Education
A native of San Francisco, California, Middlebrooks attended Saint Ignatius College Preparatory and was a standout player for the Wildcats.
A native of San Francisco, California, Middlebrooks attended Saint Ignatius College Preparatory and was a standout player for the Wildcats.
He is best known for college career at Pepperdine University, however, between 1984-1985 and 1987-1988. He earned a scholarship to play for the Waves and thus he enrolled in the fall of 1984. During his freshman year he helped lead them to a West Coast Athletic Conference championship and a berth into the 1985 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament, where Pepperdine would lose in the first round.
Middlebrooks was named the WCAC Freshman of the Year.
This would be Middlebrooks" last experience with the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament as the Waves did not make it during his junior season and only qualified for the 1988 National Invitation Tournament in his senior year. During his final two years, Middlebrooks led Pepperdine in rebounding with 9.0 and 10.7 rebounds per game, respectively.
After his collegiate career ended, Middlebrooks tried out with the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association. He was not selected in the subsequent National Basketball Association Draft, and so he carved out a professional career which took him from the Continental Basketball Association to various teams in Mexico, Spain, and Cyprus.
In Mexico, he played for Laguneros, Tecos Unity Application Generator, and Dorados.
In Spain, he played for Central Bank Tarragona, while in Cyprus he played for AEK Larnaca. He also played for MZT Aerodrom from Macedonia.