Travis Warech
No. 21 – Hapoel Be'er Sheva | |
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Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
League | Israeli Premier League |
Personal information | |
Born | Pine Brook, New Jersey | July 5, 1991
Nationality | American / Israeli / German |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Montville (Montville, New Jersey) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2013: undrafted |
Playing career | 2013–present |
Career history | |
2013–2014 | BiG Oettinger Rockets Gotha |
2014–2015 | Riesen Ludwigsburg |
2015 | Hamburg Towers |
2015–2017 | Rasta Vechta |
2017–2018 | Maccabi Ashdod |
2018–present | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Travis Warech (born July 5, 1991) is an American-German-Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball for Saint Michael's and Ithaca.
Early life and college career
Born and raised in the Pine Brook section of Montville, New Jersey, Warech attended Montville Township High School where he was a three-year letter winner for the Mustangs. Warech was named team MVP and served as team captain during his junior and senior seasons.[1]
Warech played college basketball for the Saint Michael's College's Purple Knights and the Ithaca College's Bombers.
In his senior year at Ithaca, Warech averaged 16 points, 8 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game. He earned a spot on the All-Empire 8 Second Team.[1]
Professional career
On October 18, 2013, Warech started his professional career with BiG Oettinger Rockets Gotha of the German ProA.[2] On April 8, 2014, Warech recorded a career-high 24 points, shooting 8-of-12 from the field, along with three rebounds in a 90–80 win over Crailsheim Merlins.[3] In 29 games played for Gotha, Warech averaged 9.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
On June 27, 2014, Warech signed a two-year deal with Riesen Ludwigsburg of the German BBL.[4]
On October 29, 2015, Warech signed a one-year deal with Hamburg Towers.[5] However, on December 9, 2015, he parted ways with Hamburg and joined Rasta Vechta for the rest of the season.[6] Warech helped Rasta Vechta to promote to the German BBL as the 2016 ProA Runner-up. In 26 games played during the 2015–16 season, Warech averaged 7.7 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, shooting 41.4 percent from 3-point range.
On August 15, 2017, Warech signed with the Israeli team Maccabi Ashdod for the 2017–18 season.[7] On May 3, 2018, Warech recorded a season-high 19 points, along with three rebounds and two steals in a 65–85 blowout loss to Hapoel Jerusalem.[8] Warech helped Ashdod to reach the 2018 Israeli League Playoffs, where they eventually were eliminated by Hapoel Tel Aviv.
On June 20, 2018, Warech signed a one-year deal with Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[9]
Maccabiah Games
In July 2017, Warech participated in the 2017 Maccabiah Games and helped the USA Men's basketball team to win the tournament and earning a gold medal.[10]
References
- ^ a b "Travis Warech Bio". athletics.ithaca.edu. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Montville's Warech living his dream playing professional basketball in Germany". usatodayhss.com. December 31, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Crailsheim Merlins 80 at BiG Oettinger Rockets Gotha 90". RealGM.com. April 8, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "MHP Riesen Ludwisgburg announces Travis Warech". Sportando.basketball. June 27, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Die Towers schnappen sich einen erfahrenen Erstliga-Profi". abendblatt.de (in German). October 29, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Suche erfolgreich: RASTA verpflichtet Travis Warech". abendblatt.de (in German). December 9, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Travis Warech signs with Maccabi Ashdod". Sportando.basketball. August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Winner League, Game 28: Hapoel J-M Vs Maccabi Ashdod". basket.co.il. May 3, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "רכש ראשון לעולה החדשה: טראוויק ווריק". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). June 20, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Chasin and Warech Win Gold at 20th Maccabiah Games". athletics.ithaca.edu. July 25, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
External links
- 1991 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- Basketball players from New Jersey
- Hamburg Towers players
- Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C. players
- Ithaca Bombers men's basketball players
- Maccabi Ashdod B.C. players
- MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg players
- Montville Township High School alumni
- People from Montville, New Jersey
- Rockets (basketball club) players
- Saint Michael's Purple Knights men's basketball players
- SC Rasta Vechta players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Morris County, New Jersey