Brett Winkelman

Brett Winkelman is an American former professional basketball player who played in Italy, Poland, and Brazil.
From 2005 to 2009 Winkelman played for the North [Dakota State Bison men's basketball] team. He majored in industrial engineering. He earned all-independent honors in 2007 and in 2008 and 2009 he was selected to the First-team All-Summit League. In 2009 Winkelman helped lead the Bison to a Summit League tournament victory and an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Men's [Division I Basketball Tournament|2009 NCAA tournament]. Brett Winkelman holds the NDSU all-time rebound record and sits second to teammate Ben Woodside on the NDSU all-time scoring record list. In 2009 Winkelman was named Division I Men's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year.
In July 2009, he signed with Nuova Pallacanestro Pavia in Italy.
In February 2010 he moved to Poland.

Personal life

Winkelman is married and has two children. After his time in Brazil, he returned to Fargo and attended North Dakota State University again where he earned his MBA. He then worked for Fargo Assembly Company as a plant manager before becoming the company's president.