WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - TribeAthletics.com provides William & Mary fans with some updates of men's basketball alumni. Check out what former Tribe players have accomplished and where they are headed in the professional and coaching ranks.
 
- Recent Tribe graduate Sean Sheldon had a change in plans for his professional career. After initially signing in Romania, the 6-9 forward is instead headed to BC Winterthur in Switzerland's top league, Ligue Nationale A (LNA). Sheldon appeared in 111 career games, which ranks 20th in Tribe history, with 62 starts, shooting 62.2 percent (235-of-378) from the field to go with totals of 571 points, 390 rebounds and 150 assists. He enjoyed the best season of his Tribe career as a senior, starting all 31 games and averaging career highs of 8.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. BC Winterthur won the third league in Switzerland in 2013, before finishing third in LNB to earn promotion to the top league in 2015. In its first year in the LNA, BC Winterthur finished 10th last season. Sheldon joins Zeb Cope '04 and Adam Payton '07 as former Tribe players to compete professionally in Switzerland.
 
- Former Tribe All-American Marcus Thornton, a 2015 graduate, recently inked a deal in the Italian Serie A with Consultinvest VL Pesaro. Thornton, who played for the Sydney Kings in Australia and the Maine Red Claws in the NBA Development League, spent his second-straight summer with the Boston Celtics in the NBA Summer League. A second round pick of the Celtics in 2015, he averaged almost 13 points in Australia, before scoring at a near 14-point per game clip in the NBA D-League, including a season-high 22 points in the playoffs against Canton. VL Pesaro is a three-time Serie A champion, winning the title in 1988, 1990 and 1992. More recently, they were EuroChallenge Semifinalists in 2010 and finished 12th in Serie A last season at 12-18.
 
- Adam Hess '04 is set for his ninth professional season in Germany and 13th overall in Europe in 2016-17. He will play his second-straight year, and third total, with the Hagen Phoenix. Hess averaged 7.7 points and three rebounds per game in 17.5 minutes per contest in 2015-16, while shooting 42 percent from 3-point range. Hagen avoided relegation and remained in the German Bundesliga.
 
- Former Tribe standout Laimis Kisielius, a 2008 graduate, signed with the top team in Belarus, BC Tsmoki-Minsk, for the 2016-17 season. It will be his 10th season in Europe, and he moves to Belarus after five campaigns in his native Lithuania. BC Tsmoki-Minsk has won eight-straight championships in Belarus and will play in the FIBA Europe Cup for the second-straight year. Last season with Vytautas, Kisielius earned Eurobasket.com All-Lithuanian LKL Honorable Mention. In the Baltic League, he averaged 15.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game. For his efforts he was named the Eurobasket.com All-Baltic League Player of the Year, Eurobasket.com All-Baltic League European Player of the Year and Forward of the Year. Kisielius was an All-CAA selection as a senior in 2008 and finished his Tribe career with 1,133 points, which ranks 29th in school history.
 
- Julian Boatner, a 2014 graduate, was named an assistant coach at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md., for head coach Jamion Christian, who was an assistant at W&M from 2008-11. Boatner spent the last two seasons as a graduate manager at Indiana University, while earning his masters degree in sports management and athletic administration. He played in 124 games over his W&M career from 2011-14, averaging nearly five points per game. Boatner still ranks in the Tribe's top 10 in career 3-pointers made (eighth at 161) and 3-point percentage (seventh at 38.3 percent). Click HERE to view Mount St. Mary's release.
 
- Quinn McDowell, who recently wrapped up his professional playing career in Latvia, was named an assistant coach at Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk, Va., for head coach Dave Macedo. McDowell, a 2012 graduate, played four professional seasons in the United States and abroad. He spent two seasons in Australia with the Willetton Tigers and part of the 2013-14 with the Springfield Armor of the NBA Development League. His professional career included stops in Spain and Latvia. McDowell was a two-time All-CAA selection for the Tribe and was named a Lowe's Senior Class Award All-American in 2012. He scored 1,621 points of her career from 2009-12, which still ranks seventh in program history. Virginia Wesleyan finished last season at 18-9 overall, including a 12-4 Old Dominion Athletic Conference record. Click HERE to view McDowell's bio at Virginia Wesleyan.
 
- Recent Tribe graduate Terry Tarpey, who signed with ASC Denain Voltaire in the French Pro B league, enjoyed a successful stint with the French A National Team during July. He helped The Blues to the 2016 Stankovic Continental Cup Championship on July 9 in China. After going 3-0 in pool play, France downed Argentina, 70-57, in the title game, and Tarpey tallied five points, three rebounds, three assists, a blocked shot and a steal. He turned in a pair of nice games Sino-European Men's Basketball Championship. Tarpey finished with eight points, four rebounds, four steals and three assists in a win over Germany on July 15, before enjoying his best game with France, scoring 12 points to go with five rebounds, three assists and a steal vs. Montenegro. Unfortunately, the Blues lost in the title game to China's Olympic Team. In total, Tarpey played in nine games for the French A National Team in July, helping the squad to a 7-2 record.

- Finally, thanks to the Tribe men's basketball alumni for giving back to the program at record levels in 2015-16. Men's basketball finished third across all sports with program-best 50 percent of its alumni giving back in the past year. The percentage of donors also reached a record level among young alumni, the Classes of 2006-16, at an impressive 87.8 percent. The number ranked second among Tribe programs. Check out the video of 2008 graduate and the chair of the Friends of Tribe Men's Basketball group Chris Stratton running stairs in Kaplan Arena for the alums that gave back to the Tribe.