Clint Steindl

Clinton Steindl (born 15 March 1989) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). After attending the Australian Institute of Sport, he moved to the United States in 2008 to play college basketball for Saint Mary's. In 2012, he returned to Australia and joined the Cairns Taipans, where he spent two seasons. In 2014, he joined the Townsville Crocodiles, where he spent another two seasons and won the NBL Most Improved Player in 2016. After stints in Belgium and Greece, he joined the Wildcats in 2017, going on to win his first NBL championship in 2019. He has also represented the Australian national team.

Clint Steindl
Steindl in March 2019
No. 35 – Perth Wildcats
PositionSmall forward / Shooting guard
LeagueNBL
Personal information
Born (1989-03-15) 15 March 1989
Mackay, Queensland
NationalityAustralian
Listed height200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
High schoolAnglican Church Grammar School
(Brisbane, Queensland)
CollegeSaint Mary's (2008–2012)
NBA draft2012 / Undrafted
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2008Australian Institute of Sport
2012–2014Cairns Taipans
2014–2015Mackay Meteors
2014–2016Townsville Crocodiles
2016–2017Leuven Bears
2017Panionios
2017–presentPerth Wildcats
2018Cockburn Cougars
2019Perry Lakes Hawks
Career highlights and awards

Early life and career

Steindl grew up in Mackay, Queensland, and attended secondary school in Brisbane at Anglican Church Grammar School.[1] In 2007 and 2008, he attended the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra, where he played for the program's SEABL team.[2]

For the 2008–09 season, Steindl moved to the United States to play college basketball for Saint Mary's.[3] In 122 games over four seasons, he made 70 starts and averaged 6.2 points and 2.4 rebounds in 20.6 minutes per game.[3]

As a senior in 2011–12, Steindl began the season in the starting lineup, but had to miss three games in the middle of the season after injuring his ankle against Missouri State. When he returned, his starting spot had been claimed. Left to come off the bench, Steindl operated as a 3-point specialist and defensive stopper. A mid-February injury to starting guard Stephen Holt saw him miss the remainder of the regular season, leading to Steindl moving back into the starting lineup. In the five games during Holt's absence, Steindl averaged 12.2 points per game. In three of those five games, he led the Gaels in scoring.[4] His roommates as a senior were fellow Australians Matthew Dellavedova and Mitchell Young.[4]

College statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Saint Mary's 2409.0.333.333.8001.0.2.0.02.7
2009–10 Saint Mary's 342623.8.415.377.8132.61.1.6.16.9
2010–11 Saint Mary's 343023.0.427.423.6152.71.0.4.26.6
2011–12 Saint Mary's 301423.5.408.420.9382.9.9.6.27.9
Career 1227020.6.408.400.8282.4.8.4.26.2

Professional career

Upon completing his college career, Steindl returned home to Queensland and joined the Cairns Taipans of the National Basketball League.[5] Over two seasons with the Taipans, he played 53 games and averaged 4.1 points as a rookie and 7.4 points during the 2013–14 season.[6]

In 2014, Steindl played in the Queensland Basketball League with the Mackay Meteors.[7] After initially indicating his desire to play in Europe, Steindl joined the Townsville Crocodiles ahead of the 2014–15 NBL season.[8][9] After averaging 9.6 points in 28 games during his first season with the Crocodiles,[6] Steindl had a four-game stint with the Meteors in 2015.[7]

Steindl returned to the Crocodiles for the 2015–16 season[10] and won the NBL Most Improved Player Award.[11] In 28 games, he averaged 12.7 points per game.[12]

For the 2016–17 season, Steindl moved to Belgium to play for the Leuven Bears,[13] where he averaged 12.8 points in 26 games.

Following a pre-season stint with the Perth Wildcats,[14][15] Steindl returned to the Europe for the 2017–18 season, joining Greek team Panionios.[16] However, he appeared in just three games for Panionios before returning to Australia.[17] He reunited with the Wildcats[18] and averaged 2.8 points in 23 games.[12]

An off-season stint with the SBL's Cockburn Cougars in 2018[19][20] saw him suffer a fractured left wrist in just his second game.[21] He returned to Perth for the 2018–19 season and won his first NBL championship after the Wildcats defeated Melbourne United 3–1 in the 2019 NBL Grand Final series.[22][23] In 34 games in 2018–19, he averaged 6.9 points per game.[12] During the 2019 off-season, he played for the Perry Lakes Hawks in the SBL.[24]

On 6 April 2019, Steindl re-signed with the Wildcats on a two-year deal.[25]

National team career

Steindl was selected to compete on the Australian under-19 squad that toured France in 2007.[3] In 2011, he made his debut for the senior national team, the Australian Boomers.[3][26] In 2013, he won gold at the Stanković Cup[27] and silver at the World University Games.[28][29]

Personal

Steindl's wife is Perth Lynx player Kayla Standish.[30][31]

gollark: He was meant to be doing the obstacle course thing, didn't particularly do anything, and was told by Mr Wilde to work out how to use the xbox controller, which is doomed to failure I think.
gollark: I know Joshua *isn't*, at least?
gollark: I'm not clear exactly what everyone is doing, but:- Ojas and someone are doing mechanical/hardware design, which is general to basically all the challenges- me and Aidan are doing cameras and sensors, which generalizes to most of them- actually I have no idea if anyone else is doing anything
gollark: Only because lots of people are effectively just ignoring the team divisions.
gollark: I don't think mr wilde will mind if we come up with a better way to organize stuff and explain why.

References
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  2. "Past Athletes". ausport.gov.au. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  3. "Clint Steindl". smcgaels.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019.
  4. Enos, Ben (15 March 2012). "Saint Mary's steady swingman Clint Steindl making most of increased role". mercurynews.com. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  5. "Taipans rate college recruit as world class". abc.net.au. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  6. "Player statistics for Clint Steindl – NBL". FoxSportsPulse.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  7. "Player statistics for Clint Steindl – QBL". SportingPulse.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
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  9. Thompson, Michael (27 June 2014). "Australian Boomers player Clint Steindl joins Crocs for 2014/15 season". TownsvilleBulletin.com.au. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
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  11. "STEINDL TAKES OUT MOST IMPROVED HONOUR". NBL.com.au. 17 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
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  13. "Clint Steindl inks with Leuven Bears". Sportando.com. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  14. "Wildcats unveil new outfit, still looking for import cover". The West Australian. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017. Former Cairns and Townsville forward Clint Steindl is training with the team and could play against the 36ers.
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  23. "Wildcats claim Ninth Championship!". Wildcats.com.au. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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  26. "12-MAN BOOMERS TEAM SELECTED FOR YOUYI GAMES". australia.basketball. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  27. "EMERGING BOOMERS TALENT READY FOR STANKOVIC CUP". Basketball.net.au. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  28. "AUSTRALIAN TEAMS NAMED FOR 2013 WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES". Basketball.net.au. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
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  31. "FRIDAY WOMEN'S SBL RECAP – QUARTER FINALS WEEK 1". SBL.asn.au. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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