David Flint
High School Honors
3 basketball letters: 1st Team All-Metro and 1st Team All-PIL as a junior and senior. 1st Team All-State as a senior. McDonald’s All-American. Played in Metro/ State All-Star series. Averaged 19.5 PPG and 14 rebounds as a senior.
3 golf letters: 1st place PIL medalist as a senior; 5th as a junior and 4th as a sophomore. Team’s “Most Outstanding Golfer” all three years and OSAA qualifier as a sophomore and senior. On PIL championship team as a senior.
Post-High School Career
Played professional basketball in Perth and Bendigo Australia, 1986-2000; player/coach for Bendigo Braves, 1987-1990 and 1994-2000.
South East Australian Basketball National Champions, 1988. Selected SE Australian Basketball All-Star Player and Coach of the Decade in 1990. Named #1 player in the 25-year history of Bendigo Braves in 2010.
Coached several years for men’s and women’s basketball teams in the SE Australian leagues, including the U/18 Men Country Victoria National Champions. Awarded Life Member Status in Bendigo Basketball Association in 2024.
Presently sports coordinator at Bendigo Southeast College.
Commentary
I need to start off by thanking my father, Jerry Flint, for introducing me to the game of golf at a very young age, along with baseball, basketball and football. While also taking a vested interest in my development and career throughout the years, he was my #1 supporter.
Thank you also to Pete and John at the St. John Community Centre and the pickup players that put up with this young, skinny kid with a perm that just loved to play the game of basketball.
Appreciation to all my coaches, especially Astor Elementary School 7th and 8th Grade Coach Jerry Mismash, for always letting me in the gym whenever I wanted. I enjoyed every 1 on 1 challenge from Roosevelt Head Coach Ernie Holman (with his calm demeanour) and University of Portland Head Coach Jack Avina (with his not so calm demeanour).
I was very fortunate to have some amazing mentors and teammates. Tom Johnson took me under his wing throughout his collegiate playing and the early years of his remarkable Oregon high school coaching career. John Bell and Greg Bell were teammates and competitors and the greatest teammates and friends one could ever have.
Thanks again to all my family and friends for making my high school sports career one I’ll look back on with fond memories forever.
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