Johnny Berhanemeskel
Tecnyconta Zaragoza | |
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Position | Shooting guard |
League | Liga ACB |
Personal information | |
Born | Ottawa, Ontario | October 30, 1992
Nationality | Canadian |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Career information | |
High school | LBP (Ottawa, Ontario) |
College | Ottawa (2010–2015) |
NBA draft | 2015: undrafted |
Playing career | 2015–present |
Career history | |
2015–2016 | BC Tallinna Kalev |
2016–2017 | Araberri |
2017–2018 | Eisbären Bremerhaven |
2018–present | Zaragoza |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Johnny Berhanemeskel (born October 30, 1992) is a Canadian professional basketball player. Berhanemeskel plays the shooting guard position, and currently plays for the Tecnyconta Zaragoza of the Liga ACB.
College career
He played college basketball at the University of Ottawa, earning CIS Outstanding Player, First Team All-Canadian and OUA Player of the Year honors in his fifth year with the Ottawa Gee-Gees.[1] Appearing in a total of 105 games over the span of his five-year career at Ottawa, Berhanemeskel averaged 19.0 points per contest. He was Ottawa's all-time points leader and first in career three-pointers when he graduated.[2]
Professional career
In August 2015, Berhanemeskel signed his first contract as a professional basketball player, joining BC Tallinna Kalev in Estonia.[3] Averaging 20.5 points a game,[4] he had an immediate scoring impact in the Estonian top-flight and also saw action in 14 games of the Baltic Basketball League, averaging 18.9 points per outing.[5] For his efforts, he received Eurobasket.com All-Baltic League Import Player of the Year, Eurobasket.com All-Baltic League 1st Team[6] and Eurobasket.com All-Estonian League Honorable Mention honors.[7]
The 2016-17 season saw him turn out 32 times for Araberri of the Spanish second-tier league LEB Oro, averaging 18.9 points per game,[8] while earning Eurobasket.com All-Spanish LEB Gold 2nd Team distinction.[9]
Berhanemeskel signed with Eisbären Bremerhaven of the German elite league Bundesliga in July 2017.[10] He was Bremerhaven's second-leading scorer, averaging 13.9 points a contest in the 2017-18 Bundesliga season.[11]
On July 4, 2018, Berhanemeskel signed a two-year deal with Tecnyconta Zaragoza of the Liga ACB.[12][13]
International play
Berhanemeskel represented Canada at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea.[14]
References
- ^ "U Sports Hoops - University Basketball in Canada". usportshoops.ca. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "Johnny Berhanemeskel". uOttawa Gee-Gees. 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "Johnny B goes pro - The Fulcrum". The Fulcrum. 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ Korvpalliliit, Eesti. "Mängijad". Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "Player". bbl.net. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "Baltic League Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "KML_2015-2016 Basketball League ESTONIA - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB". competiciones.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "LEB-GOLD_2016-2017 Basketball League SPAIN - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ Bremerhaven, Eisbären (2017-07-28). "Eisbären holen Scharfschütze Johnny Berhanemeskel". Eisbären Bremerhaven (in German). Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "easyCredit - 439 BRE". www.easycredit-bbl.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- ^ "ACB.COM - Johnny Berhanemeskel aterriza en Basket Zaragoza". www.acb.com (in European Spanish). 4 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Johnny Berhanemeskel joins Basket Zaragoza". Sportando. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "2015 Summer Universiade: Berhanemeskel's big game fuels win over Estonia, Canada finishes 7th - Ontario University Athletics (OUA)". www.oua.ca. Retrieved 2017-09-16.