Alex Wesby

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Alex Wesby
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Wesby for GasTerra Flames in 2011
Personal information
Born (1980-07-05) July 5, 1980 (age 41)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolBenjamin Franklin
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
CollegeTemple (1999–2003)
NBA draft2003 / Undrafted
Playing career2003–2018
PositionShooting guard
Number9
Career history
2003Saint-Étienne Basket
2003–2004Swans Gmunden
2004–2005Sundsvall Dragons
2005–2006Kataja
2006–2007Torpan Pojat
2007–2009Sundsvall Dragons
2009–2010ETHA Engomis
2010–2011Sundsvall Dragons
2011–2012GasTerra Flames
2012–2013Sundsvall Dragons
2013–2014Kataja
2014–2016LF Basket Norrbotten
2016–2018Swans Gmunden
Career highlights and awards
  • Basketligan Most Valuable Player (2011)

Alex Wesby (born July 5, 1980) is an American retired basketball player from Philadelphia. He played for Temple in college and played as a professional player in multiple countries in Europe.

Career[]

In the 2010–11 season, Wesby played in Sweden for Sundsvall Dragons. He won the Most Valuable Player award of the Swedish League, as well as the award for the Best Defender.[1]

Wesby signed with GasTerra Flames from Groningen, Netherlands for the 2011–12 season.[2][3] He reached the semifinals with Groningen and was named to the All-DBL Team.

He returned to the Sundsvall Dragons for his fourth stand with the club for the 2012–13 season. He signed till 2015.[4] He started the 2013–14 season in Sweden, but left the club in December 2013 because of personal reasons.[5]

In the 2014 offseason he signed with another Swedish team, LF Basket Norrbotten.

Honours[]

Club[]

Joensuun Kataja

  • Korisliiga finalist (2): 2005–06, 2013–14
  • Finnish cup runner-up (1): 2005–06

Steiner Swans Gmunden

  • Austrian Basketball Cup (1): 2003–04

Sundsvall Dragons

  • Ligan (2): 2008–09, 2010–11

Individual[]

  • Basketligan MVP (1): 2010–11
  • Ligan Best Defender (1): 2010–11
  • Ligan All-Star (2): 2008, 2011
  • All-DBL Team (1): 2011–12

References[]

  1. ^ "BallinEurope, the European Basketball news site » Blog Archive » Celebrating the best in Sweden, 2010-11". Ballineurope.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  2. ^ "GASTERRA tabs Alex Wesby - Eurocup 2011-12 - Welcome to Eurocup". Eurocupbasketball.com. 2011-06-06. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  3. ^ "Alex Wesby tekent contract bij GasTerra Flames » GasTerra Flames" (in Dutch). Gasterraflames.nl. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  4. ^ "Sweden - Sundsvall Dragons lock Alex Wesby until 2015 | MLBB - Sports Agency WebSite Template". Mlbb.d11.gr. 2012-06-13. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
  5. ^ "Alex Wesby exits Sundsvall - Court Side Basketball News | Court Side Basketball News". Court-side.com. 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2014-03-10.

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