Jeff Trepagnier
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Jeffery Trepagnier (born July 11, 1979 in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
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) is an American
United States
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 professional basketball
Basketball
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 player.

Pro career

He played collegiately at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

 and was a second round draft pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers
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 in the 2001 NBA Draft
2001 NBA Draft
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. At 6'4", Trepagnier was considered by some scouts to be undersized for the NBA shooting guard
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...

 position, his natural spot. In three seasons for the Cavaliers and the Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They play in the National Basketball Association . They were founded as the Denver Rockets in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association, and became one of that league's more successful teams...

, Trepagnier averaged 2.8 points per game.

He spent the 2004-05 season for Italian
Serie A (basketball)
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 club Eldo Napoli
Basket Napoli
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.
He signed with the Knights on June 25, 2006.

Trepagnier signed a contract with French club Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez
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 in December 2007.

In 2009, Trepagnier was playing for the Iowa Energy
Iowa Energy
The Iowa Energy are a 2007-08 expansion team of the NBA Development League, of which they are the current defending champions. They play their home games at the Wells Fargo Arena at Iowa Events Center....

 of the NBA D-League.

In 2010, he joined Scaligera Verona of the Italian second league.

College career

Trepagnier played college basketball
College basketball
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 for the USC Trojans
USC Trojans
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. He also took second place at the 2000 Pac-10
Pacific Ten Conference
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 Championships for the second year in a row with a high jump
High jump
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 of 7-foot-1, tying for the fifth-best jump in USC school history.

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