{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography |name = Deon Edwin |image = |caption = |position = Shooting guard |height_ft = 6 |height_in = 3 |weight_lbs = 209 | league = NB I/A | team = Atomerőmű SE | number = 15 |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1992|10|9}} |birth_place = Laramie, Wyoming |nationality = American / Virgin Islander |high_school = Red Lion Christian Academy<br>(Bear, Delaware) |college = Kent State (2014–2017) |draft_year = 2017 |career_start = 2017 |years1 = 2017–2018 |team1 = KTP |years2 = 2018–2019 |team2 = Khimik |years3 = 2019 |team3 = Kyiv-Basket |years4 = 2020–2021 |team4 = Prometey |years5 = 2021–2022 |team5 = Khimik |years6 = 2022 |team6 = Rabotnički |years7 = 2022–2023 |team7 = Atomerőmű SE |years8 = 2023–2024 |team8 = DEAC |years9 = 2024–2025 |team9 = MZT Skopje |years10 = 2025–present |team10 = Atomerőmű SE |highlights = *2× Ukrainian League champion (2019, 2021) *Macedonian League champion (2025) *Macedonian Cup winner (2025) *Ukrainian League All-Star (2019) *Ukrainian League MVP (2019) *Macedonian League MVP (2025)
}} '''Deon Edwin''' (born October 9, 1992) is a U.S. Virgin Islander professional basketball player who plays for Atomerőmű SE of the NB I/A at club, and the US Virgin Islands internationally. Standing at {{height|m=1.91}}, he plays as a point guard or a shooting guard.
==Club career== Edwin started his professional career KTP-Basket in the Finnish Korisliiga.<ref>{{cite news |title=KTP Basket signs Deon Edwin |url=https://www.interperformances.com/news/ktp-basket-signs-deon-edwin-/ |access-date=23 June 2021 |work=www.interperformances.com |language=en}}</ref> He averaged 15.3 points and 6.0 rebounds in 41 games during his rookie season.<ref name=proballers/>
In August 2018, Edwin signed with Ukrainian club Khimik of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.<ref>{{cite news |title=Khimik signs Deon Edwin |url=https://www.interperformances.com/news/-khimik-signs-deon-edwin/ |access-date=23 June 2021 |work=www.interperformances.com |language=en}}</ref> He was an instrumental part in Khimik's run to the 2018–19 Ukrainian SuperLeague title. He averaged 15.8 points per game for Khimik.<ref name=proballers/>
On July 29, 2019, Edwin signed with Kyiv-Basket in Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |title=ДЕОН ЕДВІН СТАВ ГРАВЦЕМ КИЇВ-БАСКЕТА |url=https://kyiv-basket.com.ua/holovni-novyny/deon-edvin-stav-hravtsem-kyiv-basketa/ |date=29 July 2019 |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
For the 2020–21 season, Edwin signed with his third Ukrainian team, Prometey, and won a second Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague title. Edwin averaged 11.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists for Prometey.<ref name=proballers>{{cite news |title=Deon Edwin, Basketball Player |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/72909/deon-edwin |access-date=23 June 2021 |work=Proballers |language=en}}</ref>
Edwin rejoined Khimik in 2021 and averaged 12 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game. On February 11, 2022, he signed with Rabotnički of the Macedonian League.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Najdovski |first1=Darko |title=Rabotnicki sign a second foreign player |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/North-Macedonia/news/730801/Rabotnicki-sign-a-second-foreign-player |website=Eurobasket |access-date=February 11, 2022 |date=February 11, 2022}}</ref>
==National team career== Edwin has been a member of the U.S. Virgin Islands national basketball team and played with the team at 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.<ref>{{cite web |title=Virgin Islands at the FIBA Americup 2017 |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/Virgin-Islands |website=FIBA.basketball |access-date=23 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref> He averaged 6.6 points and 4.4 rebounds in five games, helping his country end in the fourth place.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deon EDWIN at the FIBA Americup 2017 |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/americup/2017/player/Deon-Edwin |website=FIBA.basketball |access-date=23 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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