but finished the season with 15 assists for 15 points.

Cody Sharib: Sharib was with the Indy Fuel of the ECHL in 2015-16. He played in 69 games where he had 16 goals and 17 assists for 33 points.

Jordan Sims: Sims saw action in 64 games for the Evansville Icemen of the ECHL where he had 17 goals and 29 assists for 46 points. He also played for the San Jose Barracuda of the AHL where he had an assist in two games.

UConn Huskies in the Pros - 5/22/16