Nate Fox

Nate Fox (April 14, 1977 – December 22, 2014) was an American professional basketball player.

Nate Fox

Personal information
Born	(1977-04-14)April 14, 1977 Plainfield, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 22, 2014(2014-12-22) (aged 37) Bloomingdale, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Plainfield (Plainfield, Illinois)
College	Boston College (1995–1997) Maine (1998–2000)
NBA draft	2000: undrafted
Playing career	2000–2012
Position	Power forward / center
Career history
2000–2001	Aveiro Esgueira
2001	CB Ciudad de Huelva
2001	Aveiro Esgueira
2001–2002	Barreirense
2002–2003	Bayer Giants Leverkusen
2003–2004	Ramat Hasharon
2004	Basket Groot Leuven
2004	MPC Capitals
2005–2008	Bayer Giants Leverkusen
2008–2009	Kalev/Cramo
2009–2010	NY Phantoms Braunschweig
2011	STB Le Havre
2011–2012	Okapi Aalstar
Career highlights
All-KML First Team (2009) First-team All-America East (2000)

Fox played college basketball for the University of Maine Black Bears, averaging 17.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in his senior year.

After graduating, he played in Europe. From 2000 until 2002 he played in Portugal before signing with Bayer Giants Leverkusen in Germany. For the next two seasons Fox played in Israel, Belgium and The Netherlands. In 2005, he returned to Bayer Giants Leverkusen and became one of the best players in Basketball Bundesliga and a leader at his team. In March 2008 he received a worldwide suspension for seven and a half months after a positive doping test and was fired from Leverkusen. After the suspension ended Fox signed with BC Kalev/Cramo. Fox was one of the best players in the Baltic League and he received the Baltic Basketball League MVP of the Month award in December 2008.^[1] For the 2009–10 season Fox moved back to Bundesliga basketball, playing for the New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig. In February 2011 he signed with French club STB Le Havre.^[2]

Death

Fox was shot to death shortly after 9:30 p.m on December 22, 2014, in the driveway of his Bloomingdale, Illinois, home.^[3] The shooter was Hinsdale, Illinois, businessman Jeffrey Wayne Keller, who was convicted on May 26, 2017, of first-degree murder for the killing.^[4]

Achievements

• 2008–09 Estonian Cup (BC Kalev/Cramo)
• 2008–09 Estonian League (BC Kalev/Cramo)
• 2011–12 Belgian Cup (Okapi Aalstar)