Darion Ray Atkins (born September 17, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for UnaHotels Reggio Emilia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).
Atkins attended the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland, where he averaged 15.2 points, 12 rebounds and 7.3 blocks per game as a senior, earning All-Interstate Athletic Conference honors.
[1] Atkins had offers from Notre Dame and Maryland, but he chose to attend the University of Virginia,[2] where he averaged 7.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 23.9 minutes per game in his senior year.
[10] On October 22, 2016, Atkins recorded a career-high 26 points, shooting 11-of-16 from the field, along with 13 rebounds in a 72–81 loss to Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Atkins helped Holon reach the 2017 Israeli League Playoffs as the first seed, but they eventually were eliminated by Maccabi Haifa in the Quarterfinals.
[19] Atkins helped Holon reach the 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Semifinals, where they eventually were eliminated by Dinamo Sassari.
[26] The son of Minnette Atkins, he has a twin brother, Darius (a professional dancer in New York City)[27] and majored in sociology.