Eric Crookshank began playing basketball in high school and has since played the game in a variety of different leagues, including the San Francisco Pro-Am League, the NCAA, ABA, PBL, and National Basketball League of Canada as a member of the Halifax Rainmen, where he was the team's captain from 2007-2012. Now retired from the game he loves, he has made his home in Nova Scotia with his wife, Tamara, and daughter, Layla.