Adam Hess
Adam Hess | ||
Player information | ||
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birthday | April 4, 1981 (39 years and 149 days) | |
place of birth | Warren , Michigan , United States | |
size | 201 cm | |
position | wing | |
college | William & Mary | |
Clubs as active | ||
1999–2000 EMU Eagles ( NCAA ) 2001–2004 W&M Tribe (NCAA) 2004–2006 ČEZ Nymburk 2006–2007 Artland Dragons 2007–2008 Chorale Roanne Basket 2008–2009 Artland Dragons 2009–2010 CB Tarragona 2010–2012 Artland Dragons 2012–2013 Phoenix Hagen 2013–2015 ratiopharm ulm 2015–2016 Phoenix Hagen |
Adam Hess (born April 4, 1981 in Warren , Michigan ) is a former American basketball player who played, among other things, in the basketball league . Hess, who has German ancestors, is married to a German and has had German citizenship since the beginning of 2012 .
career
Hess first studied in his native state at Eastern Michigan University , where he was active for the Eagles' college team in the NCAA . After moving to college at the College of William & Mary and taking a one-year break in accordance with the regulations of the NCAA, he played for three more years for the college team from the state of Virginia called Tribe . In his last two years as a basketball player, he had a point average of just over 20 points per game.
After completing his studies, Hess first signed a professional contract with Fabriano Basket in the Italian second division Legadue , but then played in the following two seasons in Nymburk in the Czech Republic , in which he was champion with the local club. In 2006 he moved to Artland for the first time and was surprisingly runner-up in 2007 with the Dragons based there , after defeating the main round first Alba Berlin in the play-offs and defending champion RheinEnergie Cologne in the semi-finals . In the cup, too, it was only enough to win the runner-up. Then Hess was signed by the French champions from Roanne and played in the ULEB Euroleague . In the new edition of the previous year's final of the French championship in 2008 they were clearly inferior to SLUC Nancy Basket . Hess returned to Artland for the 2008/09 basketball Bundesliga , which ended disappointingly with missing the play-offs in ninth place. Then Hess joined the Spanish second division promoted from Tarragona , before he was brought back again in 2010 by the Artland Dragons.
On August 13, 2012, Phoenix Hagen announced the winger's commitment for the 2012/13 season. For the 2013/14 season, Hess did not receive a new contract in Hagen and moved within the league to ratiopharm ulm . There he signed a working paper with a term until 2015. After his contract in Ulm had expired, Hess returned to Phoenix Hagen and signed a contract there until the summer of 2017. When the team went bankrupt at the end of 2016 and was canceled from the Bundesliga, Hess' professional career ended .
In his blog on the websites of the Euroleague and Artland Dragons, Hess reported on the life of a professional basketball player.
After the end of his competitive sports career, he moved with his German wife Julia and their children to St. Petersburg in the US state of Florida . Hess worked there for a financial service provider. In 2018 Hess was inducted into the "Sports Hall of Fame" of the College of William & Mary.
Web links
- easyCredit BBL - Adam Hess - player profile on the easyCredit Basketball-Bundesliga website
- Adam Hess Stats - William & Mary Tribe ( Memento from February 3, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) - Statistics from college seasons on statsheet.com ( English )
- Adam Hess' Blog - Blog by Adam Hess on the pages of the Euroleague from the 2007/08 season (English)
Remarks
- ↑ On Statsheet.com (see Weblink College Statistics) his hometown is given as the neighboring Grosse Pointe.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Susanne Fetter: Hess: Happy that I am now a German. Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , January 30, 2012, accessed on October 15, 2015 .
- ↑ W&M Tribe Men's Basketball Media Supplement 2011–2012. College of William & Mary , p. 48 , accessed March 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Hess returns to the Dragons again. Schönen Dunk — Website, July 16, 2010, accessed July 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Zygimantas Jonusas leaves, Adam Hess comes. (No longer available online.) Phoenix Hagen , August 13, 2012, archived from the original on July 29, 2017 ; accessed on July 29, 2017 (media info). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Adam_Hess/Germany/Phoenix-Hagen/31642
- ↑ Adam Hess is back. Ball in Europe website, September 2, 2008, accessed July 29, 2017 (blog post).
- ↑ https://tribeathletics.com/news/2018/5/16/mens-basketball-randy-bracy-adam-hess-inducted-into-wm-athletics-hall-of-fame.aspx
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hess, Adam |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-German basketball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Warren (Michigan) |