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Ali Farokhmanesh
Ali Farokhmanesh in 2011
No. 6 – SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
PositionPoint guard
LeagueDutch Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1988-04-16) April 16, 1988 (age 36)
Pullman, Washington
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolIowa City West
(Iowa City, Iowa)
CollegeIndian Hills CC (2006–2007)
Kirkwood CC (2007–2008)
Northern Iowa (2008–2010)
NBA draft2010: undrafted
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2011SAM Massagno Basket
2011–2013WBC Raiffeisen Wels
2013–presentSPM Shoeters Den Bosch

Ali Fredrick Farokhmanesh (born April 16, 1988) is an American professional basketball player. He was born in Pullman, Washington, where he attended high school at Pullman High School for two years before moving to Iowa and attending West High School in Iowa City, Iowa. He then attended junior college at Indian Hills Community College and Kirkwood Community College before transferring to the University of Northern Iowa.

He gained nationwide fame in the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a member of the Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball team, when he hit a crucial 3-point shot that helped UNI upset top overall seed Kansas in the second round.[1] His heroics, which came two days after hitting the game-winning three point shot against UNLV in the first round of the tournament, led to appearances on the cover of Sports Illustrated.[2]

Personal

Farokhmanesh is of mixed European and Iranian descent. His father, Mashallah, was born in Borujerd and was a member of the Iranian men's national volleyball team, before immigrating to the United States in 1977, where he played for professional teams and eventually became a coach.[3] Mashallah married Ali's mother, Cindy Fredrick, who has been the head coach for the women's volleyball team at the University of Iowa since 2004. Before moving to Iowa, Fredrick was the head coach of the Washington State University's women's volleyball team for 15 years, where she had a record of 278 wins and 192 losses. Cindy and her husband are now the head coaches at Luther College, who last year made it to the NCAA tournament for the first time in the school's history.[4]

Career

After going undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft, Farokhmanesh signed a deal to play for SAM Massagno Basket, an LNB Division A team based in Massagno, Switzerland.[5][6]

In 2011, Farokhmanesh signed with the Austrian team WBC Raiffeisen Wels. His contract was renewed in June 2012.[7] Farokhmanesh averaged 13.7 points per game in Austria.

On August 14, 2013 he signed with SPM Shoeters Den Bosch in the Netherlands.[8]

Honours

Netherlands SPM Shoeters Den Bosch

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field goal percentage
 3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high     Led the league

Regular seasons

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 Switzerland SAM Massagno Basket LNBA 30 33.9 .543 .480 .865 2.2 3.1 2.3 0.0 19.5
2011–12 Austria WBC Raiffeisen Wels OBL 36 29.3 .497 .497 .761 1.9 3.4 0.8 0.0 13.6
2012–13 Austria WBC Raiffeisen Wels OBL 32 34.7 .505 .415 .828 3.5 3.9 1.3 0.0 13.7

References

  1. ^ Caldwell, Dave (2010-03-20). "Northern Iowa Coolly Upsets No. 1 Seed Kansas". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "UNI on cover of Sports Illustrated". KWWL.com. 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  3. ^ "Dr. Mashallah Farokhmanesh". WSUCougars.com. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  4. ^ "Cindy Fredrick". HawkeyeSports.com. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  5. ^ "Farokhmanesh, Koch sign pro basketball contracts". PantherMania.net. 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  6. ^ "Presentation of Ali Farokhmanesh". SAM Massagno Basket.
  7. ^ "Farokhmanesh stays put, renews contract in Wels". 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  8. ^ "Alli Farokhmanesh to SPM Shoeters" (in Dutch). Basketball Plus. August 14, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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