{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Kyle Visser | image = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 11 | weight_lbs = 255 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|10|19|mf=y}} | birth_place = Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. | high_school = Forest Hills Central<br/>(Grand Rapids, Michigan) | college = Wake Forest (2003–2007) | draft_year = 2007 | career_start = 2007 | career_end =2015 | career_number = | career_position = Center | years1 = 2007–2009 | team1 = Phantoms Braunschweig | years2 = 2009–2010 | team2 = Ludwigsburg | years3 = 2010–2012 | team3 = Phantoms Braunschweig | years4 = 2013 | team4 = Radnički Kragujevac | years5 = 2013–2015 | team5 = Phantoms / Löwen Braunschweig | awards = *Third-team All-ACC (2007) }} '''Kyle Lee Visser''' (born October 19, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player.
== Biography == Visser graduated from Forest Hills Central High School in 2003 and played for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons from 2003–04 to 2006–07. He was considered by ESPN to be the nation's most improved college basketball player after having scored 466 points during his senior season, which was more than his previous three seasons combined.
Visser ranked seventh in the ACC in scoring at 17.3 ppg, and ranked second in the league in field goal shooting percentage (.593). He was the only player in the entire conference to rank in the top ten in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage, and blocks. On November 11, 2006, he set a school record for field goal percentage in a single game (1.000) by shooting a perfect 10-for-10 against James Madison University. Visser also ranks seventh in school history with 113 career blocks. In his senior season, he scored 20 points nine times to go along with six double-doubles.<ref>NBA Draft Media Guide 2007</ref> Visser signed a nine-month contract with a German professional basketball team, the New Yorker Phantoms in October 2007. On July 25, 2013, he returned to Phantoms Braunschweig signing two year–deal.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Yorker Phantoms sign Kyle Visser|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/germany/60209/new-yorker-phantoms-sign-kyle-visser.html|publisher=Sportando.net|accessdate=25 July 2013}}</ref>
== Retirement == On October 1, 2015, Visser officially retired from professional basketball and decided to continue working as a Real Estate agent. He is also continuing to work with kids on their basketball games during his camps and by organizing workouts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fox17online.com/2015/10/01/kyle-visser-retires-from-professional-basketball/|title=Kyle Visser retires from professional basketball|last=Hutton|first=Jason|date=October 1, 2015|website=fox17online.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090904073239/http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/visser_kyle00.html Wake Forest Demon Deacons bio]
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