Beau Beech
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No. 2 – BC Enisey | |
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Position | Small forward / power forward |
League | VTB United League |
Personal information | |
Born | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida | March 1, 1994
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Ponte Vedra (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida) |
College | North Florida (2012–2016) |
NBA draft | 2016: undrafted |
Playing career | 2016–present |
Career history | |
2016–2017 | Long Island Nets |
2018 | Erie BayHawks |
2018–2020 | Hamburg Towers |
2020–2021 | PAOK Thessaloniki |
2021–2022 | Czarni Słupsk |
2022–2023 | FMP |
2023-present | Yenisey |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Beau Beech (born March 1, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for FMP of the Basketball League of Serbia and the ABA League. He played college basketball for the University of North Florida.
High school career
[edit]Beech attended Ponte Vedra High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. As a senior, he averaged 24 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 3 steals, leading the Sharks to a district title and regional semifinal appearance while garnering first-team All-State honors.[1]
College career
[edit]After graduating high school, Beech joined North Florida where he started in 129 of 133 games while averaging 11.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals in 28.7 minutes per game, all of this while shooting .423 from the field and .393 from three-point range. As a freshman, he was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team and as a junior and senior made All-Atlantic Sun First Team. He ended his career first in school history in games played, starts and steals with 147 and tied for first in three-pointers made with 302.[1][2]
Professional career
[edit]After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Beech joined the Brooklyn Nets for the 2016 NBA Summer League.[3] On August 5, 2016, he signed with the Nets,[2] but was waived on October 18 after appearing in one preseason game.[4] On November 1, he was acquired by the Long Island Nets of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Nets.[5]
On August 23, 2017, Beech was selected by the Erie BayHawks in the NBA G League expansion draft. He was formally signed by the BayHawks on January 18, 2018.[6] In August 2018, Beech signed with the Hamburg Towers of the German Pro A league.[7]
On August 2, 2020, Beech signed with PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League.[8] He averaged 6.6 points and 4.5 rebounds per game in 22 games. On July 7, 2021, Beech signed with Czarni Słupsk of the Polish Basketball League.[9]
On July 7, 2022, Beech signed a contract with Serbian team FMP.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Beau is the son of Bud and Joanne Beech and has one younger brother, Spencer, and two younger sisters, Olivia and Eve. His father is the head basketball coach and dean of students at Ponte Vedra High. Beech was a 6'6" shooting guard when he began his career at UNF.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "2 BeauBeech". UNFOspreys.com. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
- ^ a b "Brooklyn Nets Sign Beau Beech, Yogi Ferrell, and Egidijus Mockevicius". NBA.com. August 5, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
- ^ "Beau Beech Playing for Brooklyn Nets in NBA Summer League". UNFOspreys.com. June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
- ^ "Brooklyn Nets Waive Beech, Budinger, Gutierrez and Mockevicius". NBA.com. October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
- ^ "Long Island Nets Announce Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. November 1, 2016. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
- ^ "BayHawks Acquire Beau Beech". NBA.com. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ "Beau Beech ist der letzte Neuzugang der Hamburg Towers". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). August 11, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
- ^ Sportando, Redazione (2 August 2020). "Beau Beech joins Paok Thessaloniki". Sportando. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ "!Oficjalnie!". czarni.stk.slupsk.pl (in Polish). July 7, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ^ "FMP doveo sedmo pojačanje: Bo Bič za precizniji šut". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
External links
[edit]- 1994 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Greece
- American expatriate basketball people in Poland
- American expatriate basketball people in Serbia
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Florida
- Czarni Słupsk players
- Erie BayHawks (2017–2019) players
- Hamburg Towers players
- KK FMP players
- Long Island Nets players
- North Florida Ospreys men's basketball players
- People from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
- Sportspeople from St. Johns County, Florida
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- 21st-century American sportsmen