Ben Woodside is an American professional basketball player who plays for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketball League.
Education
He attended Albert Lea High School where he set school career records for points, assists and steals.
From 2005 to 2009, he was a member of the North Dakota State Bison men"s basketball team Woodside sat out the 2004-2005 season as a redshirt in the Bison program He was later selected to two All-Conference first teams and was named the 2009 The Summit League Player of the Year.
Woodside helped the Bison to upset Marquette and Wisconsin, both nationally ranked teams.
On December 22, 2008, Woodside broke the NDSU career scoring record against Northern Arizona.
In 2009 Woodside led the Bison to win the Summit League Tournament and get an automatic bid to the 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament in their first year of eligibility.
Career
In the summer of 2009, Woodside joined the Minnesota Timberwolves summer league team Woodside played for BCM Gravelines, a French Pro A team in northern France, in 2009-2010. He averaged 14.8 ppg and 4.9 apg, and was invited to the French League All-Star Game December 9, 2009.
In the summer of 2010, Woodside joined the Golden State Warriors summer league team
In July 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Slovenian club Union Olimpija. In December 2011, he left Olimpija because of the club"s financial problems and signed with British Columbia Armia of the Georgian Superliga.
In July 2012, he signed with TED Ankara Kolejliler of Turkey. In August 2013, he signed a one-year deal with the Italian club Vanoli Cremona On July 3, 2014, he signed with his former team TED Ankara Kolejliler.
But due to health problems, his contract was dropped.
On November 23, 2014, he signed with Central Bank Sevilla of Spain for the rest of the season. On June 8, 2015, he signed with Türk Telekom of Turkey.
Membership
From 2005 to 2009, he was a member of the North Dakota State Bison men"s basketball team