Olimpico lands Austin Wrighten, ex Ancud

Ciclista Olimpico de La Banda (La Liga) signed 29-year-old American 192cm swingman Austin Wrighten (college: Lynchburg) for the upcoming season. Wrighten, who last played for Asociacion Basquetbol Ancud in the Chilean LNB league, put up impressive numbers of 24.5ppg, 5.0rpg, 4.2apg, and 1.5spg in the 6 games he played last season. Prior to his time in Chile, he also played for Toros (CIBACOPA) in the Mexican league.
Wrighten is a very experienced player, thanks to pro basketball he experienced life in eight different countries playing on three different continents. He is familiar with European, Latin American and of course North American leagues. Wrighten has played professionally in Brazil (Pato), Estonia (Tallinn Kalev and Kadrina), Malta (Mellieha), Mexico (Mineros), Paraguay (San Jose), Portugal (Galitos-Aveiro) and Nicaragua (Jaguares).
Among many awards, he played in the final of the Chilean Liga Nacional in 2024. He received the Latinbasket.com All-Chilean LNB Player of the Year award and the Latinbasket.com All-Chilean LNB Import Player of the Year award in 2024.
Wrighten attended a camp at Eurobasket Summer League on his way to pro basketball.
He graduated from the University of Lynchburg in 2019, and this will be his eighth season in professional basketball.