Jackson Vroman (June 6, 1981 – June 29, 2015) was an American-born Lebanese professional basketball player. He was naturalized as a Lebanese citizen to play for the Lebanon national basketball team, replacing the other naturalized American Lebanese player, Joe Vogel. He is the son of former NBA player Brett Vroman, who played briefly for the Utah Jazz in the 1980-81 NBA season.

Early life and education

His senior year in high school, he played at Viewmont High School in Bountiful, Utah for coach Emery. He later attended and played basketball at Snow Community College in Ephraim, Utah and Iowa State University.

Professional career

Jackson was a second-round draft pick of the Chicago Bulls in the 2004 NBA Draft. He played for the Phoenix Suns and the New Orleans Hornets/New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, averaging 4.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.

During the 2004-05 NBA season he was part of a trade that saw him and teammates Casey Jacobsen and Maciej Lampe being sent to the Hornets for guard Jim Jackson.

In the 2006/07 season he played for CB Gran Canaria in the Spanish ACB. He began the 2007/08 season with CB Girona before being signed by BC Lietuvos Rytas in February 2008. In October 2010 he signed with the Dongguan Leopards in China. For the 2011-2012 season, he signed with the Incheon ET Land Elephants in South Korea, but in December 2011, he signed a contract with the Jiangsu Dragons.

He then signed for the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippines and played his first game for them on March 4, 2012. Later that year, he joined the Shandong Lions of China.

Personal life and death

His father, Brett had a 12-year basketball career and played for the Utah Jazz during the 1980–81 NBA season.

Vroman was found dead in a swimming pool at his home in Los Angeles County, California on June 29, 2015. Friend/social media star Dan Bilzerian revealed that it was an accidental drowning. "He was sitting down, he got up to go inside the house, tripped on the stairs, hit his head and drown[ed] in the pool," Bilzerian wrote on social media.

Honours

• Asian Championship
  • Champions: 2009, 2010 (Mahram)

• West Asian Championship
  • Champions: 2010 (Mahram)
  • 3rd: 2009 (Saba Mehr)

• Iranian Basketball Super League
  • Champions: 2009-10 (Mahram)
  • 3rd: 2008-09 (Saba Mehr)

• Asian Championship
  • Most Valuable Player: 2009 (Mahram)
• FIBA Asia Championship 2009 6th Top Scorer averaging 17.3 ppg
• FIBA Asia Championship 2009 5th Top Rebounder averaging 8.1 rpg