Steven Burtt to Avtodor Saratov

Steven Burtt (185 cm, Iona’06) has been signed by Avtodor Saratov from Russia’s Superleague. Burtt, a holder of both an American and a Ukranian passport, is the son of Steve Burtt Sr.; a basketball player in the Italian league in the nineties. His 2012-13 season began with him playing in Turkey’s TBL for Tofas Bursa. He played eight games for them in the EuroChallenge and averaged 17.3 ppg and 4.8 apg. He played 15 games for Tofas Bursa in the TBL and averaged 17.9 ppg and 4.2 apg. He left the team in January 2013.

In 2011 and 2012 Burtt was a member of the Ukrainian National Team. He spent the 2011-12 season playing in the Ukraine for Dnipro Dnepropetrovsk, where he averaged 18.9 ppg and 5.1 apg in 40 games.