Alex Wesby
 Wesby for GasTerra Flames in 2011 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 5, 1980 |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Benjamin Franklin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| College | Temple (1999–2003) |
| NBA draft | 2003: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2003–2018 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 9 |
| Career history | |
| 2003 | Saint-Étienne Basket |
| 2003–2004 | Swans Gmunden |
| 2004–2005 | Sundsvall Dragons |
| 2005–2006 | Kataja |
| 2006–2007 | Torpan Pojat |
| 2007–2009 | Sundsvall Dragons |
| 2009–2010 | ETHA Engomis |
| 2010–2011 | Sundsvall Dragons |
| 2011–2012 | GasTerra Flames |
| 2012–2013 | Sundsvall Dragons |
| 2013–2014 | Kataja |
| 2014–2016 | LF Basket Norrbotten |
| 2016–2018 | Swans Gmunden |
| Career highlights | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Club
[edit]- Korisliiga finalist (2): 2005–06, 2013–14
- Finnish cup runner-up (1): 2005–06
- Austrian Basketball Cup (1): 2003–04
- Ligan (2): 2008–09, 2010–11
Individual
[edit]- Basketligan MVP (1): 2010–11
- Ligan Best Defender (1): 2010–11
- Ligan All-Star (2): 2008, 2011
- All-DBL Team (1): 2011–12
References
[edit]- ↑ "BallinEurope, the European Basketball news site » Blog Archive » Celebrating the best in Sweden, 2010-11". Ballineurope.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
- ↑ "GASTERRA tabs Alex Wesby - Eurocup 2011-12 - Welcome to Eurocup". Eurocupbasketball.com. June 6, 2011. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Alex Wesby tekent contract bij GasTerra Flames » GasTerra Flames" (in Dutch). Gasterraflames.nl. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Sweden - Sundsvall Dragons lock Alex Wesby until 2015 | MLBB - Sports Agency WebSite Template". Mlbb.d11.gr. June 13, 2012. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Alex Wesby exits Sundsvall - Court Side Basketball News | Court Side Basketball News". Court-side.com. November 2, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Alex Wesby – baskethotel.com Archived August 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- R.H. Consultancy profile (in English)
- Eurobasket.com profile
- Draft Express profile
- 1980 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Austria
- American expatriate basketball people in Finland
- American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands
- American expatriate basketball people in Sweden
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Philadelphia
- Donar (basketball club) players
- Dutch Basketball League players
- Kataja BC players
- Shooting guards
- Sundsvall Dragons players
- Swans Gmunden players
- Temple Owls men's basketball players
- Torpan Pojat players
- American expatriate ice hockey players in France
- Saint-Étienne Basket players
- ETHA Engomis players