Andrew Vlahov

Andrew Vlahov

Personal information
Born	(1969-04-01) 1 April 1969 Perth, Western Australia
Nationality	Australian
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	238 lb (108 kg)
Career information
High school	Kent Street (Perth, Western Australia) South Eugene (Eugene, Oregon)
College	Stanford (1987–1991)
NBA draft	1991 / Undrafted
Playing career	1991–2002
Position	Small forward / Power forward
Career history
1991–2002	Perth Wildcats
Career highlights and awards
NBL Rookie of the Year (1991) 2x Gaze Medal winner (1991, 1993) Grand Final MVP (1995) 2x NBL's First Team (1992, 1995) NBL's 20th Anniversary Team National Invitation Tournament champion (1991)

Andrew Mitchell Vlahov (born 1 April 1969) is a retired Australian professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball League of Australia from 1991 through until the 2001/2002 season. Vlahov now leads RV Sport, a premium sports and event marketing company.

Playing career

High School

Vlahov attended Kent Street Senior High School in Western Australia.

Australian Institute of Sport

He attended the Australian Institute of Sport in 1987. His sister Lisa attended between 1985 to 1986.

College

Vlahov attended college at Stanford University in the US from 1987 to 1991 and was coached by Mike Montgomery.

Vlahov was a key member of Stanford's 1991 National Invitational Tournament championship winning team, scoring 14 points and 11 rebounds in the championship game against Oklahoma.

Vlahov received the following awards at Stanford:

• Best Defensive Player – 3 times (1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91)
• Most Inspirational Player (1989–90)
• Team Captain (1989–90, 1990–91)
• Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic Team (1989)

Vlahov holds four Stanford school basketball records:

• 5th in career steals (130)
• 7th in career assists (278)
• 9th in season steals (50)
• 10th in career fouls (286)

NBL

After playing at Stanford, Vlahov was signed by the Perth Wildcats where he played his entire NBL career. A stellar first season with the Wildcats saw Vlahov awarded with the NBL's Rookie of the Year award. Vlahov replaced Mike Ellis as the captain of the club in 1993 after only two seasons in the NBL and remained so until his retirement.

International

Vlahov was a four-time Olympian playing with the Boomers at the 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games.

Post-playing career

While still on the playing roster with the Wildcats, Vlahov teamed up with ex-NBA player and fellow Western Australian Luc Longley to purchase the Wildcats franchise from owner Kerry Stokes. Once Longley pulled out of the venture Vlahov was the majority shareholder of the club (with Mack Hall holding a small minority of shares) until the completion of the 2005/2006 season when West Australian Jack Bendat took over the club.

In his time as owner of the Wildcats, Vlahov was instrumental in the NBL's push into the Asian market including match telecasts to Asian countries and the now discontinued "Singapore Spectacular" (a regular season match where the Wildcats played host to another NBL team in Singapore).

Vlahov appeared in a television commercial for "King Size Big and Tall", an Australian clothing company that specialises in clothing for big men.

On 4 February 2013, Vlahov was named in the Perth Wildcats 30th Anniversary All-Star team.