Rick Rickert

Rick Rickert is a towering 6 ft 11 figure whose story I find quietly moving. Born in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1983, he was a local legend at Duluth East High School and was named 2001 Minnesota Mr. Basketball before heading to the University of Minnesota as a heavily recruited prospect. I always think about the pressure that comes with being everyone's great hope so young; the professional game is unforgiving, and expectations like that cut both ways. Yet the title he earned back home can never be taken from him. A kid sweating in a snowbound Duluth gym who captured an entire state's attention, that alone warms me.

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Name (English)

Rick Rickert

Name (Japanese)

リック・リカート

Reading

りっく・りかーと

Born

February 11, 1983 (age 43)

Origin

Duluth, Minnesota, United States

Height

211 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Boar

High school

East High School

University

University of Minnesota

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick%20Rickert
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q429322

Tags

• Minnesota
• basketball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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