{"id":401169,"date":"2026-07-16T19:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/401169\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T19:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:58:09","slug":"spartans-land-estonian-guard-oliver-kullamae-sjsu-athletics-official-athletics-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/401169\/","title":{"rendered":"Spartans Land Estonian Guard Oliver Kullam\u00e4e &#8211; SJSU Athletics &#8211; Official Athletics Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/aiRXeIaIV8OR2ElZuwgu6dq6EoWrhhrG3rbNLWsd.jpg\" alt=\"SigningDay.jpeg\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SAN JOSE, Calif. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/player\/oliver-kullamae\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oliver Kullam\u00e4e<\/a>, a 6-3 point guard from Tallinn, Estonia, will join the San Jos\u00e9 State men\u2019s basketball team for the 2026-27 season, as announced by head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/sjsuspartans.com\/staff\/tim-miles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Miles<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Kullam\u00e4e, 6-3, Point Guard, Tallinn, Estonia \/ SoCal Academy<\/p>\n<p>Joins the Spartans for his freshman season<br \/>\nSpent 2025-2026 at SoCal Academy<br \/>\nPlayed for Estonia in the FIBA u18 EuroBasket B Division in 2024 and 2025, leading the league in assists in both seasons<br \/>\nAveraged 11.5 points, five rebounds, and 7.6 assists per game in 2025, helping lead Estonia to FIBA U18 EuroBasket Division B championship game\u00a0<br \/>\nAveraged 10.9 points, 9.6 assists and 3.1 rebounds for Estonia in 2024<br \/>\nComes from one of Estonia&#8217;s best-known basketball families<br \/>\nHis father, Gert Kullam\u00e4e, was an Estonian national-team player and later a coach<br \/>\nHis older brother, Kristian Kullam\u00e4e, is a professional player and member of the Estonian national team<\/p>\n<p>Coach Miles on Oliver:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oliver is a high IQ point guard who has a lot of international experience representing his native country Estonia. He plays with a passion and motor that San Jos\u00e9 State fans will really enjoy. We are excited to announce Oliver&#8217;s addition to the Spartan basketball program.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>#AllSpartans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, Calif. &#8211; Oliver Kullam\u00e4e, a 6-3 point guard from Tallinn, Estonia, will join the San Jos\u00e9&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-401169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}