Andre Ingram

Andre Ingram (born November 19, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who played two seasons for the Los Angeles Lakers. He played college basketball for American University, where he finished his four-year career as the school's fifth all-time leading scorer with 1,655 points. He made his NBA debut with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018. Ingram is the NBA G League's career leader in three-point field goals and games played. He has also scored the third-most points in league history and won the D-League 3-Point Contest in 2010 and 2016.

As a pro, Ingram spent four seasons with the Utah Flash between 2007 and 2011, and four seasons with the Los Angeles D-Fenders between 2012 and 2016. After a short stint in Australia with the Perth Wildcats, Ingram returned to the D-Fenders in March 2017. He continued on with the renamed South Bay Lakers for the 2017–18 season, before joining the Los Angeles Lakers in April 2018, and finally making his NBA debut.

Early life

Ingram was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, and grew up in a tight-knit family of four. He loved basketball from an early age, and by the time he turned 12, he was beating his older brother by seven years, Lucius, in one-on-one.

Ingram attended Highland Springs High School in Highland Springs, Virginia, where he led the basketball team to the Group AAA championship as a senior in 2002–03, the first title in school history. That year, he averaged 22.8 points and 9.5 rebounds per game, while shooting 49 percent from three-point range. He was subsequently named the Associated Press Group AAA Player of the Year for his division. He left Highland Springs as a two-time Capital District Player of the Year and First-Team All-Metro, and as a senior was a First-Team All-State and First-Team All-Central Region pick.