Nate Bowie


Nate Bowie is an American professional basketball player.
His first experience as a basketball player was at Washington High School. As he finished high school, many universities were interested in him.
He played for Colby Community College in Kansas from 2004 to 2006. At the end of his sophomore season, he realized he had two years left in college career to prolong his basketball career. He decided to transfer to the University of Central Arkansas. He played for the Central Arkansas Bears basketball from 2006 to 2008.
Bowie declared for the 2008 NBA Development League Draft, but was undrafted. From March 2008 to 2014 he played on eleven different professional basketball teams. He signed a sponsorship deal with 2 Da Hole Apparel.

Early life and high school

The son of Ernest and Barbara Bowie, Nate Bowie grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. Basketball developed as an early passion from a young age. He was influenced by watching vintage basketball games and the early influences of his brother and father. Bowie used to compete a lot against his older brother, who was his role model. These early family influences helped him develop his competitive spirit and his basketball skills.
Bowie attended Washington High School in Kansas, where he averaged 25 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game. His team finished third in the state, in the 5A Tournament. Bowie was First Team All State, All Region and All Conference in his senior year. He holds the single game scoring record for the school, with 38 points in a game against Olathe South High School, breaking Earl Watson's school record.

Collegiate career

Colby Community College (2004–2006)

Bowie started his college career in 2004 playing for Colby Community College, a first division National Junior College Athletic Association team. For his freshman year, he averaged 10.9 points per game. For his sophomore year, he doubled his scoring stats, averaging 20.8 points per game. In 2006, he won NJCAA awards and distinctions. He was All-Tournament First Team, All Conference First Team, All Region Team and All American. He was also the NJCAA Co-Player of the Year in 2006.

University of Central Arkansas (2006–2008)

At the end of his sophomore season at Colby, Bowie transferred to the University of Central Arkansas, a National Collegiate Athletic Association team in order to have a chance to become a professional player. As a junior, Bowie averaged 10.8 points per game. The next season, he averaged 17.5 points per game. He also averaged 20.3 points per game in the Southland Conference, winning the scoring title. On February 2, 2008, he scored 39 points in a win against Nicholls State University. He became All-Southland Conference 2nd Team, All-Southland American Team, and also NCAA All-American Nominee. At the end of his college career, Rand Chappell described Bowie's career as "solid, and sometimes spectacular".

Professional career

Vancouver BC Titans (2008–2009)

At the end of his senior year in college, Bowie signed for NBA D-League Draft. However, he was not drafted. In March 2009, he joined the Vancouver BC Titans, a team in the Canada-IBL. He played 10 games and he averaged 23.1 points per game. During the season, he left his team in order to train in Morocco.

Establencimientos Otero Xuven Cambados (2009–2010)

Before the beginning of the season, he played for Zasavje PRO-TEK, in Slovenia-Liga, but only in the pre-season. He moved to Spain in October 2009, to play for Establencimientos Otero Xuven Cambados, in the Spain-EBA. He played 27 games, scoring 14.5 points per game. In March 2010, he signed at Yamhill Highflyers, in the International Basketball League. He played 25 games, and averaged 23.8 points per game. He became an IBL All Star, and had the IBL Honorable Mention. His team went to the semifinals of the championship.

Terceira Basket (2010–2012)

Bowie started to play for Terceira Basket at the beginning of the 2010-2011 season. He played 32 games and averaged 25.6 points per game, 6.7 rebounds per game, and 5.3 assists per game. At the end of the season, Bowie was All-Proliga Player of the year, Guard of the year, Newcomer of the year, Import Player of the Year, All Proliga 1st Team, Proliga All-Imports Team, and Proliga All Newcomers Team. Terceira Basket won the Proliga Championship in 2011. The next season, Terceira Basket joined the Portugal-LPB. Bowie played 15 games, and averaged 19.1 points per game. At the end of the year, he became All-Portuguese League 1st Team, Portuguese League All-Imports Team, Portuguese League All-Defensive Team and Portuguese League All-Newcomers. He left Terceira Basket in March 2012, and joined Al Ahli Sports Club Doha, in the Qatar-D1, where he played 3 games.

