Gilberto Clavell

Gilberto Clavell
No. 14 – Cangrejeros de Santurce
Position	Small forward
League	BSN
Personal information
Born	August 10, 1989 (age 35); Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Florida Air Academy; (Melbourne, Florida)
College	Collin College (2007–2009); Sam Houston State (2009–2011);
NBA draft	2011: undrafted
Playing career	2011–present
Career history
2011–2012	Maratonistas de Coamo
2012–2013	Kouvot
2013	Caciques de Humacao
2013–2014	Hapoel Migdal Ha'emek
2014–2015	Maratonistas de Coamo
2015	Hapoel Afula
2016–2020	Santeros de Aguada
2020-2021	Plateros de Fresnillo
2021-2022	Cariduros de Fajardo
2022-present	Cangrejeros de Santurce
Career highlights and awards
	BSN champion (2019); Southland Player of the Year (2011); First-team All-Southland (2011);
Men's basketball
Representing Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
Men's 3x3 basketball
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games

Gilberto Clavell III (born August 10, 1989) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player who currently plays for Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). Clavell was an All-American college player at Sam Houston State University. Clavell represents the Puerto Rico national basketball team and the Puerto Rico 3x3 men's national team at the international level.

College career

Clavell, a 6'6" small forward who prepped at Florida Air Academy, played two years at Collin County Community College in Texas. He then moved to Sam Houston State, where he scored over 1,000 points in only two years (1,166). As a junior in 2009–10, Clavell averaged 17 points per game and was named Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year and a second team All-Conference pick.^[1] As a senior, Clavell averaged 19.4 points per game on 55.9 percent shooting and grabbed 7.3 rebounds per game on his way to Southland Player of the Year honors and an Associated Press honorable mention All-American designation.^[2]

Professional career

Following the completion of his college career, Clavell signed with Maratonistas de Coamo of Puerto Rico's top league. In 2012, he signed with Kouvot of Finland's Korisliiga. In October 2013, Clavell signed with Hapoel Migdal Ha'emek^[3] in Israel, and in 2015 he moved to another Israeli team, Hapoel Afula.

Personal life

Clavell's brother Gian is also a professional basketball player who previously played for the Dallas Mavericks, as well as played college basketball at Colorado State.^[4]

References

^ UT Arlington's Marquez Haynes Named Southland Player of the Year, accessed November 26, 2011
^ Gilberto Clavell All-America, accessed November 26, 2011
^ "Gilberto Clavell Signs to Play in Israel". Go Bearkats.
^ Lyell, Kelly (January 9, 2015). "CSU's Clavell plans to follow brother's path to pros". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Retrieved May 20, 2017.

External links

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[1] UT Arlington's Marquez Haynes Named Southland Player of the Year, accessed November 26, 2011

[2] Gilberto Clavell All-America, accessed November 26, 2011

[3] "Gilberto Clavell Signs to Play in Israel". Go Bearkats.

[4] Lyell, Kelly (January 9, 2015). "CSU's Clavell plans to follow brother's path to pros". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Retrieved May 20, 2017.

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