{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1965)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Wayne Engelstad | image = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8 | weight_lbs = 245 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|12|6}} | birth_place = Rosemead, California, U.S. | highschool = Don Bosco Technical Institute<br />(Rosemead, California) | college = UC Irvine (1984–1988) | draft_year = 1988 | career_start = 1988 | career_end = 1999 | career_position = Power forward | career_number = 43 | years1 = {{nbay|1988|start}} | team1 = Denver Nuggets | years2 = 1988–1989 | team2 = Albany Patroons | years3 = 1989 | team3 = Pamesa Valencia | years4 = 1989–1990 | team4 = Omaha Racers | years5 = 1991 | team5 = Hobart Tassie Devils | years6 = 1991 | team6 = Rapid City Thrillers | years7 = 1991–1992 | team7 = La Crosse Catbirds | years8 = 1993–1994 | team8 = FC Porto | years9 = 1994–1995 | team9 = Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca | years10 = 1997–1998 | team10 = Estrelas da Avenida | years11 = 1998–1999 | team11 = FC Porto | highlights = * CBA champion (1992) * First-team All-PCAA (1988) }}
'''Wayne Edward Engelstad'''<ref>Spelled "Engelstad" in [http://www.boscotech.edu/docs/Athletics_Hall_Of_Fame.pdf DBTI] and [http://ucirvinesports.cstv.com/trads/halloffame.html UCI] athletic records, but "Englestad" in some sources referring to his later professional career.</ref> (born December 6, 1965)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/wayne_e_engelstad_born_1965_9142425|title=Wayne E Engelstad was born on December 6, 1965 in Los Angeles County, California|website=californiabirthindex.org|publisher=California Birth Index|access-date=May 25, 2020}}</ref> is a retired American professional basketball player. Born in Rosemead, California, he was a {{convert|6|ft|8|in|cm|adj=on}}, {{convert|245|lb|kg|adj=on|abbr=on}} forward and played collegiately at the University of California, Irvine.
He played for the Denver Nuggets for 11 games in 1988–89, averaging 2.5 points and 1.5 rebounds per contest. He also played in Portugal<ref>[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=POR&PlayerID=8619 Wayne Englestad Eurobasket profile]</ref> and with the Hobart Tassie Devils in the Australian NBL in 1991, averaging 18 points per game in 24 contests.<ref>[http://www.nblstats.com/players.php?playerid=10361 Wayne Engelstad NBL stats] @ nblstats.com</ref>
Engelstad won a Continental Basketball Association (CBA) championship with the La Crosse Catbirds in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |title=1991-92 La Crosse Catbirds Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBALCC/y-1991 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 11, 2025}}</ref>
Engelstad's daughter Sabrina played in the 2013–2014 season at Saint Mary's before transferring to UC Irvine for the 2016–2017 and 2017–2018 seasons.<ref>{{cite web|title=UC Irvine Athletics|url=https://ucirvinesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2411|accessdate=14 May 2018}}</ref>
==See also== *Don Bosco Technical Institute
==External links== *[http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ENGLEWA01 NBA stats] @ ''basketballreference.com''
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