FIBA Americas U16 Championship
USA vs Mexico
June 11, 2013
Maldonado, Uruguay
FIBA Americas U16 Championship
USA vs TBD
June 19, 2013
Cancun, Mexico

Kyle Anderson

Position: Guard/Forward
Height: 6-6 / 194 cms
Weight: 195 lbs / 89 kgs
School: Paterson Catholilc High School -11
Hometown: North Bergen, New Jersey

As of April 22, 2009

USA Basketball Notes

  • Named to the 2009-10 USA Basketball Men's Developmental National Team on May 28, 2009.

College Notes

  • Lists Baylor, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, St. Peters, Texas, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest among his college choices.

High School Honors

  • Named 2009 All-Sophomore/Freshman third team by the Newark Star-Ledger.
  • Named as the 2009 IS8/Nike Spring H.S. Classic Freshman of the Tournament.

High School Notes

  • Attends Paterson Catholic High School (N.J.), where he helped lead his team to the 2009 Passaic County Tournament title, a second place finish in the state tournament and a 26-5 record.
  • Paterson Catholic finished ranked No. 47 nationally and No. 16 in the East Region on the ESPN Rise Fab 50 listing.
  • Posted single game bests of 13 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists during the 2008-09 season.
  • Competed for the Tim Thomas Playaz AAU Basketball Club for the last nine years.
  • Also plays quarterback on his football team.
  • Won a pair of AAU national championships with the Long Island Lightning: 12U in 2005 and 14U in 2007.

The Personal Scoop

  • Born on Sept. 20, 1993, in New York, N.Y.
  • Son of Suzanne Anderson and Kyle Anderson; has two brothers, Dueane Guilliod (30) and Jamar Wilkins (28), and one sister, Tai Wilkins (25).
  • Grandfather, Clifton Anderson, played football for Indiana and had a two-year NFL career with the Chicago Cardinals in 1952 and the New York Giants in 1953; brother, Jamar, played football at Connecticut.
  • Has post-basketball ambitions of becoming a high school basketball coach and teacher.
  • Favorite sport other than basketball: football.
  • Favorite food: penne a la vodka.
  • Favorite magazine: Sports Illustrated.
  • Favorite basketball player of all-time: Allen Iverson.
  • Favorite team: Sacramento Kings.
  • Favorite non-basketball Olympian: Michael Phelps.
  • Strangest place ever played hoops: the