Slaughter (born August 3, 1987) is an American-born naturalized Polish professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB.
Another district title followed in his junior year (18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals per game) with a second First-Team All-Region selection.
He contributed 19.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3.7 steals per game as a senior to help Shelby County reach the state Sweet 16, leading the Louisville Courier-Journal to name him as their Player of the Year, with a third First-Team All-State selection added.
[1] Rated a three-star recruit by Scout.com,[2] Slaughter received scholarship offers from Vanderbilt and West Virginia but chose Western Kentucky (WKU) of the Sun Belt Conference in the NCAA Division I.
[1][8][9] In the first-round game against Drake on 21 March 2008, Slaughter posted 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists to help the team progress.
[23] On July 28, 2020, it was understood that due to a small health issue, AJ Slaughter cannot join the team until the end of September, so both parties decided to terminate their contract by mutual agreement.
[30] In June 2015, Slaughter became a Polish citizen, in order for him to be able to play for the Poland national basketball team at EuroBasket 2015.
[32] His two sisters Toni and Antonita also played basketball collegiately, both for Louisville; the latter was a graduate assistant at Drury University as of 2015.