Ashley Hamilton (basketball)

Ashley Hamilton (born 28 September 1988) is a British professional basketball player for Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto of the Spanish LEB Oro and for the Great Britain men's national team. He played college basketball for Loyola Marymount.

High school career
Hamilton played high school basketball at Lawrence Academy, in Groton, Massachusetts.

College career
Hamilton started his career in Spain with Gran Canaria and Tenefe Vecindario. In 2008, he left Spain in order to play college basketball at Loyola Marymount University with the Loyola Marymount Lions. At the end of his senior season, Hamilton averaged 11.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, 0.68 steals and 0.64 assists per game in 22 games.

Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Hamilton joined VL Pesaro of the Serie A on 20 September 2013. He was waived after one month. Then, he signed with Viola Reggio Calabria for the rest of the season.

In 2014, he signed with Cherkaski Monkeys, and at the end of the season, he joined Sagesse for the Lebanese playoffs.

On 23 September 2015, Hamilton joined Olimpia Matera. He left the club on December and joined Lavrio of the Greek Basket League.

On 4 December 2019 he signed with Básquet Coruña of the LEB Oro. He averaged 11.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. On September 1, 2020, he has signed with Plymouth Raiders of the British Basketball League (BBL).

On April 27, 2022, Hamilton signed a contract with the Montreal Alliance of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL).

On December 16, 2023, Hamilton signed with Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto of the Spanish LEB Oro.

National team career
Hamilton made his debut for the Great Britain Men's National Team on 21 July 2010 in an international test match against Canada at ACS Cobham. He scored a career high 13 points against Kosovo in FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers in Manchester on 17 August 2019.