Shad Venson Hamilton (born August 11, 1977)[1] is an American former professional basketball player.

A graduate of East Rutherford High School in Forest City, North Carolina, Hamilton played college basketball at the University of Nebraska, where he played with the Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team.

He ranks ninth on the school's all-time scoring chart with 1,416 career points.

In January 2001, he was released by Prokom, and the next month he returned to Italy and signed with Virtus Ragusa for the rest of the season.

In 2014, he played with KB Besa of Kosovo and his last club was RSB Berkane of Morocco.