Nate Bowie

Bowie started his college career in 2004 playing for Colby Community College, a first division National Junior College Athletic Association team. For his freshman year, he averaged 10.9 points per game. For his sophomore year, he doubled his scoring stats, averaging 20.8 points per game.[4] In 2006, he won NJCAA awards and distinctions. He was All-Tournament First Team, All Conference First Team, All Region Team and All American. He was also the NJCAA Co-Player of the Year in 2006.[4]

At the end of his sophomore season at Colby, Bowie transferred to the University of Central Arkansas, a National Collegiate Athletic Association team in order to have a chance to become a professional player.[3] As a junior, Bowie averaged 10.8 points per game. The next season (2007–2008), he averaged 17.5 points per game.[4] He also averaged 20.3 points per game in the Southland Conference, winning the scoring title. On February 2, 2008, he scored 39 points in a win against Nicholls State University. He became All-Southland Conference 2nd Team, All-Southland American Team, and also NCAA All-American Nominee.[4] At the end of his college career, Rand Chappell described Bowie's career as "solid, and sometimes spectacular".[2]

At the end of his senior year in college, Bowie signed for NBA D-League Draft. However, he was not drafted. In March 2009, he joined the Vancouver Titans, a team in the International Basketball League. He played 10 games and he averaged 23.1 points per game. During the season, he left his team in order to train in Morocco.

Before the beginning of the season, he signed with Zasavje PRO-TEK of the Slovenian Premier A League, but only appeared in pre-season games. He moved to Spain in October 2009, to play for Establencimientos Otero Xuven Cambados, in the fourth-tier Liga EBA. He played 27 games, scoring 14.5 points per game. In March 2010, he signed at Yamhill High Flyers, in the International Basketball League. He played 25 games, and averaged 23.8 points per game. He became an IBL All Star, and had the IBL Honorable Mention. His team went to the semifinals of the championship.

Bowie signed with Terceira Basket of the Portuguese second-tier Proliga at the beginning of the 2010–2011 season. He played 32 games and averaged 25.6 points per game, 6.7 rebounds per game, and 5.3 assists per game. Terceira Basket won the Proliga Championship in 2011 and was promoted to the top-tier Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol. The following season, Bowie played 15 games for Terceira, averaging 19.1 points per game. He left Terceira Basket in March 2012, and joined Al Ahli Sports Club Doha, in the Qatar-D1, where he played 3 games.

At the beginning of the season 2012–2013, Bowie joined Georgian Superliga club Energy Invest Rustavi, where he played 23 games, and averaged 21.9 points per game. He played the entire season with Energy, and played in the All-Star Game. Rustavi finished the season in second place, losing in the finals.

Bowie started the 2013–2014 season in the Ukraine-Superleague, playing for SC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. He played 19 games, averaging 10.8 points per game, before moving to Maliye Milli Piyango, in the Turkish third-tier TB2L in March 2014. He played 4 games with the team, averaging 11.0 points per game.

He joined Trikala Basketball Club for the 2014–15 season in the Greek Basket League. In 10 games, he averaged 10.2 points and 6.0 assists per game.[6]

• Proliga winner (2011)

• NJCAA All-Tournament First Team (2006)
• NJCAA First Team All Conf (2006)
• NJCAA All-Region Team (2006)
• Co-Player of the Year (2006)
• All-Southland Conf. 2nd Team (2008)
• All-Southland American Team (2008)
• NCAA All-American Nominee (2008)
• IBL All-Star (2010)
• Georgian Superliga All-Star (2013)