Corey Webster is a New Zealand professional basketball player for Koroivos of the Greek Basket League.
Education
Webster attended in Auckland, New Zealand. In 2007, he moved to the United States to attend college at Lambuth University, where he played basketball for the Eagles during the 2007-2008 season, averaging 11.5 points per game as a freshman.
Career
He played college basketball for Lambuth. In 2008, Webster returned to Auckland and joined the New Zealand Breakers as a development player, spending two seasons in that role before joining the full-time roster in 2010 on a two-year contract. During this time, he also spent the off-seasons with the Harbour Heat of the New Zealand NBL. In November 2011, Webster was released from the second year of his two-year contract by the Breakers due to a drug violation which forced him to sit out the 2011-2012 season.
Despite his mishaps, Webster was forgiven by the Breakers as the club brought him back on a three-year deal in August 2012.
He went on to be a part of the Breakers" three-peat in 2012-2013. His return to the Breakers line-up was mirror with his return to the Wellington Saints squad for the 2013 New Zealand NBL season.
On 4 March 2014, Webster re-signed with the Saints for the 2014 New Zealand NBL season. On 23 March 2015, Webster signed with Mega Leks for the rest of the 2014-2015 KLS season.
On 1 June 2015, he earned an invitation to an Indiana Pacers National Basketball Association training camp held between 16–18 June.
On 15 June 2015, Webster re-signed with the New Zealand Breakers on a three-year deal. In September 2015, he returned to the United States for an National Basketball Association workout with the New Orleans Pelicans. On 23 September, he signed with the Pelicans.
He appeared in a further two preseason games for the Pelicans before being waived by the team on 15 October.
Over his three preseason contests, he averaged 1.3 points and 2.0 assists in 7.2 minutes per game. He subsequently returned to New Zealand and re-joined the Breakers.
There they faced the Perth Wildcats where they were defeated 2–1, earning runners-up honors for the first time in club history. On 21 March 2016, Webster signed with Koroivos of Greece for the rest of the 2015-2016 Greek Basket League season.
Webster joined the New Zealand national basketball team for the first time in 2008 at the International Basketball Federation Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
He later played for New Zealand at the 2009 International Basketball Federation Oceania Championship, 2013 International Basketball Federation Oceania Championship, 2014 International Basketball Federation Basketball World Cup and 2015 International Basketball Federation Oceania Championship. Webster is the son of Tony and Cherry Webster. Tony was a standout athlete in his own right, earning first-team All-Women's Army Corps honours at Hawaii in 1983 and ranking fourth on Hawaii"s career steals list before playing professionally in New Zealand.