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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1968)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
 | name              = Rodney Monroe
 | image             = 
 | width             = 
 | caption           = 
 | height_ft         = 6
 | height_in         = 3
 | weight_lb         = 185
 | birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1968|04|16}}
 | birth_place       = [[Baltimore, Maryland]], U.S.
 | death_date        = 
 | death_place       = 
 | high_school       = [[St. Maria Goretti High School|St. Maria Goretti]]<br>([[Hagerstown, Maryland]])
 | college           = [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|NC State]] (1987–1991)
 | draft_year        = 1991
 | draft_round       = 2
 | draft_pick        = 30
 | draft_team        = [[Atlanta Hawks]]
 | career_start      = 1991
 | career_end        = 2007
 | career_number     = 12
 | career_position   = [[Shooting guard]]
 | years1            = {{nbay|1991|full=y}}
 | team1             = [[Atlanta Hawks]]
 | years2            = 1993
 | team2             = [[Canberra Cannons]]
 | years3            = 1993–1994
 | team3             = [[Rochester Renegade]]
 | years4            = 1994–1995
 | team4             = [[Hapoel Gvat/Yagur B.C.|Hapoel Gvat/Yagur]]
 | years5            = 1995–1997
 | team5             = [[Florida Beach Dogs]]
 | years6            = 1997–1998
 | team6             = [[Keravnos B.C.|Keravnos]]
 | years7            = 1998–1999
 | team7             = [[Libertas Pallacanestro Forlì|Libertas Forlì]]
 | years8            = 1999–2002
 | team8             = [[Fabriano Basket]]
 | years9            = 2002–2003
 | team9             = [[Roseto Basket|Euro Roseto]]
 | years10           = 2003–2005
 | team10            = [[Basket Rimini Crabs|Conad Rimini]]
 | years11           = 2005–2006
 | team11            = [[CB Plasencia|Plasencia]]
 | years12           = 2007
 | team12            = [[Pepsi Caserta]]
 | highlights        = 
* [[Continental Basketball Association Newcomer of the Year Award|CBA Newcomer of the Year]] (1994)
* [[All-NBL Team|All-NBL Third Team]] (1993)
* Second-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] – [[United Press International|UPI]], [[National Association of Basketball Coaches|NABC]] ([[1991 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1991]])
* Third-team All-American – [[Associated Press|AP]] (1991)
* [[Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|ACC Player of the Year]] (1991)
* 2× First-team [[List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams|All-ACC]] (1989, 1991)
* Second-team All-ACC (1990)
* No. 21 jersey [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball#Honored jerseys|honored by NC State Wolfpack]]
* First-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] (1987)
 | medal_templates   = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{flagu|United States}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Americas Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1989 Tournament of the Americas|1989 Mexico City]] | National team}}
}}
'''Rodney Eugene Monroe''' (born April 16, 1968) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player who played in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) and other leagues. He was selected by the [[Atlanta Hawks]] in the second round (30th pick overall) of the [[1991 NBA draft]].

A {{convert|6|ft|3|in|m|adj=on}} [[shooting guard]], Monroe played only one year in the NBA with the Hawks during the [[1991–92 NBA season|1991–92 season]], appearing in 38 games and scoring a total of 131 points. Monroe also played professionally in Australia, Greece, Israel, Italy (for [[Carne Montana Forli]] (1998–1999)), [[Fabriano Basket|Fabriano Basket a.k.a. Banca Marche Fabriano]] (1999–2002) and [[Roseto Basket|Euro Roseto]] (2002–2003), Spain, and the Philippines. Currently, Monroe is the director of basketball operations and men's basketball coach at [[SouthLake Christian Academy]] in [[Huntersville, North Carolina]].<ref>[http://www.huntersvilleherald.com/sports/2011/04/14/catching-up-with-southlake%E2%80%99s-new-hoops-coach-rodney-monroe/ Catching up with SouthLake's new hoops coach Rodney Monroe]</ref>

Monroe played collegiately at [[North Carolina State]] and was the [[Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year]] in 1991 after averaging 27.0 points per game. He broke [[David Thompson (basketball)|David Thompson]]'s school scoring record at NC State and is fourth on the ACC's all-time scoring list with 2,551 career points. In 2002, Monroe was named to the [[ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team]] as one of the fifty greatest players in [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] history.

Monroe attended [[St. Maria Goretti High School]] in [[Hagerstown, Maryland]] and played in the competitive [[Baltimore Catholic League]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80y9hCDGxOY With Chris Corchiani at N.C. State, as Fire and Ice (1988-91)]

{{United States squad 1989 FIBA Americas Championship}}
{{Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year navbox}}
{{1991 NBA draft}}

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