The Utah Valley men's basketball team currently has nine former players playing professional basketball, including
TJ Washington, Kenneth Ogbe,
Brandon Randolph,
Conner Toolson,
Ivory Young,
Ryan Toolson,
Baylee Steele,
Justin Baker, and
Tyray Petty.
Kenneth Ogbe (Played at UVU, 2016-18)
Current Team: Brose Bamberg, Basketball Bundesliga (Germany)
Previous Teams: Alba Berlin, Basketball Bundesliga (Germany)
3rd professional season
Won a pair of German League championships with Alba Berlin.
In his first season with Brose Bamberg.
Team website:
https://www.brosebamberg.de/
Brandon Randolph (Played at UVU, 2016-18)
Current Team: Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin (Israel)
Previous Teams: Zaporozhye (Ukraine), SCM Timisoara (Romania)
3rd professional season
Averaged 19.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 4.2 steals per game last season for Zaporozhye in the top league in Ukraine.
Current season- 13.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.3 apg
TJ Washington (Played at UVU, 2018-20)
Current Team: APOP Paphou (Cyprus)
1st professional season
Averaged 12.4 points, 4.6 assists, and 3.4 rebounds per game last season for UVU. His 4.6 assists per game last season was the second-best assists per game average in UVU history. His 136 assists this past year are the third-most ever in a single season in UVU history
Team website:
https://www.facebook.com/APOP.Basketball/
Conner Toolson (Played at UVU, 2016-19)
Current Team: Real Canoe N.C. (Madrid, Spain)
1st professional season
Toolson was just the eighth player in UVU history to score 1,000 points during his career, which spanned from 2016-19. He ranks fifth on the all-time UVU scoring list with 1,218 points.
Team website:
Real Canoe
Ivory Young (Played at UVU, 2015-17)
Current Team: Corio Bay, Australia State League (Australia)
3rd professional season
Last season (2019-20): 17.4 ppg, 48.1 FG%, 3.9 rpg,
3.0 apg, 1.9 spg (led team)
The current season was cancelled due to COVID.
Team website:
www.coriobaybasketball.com.au
Ryan Toolson (Played at UVU, 2003-04-2006-09)
Most Recent Team: Manresa, Liga ACB (Spain)
12th professional season
Current Team: Not currently under contract
Previous Teams: Pinar Karsiyaka (Turkey), Benetton Treviso (Italy), Sutor Montegranaro (Italy), Allaga Petkin (Turkey), Gran Canaria (Spain), Unicaja (Spain), Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russia), Istanbul BB (Turkey), Manresa (Spain).
His European accolades include a Turkish League All-State appearance,
All-Turkish League honors, All-Spanish ACB honors, Spanish ACB All-Imports team honors, Spanish Liga Endesa All-Imports team honors, All-VTB League honors, and VTB League All-Imports team honors
Team website:
www.basquetmanresa.com
Tyray Petty (Played at UVU, 2008-10)
Current Team: City Oilers (Uganda)
10th professional season
Has played in nine different countries, including Mexico, Columbia, Bolivia, Hungary, Jordan, China, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, and Uganda. Also spent time at the Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls training camps. Also played at the G-League's Rio Grande Vipers and Dakota Wizards camp.
Team website:
https://www.facebook.com/CityOilersBasketballClub/
Baylee Steel (Played at UVU, 2018-19)
Current Team: PGE Spójnia Stargard (Poland)
1st professional season
Averged 8.5 points and 7.2 rebounds per game during the 2018-19 season with the Wolverines, helping UVU to the second round of the College Basketball Invitational. Steele is currently averaging 10.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game in his first season with the polish team.
Team website:
PGE Spójnia Stargard
Justin Baker (Played at UVU, 2008-11)
Most Recent Team: Salon Vilpas (Finland) - currently a free agent
Previous Teams: Vaerlose BBK (Denmark), Maccabi (Israel), Kauhajoen Karhu (Finland), Eco Orebro (Sweden), White Wings Hanau (Germany), Rakvere Tarvas (Estonia), Dinamo Bucuresti (Romania), Ermis Agias (Greece), Salon Vilpas (Finland).
9th professional season
Baker has played in eight different countries since graduating from Utah Valley. The former Wolverine has had an impressive eight-year career so far overseas. Baker played three years at UVU under coach Dick Hunsaker, averaging 7.8 points and 4.4 rebounds a game. He shot an impressive 53.1 percent from the field during his three seasons at UVU.