Daniel Faris

Daniel Faris

No. 53 – Champville SC
Position	Power forward
League	Lebanese Basketball League
Personal information
Born	May 2, 1987 (1987-05-02) (age 37) Greenbrae, California
Nationality	Lebanese / American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Career information
High school	Eldorado (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
College	New Mexico (2005–2009)
NBA draft	2009: undrafted
Playing career	2009–present
Career history
2009–2010	West-Brabant Giants
2010–2015	Sagesse
2016–present	Champville SC

Daniel Faris (born 2 May 1987) is a Lebanese-American basketball player who plays for Champville SC and Lebanon. He is a 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall power forward-center.

College career

Faris played four years of NCAA Division I basketball at the University of New Mexico. In his senior season, he averaged 12.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per game en route to being named to the All-Mountain West Conference second team.

Professional career

After his college career, Daniel Faris played for the West-Brabant Giants, for sponsorship reasons WCAA Giants, in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) for one year. With the Giants, he reached the finals of the 2009–10 DBL season. After finishing his season in the Dutch league, Faris signed with Lebanese powerhouse Hekmeh in the Lebanese Basketball League, he only played two games with the team in 2012.

In 2016, he signed with Champville SC in Lebanon.

International career

Faris is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team. He competed with the senior team for the first time at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, where he saw action in four games for the fourth-place Lebanese team.