Alex Wesby

Alex Wesby
	Wesby for GasTerra Flames in 2011
Personal information
Born	July 5, 1980 (age 43); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Benjamin Franklin; (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College	Temple (1999–2003)
NBA draft	2003: undrafted
Playing career	2003–2018
Position	Shooting guard
Number	9
Career history
2003	Saint-Étienne Basket
2003–2004	Swans Gmunden
2004–2005	Sundsvall Dragons
2005–2006	Kataja
2006–2007	Torpan Pojat
2007–2009	Sundsvall Dragons
2009–2010	ETHA Engomis
2010–2011	Sundsvall Dragons
2011–2012	GasTerra Flames
2012–2013	Sundsvall Dragons
2013–2014	Kataja
2014–2016	LF Basket Norrbotten
2016–2018	Swans Gmunden
Career highlights and awards
	Basketligan Most Valuable Player (2011);

Alex Wesby (born July 5, 1980) is an American retired basketball player from Philadelphia. He played for Temple in college and played as a professional player in multiple countries in Europe.

Career

In the 2010–11 season, Wesby played in Sweden for Sundsvall Dragons. He won the Most Valuable Player award of the Swedish League, as well as the award for the Best Defender.^[1]

Wesby signed with GasTerra Flames from Groningen, Netherlands for the 2011–12 season.^[2]^[3] He reached the semifinals with Groningen and was named to the All-DBL Team.

He returned to the Sundsvall Dragons for his fourth stand with the club for the 2012–13 season. He signed till 2015.^[4] He started the 2013–14 season in Sweden, but left the club in December 2013 because of personal reasons.^[5]

In the 2014 offseason he signed with another Swedish team, LF Basket Norrbotten.

Honours

Club

Joensuun Kataja

Korisliiga finalist (2): 2005–06, 2013–14
Finnish cup runner-up (1): 2005–06

Steiner Swans Gmunden

Austrian Basketball Cup (1): 2003–04

Sundsvall Dragons

Ligan (2): 2008–09, 2010–11

Individual

Basketligan MVP (1): 2010–11
Ligan Best Defender (1): 2010–11
Ligan All-Star (2): 2008, 2011
All-DBL Team (1): 2011–12

References

^ "BallinEurope, the European Basketball news site » Blog Archive » Celebrating the best in Sweden, 2010-11". Ballineurope.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
^ "GASTERRA tabs Alex Wesby - Eurocup 2011-12 - Welcome to Eurocup". Eurocupbasketball.com. 2011-06-06. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
^ "Alex Wesby tekent contract bij GasTerra Flames » GasTerra Flames" (in Dutch). Gasterraflames.nl. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
^ "Sweden - Sundsvall Dragons lock Alex Wesby until 2015 | MLBB - Sports Agency WebSite Template". Mlbb.d11.gr. 2012-06-13. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
^ "Alex Wesby exits Sundsvall - Court Side Basketball News | Court Side Basketball News". Court-side.com. 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

External links

[1] "BallinEurope, the European Basketball news site » Blog Archive » Celebrating the best in Sweden, 2010-11". Ballineurope.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

[2] "GASTERRA tabs Alex Wesby - Eurocup 2011-12 - Welcome to Eurocup". Eurocupbasketball.com. 2011-06-06. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

[3] "Alex Wesby tekent contract bij GasTerra Flames » GasTerra Flames" (in Dutch). Gasterraflames.nl. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

[4] "Sweden - Sundsvall Dragons lock Alex Wesby until 2015 | MLBB - Sports Agency WebSite Template". Mlbb.d11.gr. 2012-06-13. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

[5] "Alex Wesby exits Sundsvall - Court Side Basketball News | Court Side Basketball News". Court-side.com. 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

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