Energy Invest Rustavi (2012–2013)

At the beginning of the season 2012-2013, Bowie joined Energy Invest Rustavi, where he played 23 games, and averaged 21.9 points per game. He played the entire season with Energy, and made All-Georgian League Player of the Year, Guard of the Year, Import Player of the Year, and Defensive Player of the Year. He made the All-Georgian League 1st Team and All Imports Team, and played in the All-Star Game. Rustavi finished the season in second place, losing in the finals.

SC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (2013–2014)

Bowie started the 2013-2014 season in the Ukraine-Superleague, playing for SC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. He played 19 games, before moving to Maliye Milli Piyango, a Turkey-TB2L team in March 2014. He played 4 games with this team.

Trikalla (2014–2015)

He joined Trikala Basketball Club for the season 2014-2015, in the Greek League.

Statistics

College:
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2004–05Colby Community College42,335,373,52,23,11,8010,9
2005–06Colby Community College2745,239,565,83,63,91,9020,8
2006–07Central Arkansas301325,436,928,877,62,473,031,170,073,0010,83
2007–08Central Arkansas303035,240,033,577,33,473,471,930,033,1317,5

Professional:
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2008–09Vancouver BC Titans1053,24023,1
2009–10Otero Xuven Cambados275232743,43,11,6014,5
2009–10Yamhill Highflyers254,75,3023,8
2010–11Terceira Basket161638,736,526,478,13,513,881,62019,00
2011–12Forum Terceira Basket161638,736,526,478,13,513,881,62019,00
2011–12Al Ahli Sports Club Doha3356,439,875,66,6717,1
2012–13Rustavi222130,249,938,360,65,864,772,82022,00
2013–14Maliye Milli Piyango4429,327,17,765,42,252,254,75011,00
2013–14Kryvbasbasket-Lux Kryvyi Rih18825,143,832,152,22,674,671,17010,89

Achievements

  1. 2006:
  2. *NJCAA All-Tournament First Team
  3. *NJCAA First Team All Conf
  4. *NJCAA All-Region Team
  5. *Co-Player of the Year
  6. 2008:
  7. *All-Southland Conf. 2nd Team
  8. *All-Southland American Team
  9. *NCAA All-American Nominee
  10. 2010:
  11. *IBL All-Star
  12. *IBL Semifinals
  13. *IBL Honorable Mention
  14. 2011:
  15. *Eurobasket.com All-Proliga Player of the Year
  16. *Eurobasket.com All-Proliga Guard of the Year
  17. *Eurobasket.com All-Proliga Newcomer of the Year
  18. *Eurobasket.com All-Proliga Import Player of the Year
  19. *Eurobasket.com All-Proliga 1st Team
  20. *Eurobasket.com Proliga All-Imports Team
  21. *Eurobasket.com Proliga All-Newcomers Team
  22. *Portuguese Proliga Champion
  23. 2012:
  24. *Eurobasket.com All-Portuguese League 1st Team
  25. *Eurobasket.com Portuguese League All-Imports Team
  26. *Eurobasket.com Portuguese League All-Defensive Team
  27. *Eurobasket.com Portuguese League All-Newcomers
  28. 2013:
  29. *Georgian Superleague Single Game All-Time Scoring Record
  30. *Georgian Cup Finalist
  31. *Eurobasket.com All-Georgian League Player of the Year
  32. *Eurobasket.com All-Georgian League Guard of the Year
  33. *Eurobasket.com All-Georgian League Import Player of the Year
  34. *Eurobasket.com All-Georgian League Defensive Player of the Year
  35. *Eurobasket.com All-Georgian League 1st Team
  36. *Eurobasket.com Georgian League All-Imports Team
  37. *Georgian League All-Star Game