Johannes Herber
Personal information | |
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Born | Darmstadt, West Germany | January 17, 1983
Nationality | German |
Listed height | 6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
College | West Virginia (2002–2006) |
NBA draft | 2006 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 1999–2012 |
Position | Shooting guard |
Career history | |
1999–2002 | TV Langen |
2006–2010 | Alba Berlin |
2010–2011 | Walter Tigers Tübingen |
2011–2012 | Skyliners Frankfurt |
Career highlights and awards | |
Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (2006) |
Johannes Herber (born January 17, 1983 in Darmstadt, (West) Germany) is a former German basketball player. In 2006, he completed a U.S. college career at West Virginia University. In America, he was generally known as Joe Herber.
College career[]
After being developed by the Langen club in Germany, Herber received several professional offers in Europe, but turned them down in favor of a U.S. college career. The 6'6", 200 lb (1.98 m, 91 kg) all-around guard became the second recruit of new West Virginia coach John Beilein in 2002. Herber went on to start every game of his four-year WVU career, setting school records for most games started and minutes played. He also finished his college career as WVU's fifth-leading assist man. Herber, along with Kevin Pittsnogle and Mike Gansey, was a key player on the Mountaineers' NCAA regional finalists team in 2005 and highly ranked 2006 team. Herber also had an outstanding academic record at WVU, graduating with a 4.0 GPA in political science and gaining entry to the Order of Augusta, WVU's highest undergraduate honor.[1] He was named by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as an Academic All-American three times and Academic All-America Team Member of the Year.
German national team[]
During his time at WVU, Herber spent his summers with the German junior national team, competing in the 2005 World University Games. He was also a member of the German senior national squad for the 2006 World Championship. Herber played in seven games as Germany advanced to the quarter-finals before losing to Team USA. He averaged 4.3 points per game in the tournament.
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2009-05-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Alba Berlin players
- German men's basketball players
- German expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Sportspeople from Darmstadt
- Skyliners Frankfurt players
- Tigers Tübingen players
- West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball players
- 2006 FIBA World Championship players
- Shooting guards
- German basketball biography stubs