{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Devon Beitzel | image = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lbs = 180 | nationality = American | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|02|24}} | birth_place = Lafayette, Colorado | high_school = Centaurus (Lafayette, Colorado) | college = Northern Colorado (2007–2011) | draft_year = 2011 | career_start = 2011 | career_end = 2012 | career_number = | career_position = Point guard | years1 = 2011–2012 | team1 = San Martín de Corrientes | highlights = *Big Sky Player of the Year (2011) *First-team All-Big Sky (2011) *Second-team All-Big Sky (2010) *First-team Academic All-American (2011) }} '''Devon Beitzel''' (born February 24, 1988) is an American former professional basketball point guard. He played college basketball for Northern Colorado. As a redshirt senior in 2010–11, he averaged 21.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/32814|title=Devon Beitzel #32 G|access-date=February 22, 2011|publisher=ESPN}}</ref> Beitzel was named Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year and led the Bears to their first NCAA Tournament berth in school history.<ref>{{cite news |first=John|last=Henderson|url=http://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_17578066?source=bb| title=Northern Colorado beats Montana, earns first-ever trip to NCAA Tournament|date=March 9, 2011|accessdate=September 11, 2011|work=Denver Post}}</ref> Beitzel also received national recognition in 2011 as a first team Academic All-American, a Lowe's Senior CLASS Award finalist and an AP honorable mention All-American.
In November 2011, Beitzel signed with San Martín de Corrientes of Argentina's A League.<ref>{{cite news |title=Beitzel agrees to terms with Argentina pro team |url=https://www.greeleytribune.com/2011/11/18/beitzel-agrees-to-terms-with-argentina-pro-team/ |accessdate=August 10, 2020 |work=Greeley Tribune |date=November 18, 2011}}</ref> Beitzel played one season of professional basketball in Argentina before returning to the United States to enter a career in business, joining Federated Insurance in Minnesota. Two years later, he became a sales executive for Flood & Peterson Insurance in Greeley, Colorado.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mustari|first=Samuel|url=http://www.greeleytribune.com/sports/greeley-sports/former-unc-hoops-stars-find-new-niches-in-greeley/|title=Former UNC hoops stars find new niches in Greeley|work=Greeley Tribune|date=August 5, 2015|accessdate=December 8, 2016}}</ref>
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