Former Kentucky forward Kyle Wiltjer has re-signed with Umana Reyer Venezia in Italy’s Serie A league.
Wiltjer, a member of Kentucky’s 2012 national championship team, averaged 13.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game in 19 Eurocup games for Venezia last season.
Here is an excerpt from Eurobasket.com:
Umana Reyer Venezia (Serie A) confirmed in their roster 33-year old Canadian international power forward Kyle Wiltjer (207cm-109kg-1992, college: Gonzaga) for new 2026-27 season. He has played there for the last three seasons. He helped them to make it to the Italian League final. Good season as he was named League Player of the Week (2 times) and named to Eurobasket.com All-Italian League Third Team. Wiltjer played 19 games in Eurocup where he had 13.2ppg, 3.6rpg and 1.7apg last season.
He has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2016.
Wiltjer has also been a member of the Canadian international program for some years. He has regularly played for the Canadian senior team since 2015 and previously for the University National Team back in 2013.
