Eugene Edgerson (born February 10, 1978, in New Orleans, Louisiana)[1] is an American basketball player who used to play for the Harlem Globetrotters. As is tradition with the Globetrotters, Edgerson has a nickname: "Wildkat", presumably in honor of his alma mater, the University of Arizona.

Edgerson spent 1996–2001 as a member of the Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team. He played on a pair of Final Four teams (1997, 2001) with the Wildcats and was a member of the UA 1997 National Championship squad. He is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.[citation needed] He appeared as a Globetrotter on the ESPN2 program Cold Pizza on March 1, 2007.[citation needed]

During his career at Arizona, Edgerson took a one-year hiatus from competitive basketball to fulfill student-teaching duties at a Tucson kindergarten.[2] He was a detention officer and joined the Pima Community College Police Department after graduating for the Southern Arizona Law Enforcement Training Center.[3]

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  1. ^ "NBA Development League: Eugene Edgerson". NBA.com. November 5, 2012. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Kyle Veltrop (2001). "Making the grade". The Sporting News.
  3. ^ "Former Wildcat graduates from police academy". KGUN. February 2, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2021.