Sherron Mills

Sherron Mills — Biography

Sherron Mills (July 29, 1971 – January 17, 2016) was an American basketball player from Salisbury, Maryland. Standing 2.03 m (6 ft 9 in), he played as a forward.

At Snow Hill High School he led the team to the 1989 Maryland 1-A Boys Basketball State Championship, then played college basketball for Virginia Commonwealth University. He was selected 29th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1993 NBA draft but never made an NBA roster, instead building his professional career in Europe.

Over seven seasons he played in leagues such as the ACB, the LNB, the LEGA and the Turkish league; in 1995–96, with Cx Orologi Siena in Italy's Serie A, he led the league in rebounding. Mills, who also held a Turkish passport, died in Baltimore on January 17, 2016, aged 44, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).