Karamo Jawara
Appearance
No. 8 – Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket | |
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Position | Forward |
League | LEB Oro |
Personal information | |
Born | Bergen, Norway | June 25, 1991
Nationality | Norwegian |
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Olsvikasen Skole (Bergen, Hordaland) |
College | North Carolina Central (2011–2015) |
NBA draft | 2015: undrafted |
Playing career | 2015–present |
Career history | |
2015 | U BT Cluj-Napoca |
2015–2016 | Apollon Patras |
2016–2017 | Machites Doxas Pefkon |
2017–2018 | Cambados Xuven |
2018 | Iberojet Palma |
2018 | Germani Brescia |
2018 | Halifax Hurricanes |
2019 | ETHA Engomis |
2019–present | Gipuzkoa |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals |
Karamo Jawara (born 25 June 1991) is a Gambian-Norwegian professional basketball player for the Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket of the LEB Oro.
Jawara played college basketball for North Carolina Central. As a senior, he averaged 7.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game, shooting 44.3 percent from the floor.[1]
In the years 2015-2017, he played professionally in Romania and Greece.[2]
In 2017, he became the Most Valuable Player of Spain's LEB Plata. Thereafter, he joined his current team in the LEB Oro.[3]
He has been a member of the Norwegian national basketball team.
References
- ^ "NCCU Alum Karamo Jawara Signs Professional Contract". North Carolina Central Eagles. August 13, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Til gresk toppbasket Hanne Hagen Rotnes (Bergensavisen), 28 December 2015. Accessed 24 August 2018. (in Norwegian)
- ^ Karamo Jawara ya es el MVP de la liga Diego Dobal (Faro de Vigo), 21 November 2017. Accessed 24 August 2018. (in Spanish)
External links
- ESPN Profile
- North Carolina Central Eagles bio
- Profile at realgm.com
Videos
- Karamo Jawara Youtube.com video
Categories:
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Forwards (basketball)
- Halifax Hurricanes players
- Machites Doxas Pefkon B.C. players
- North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball players
- Norwegian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Norwegian men's basketball players
- Norwegian people of Gambian descent
- Sportspeople from Bergen
- European basketball biography stubs
- Norwegian sportspeople stubs