Demetrius Ward

Demetrius Ward
Player information
birthday	20th August 1990
place of birth	Detroit , United States
size	188 cm
position	construction
Clubs as active
2008–2012	Western Michigan Univ.
2012-2018	Dukes Wolfenbüttel
2018–	Paderborn Baskets

Demetrius Eremias Ward (born August 20, 1990 in Detroit ) is an American basketball player .

career

Ward played at Pershing High School in his hometown of Detroit and then between 2008 and 2012 for the college team at Western Michigan University in the first division of the NCAA . In a total of 130 games for Western Michigan, the development player averaged 7.9 points, got 3.4 rebounds and distributed 1.8 basket assists per encounter.

After graduating from university, Ward accepted an offer from the Dukes of Wolfenbüttel and from then on worked as a professional basketball player in Germany. In 2014, he was relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga ProB to the regional league with Lower Saxony and managed to get promoted again with the team. Ward acted as player-coach in the championship year and was named the best player in the Regionalliga Nord in the 2014/15 season by the internet service eurobasket.com . In addition to his duties as a player, Ward worked as a coach in the youth division of SG MTV / BG Wolfenbüttel. During the 2016/17 season, Ward again took over the position of player-coach with the dukes. In the 2017/18 season, the American was a player in Wolfenbüttel and at the same time coach of the U19 team of Basketball Löwen Braunschweig in the youth basketball league . During his six-year time in Wolfenbüttel, Ward became a favorite of the dukes' supporters, was team captain and was described as a figure of identification. Ward recorded his highest point average during this time during the 2016/17 game year when he scored 18.8 points per game.

During the summer break of 2018, he accepted an offer from Paderborn Baskets and thus switched to the 2nd Bundesliga ProA .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official Site of Western Michigan Athletics. Retrieved June 25, 2018 . 
2. ^ Demetrius Ward College Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2018 . 
3. ↑ MTV Herzöge are Wolfenbüttel's Team of the Year . ( regionalsport.de [accessed June 25, 2018]).
4. ↑ German Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket . In: www.eurobasket.com . ( eurobasket.com [accessed June 25, 2018]).
5. ↑ grundmann: Demetrius Ward remains a duke! In: MTV Wolfenbüttel from 2012 Herzöge Basketball e. V. ( herzoege-weltenbuettel.de [accessed June 25, 2018]). Demetrius Ward remains a duke! ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) 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.  
6. ↑ By Daniel Strauss: Beer shower and burst dreams . ( braunschweiger-zeitung.de [accessed June 25, 2018]).
7. ↑ Defeat against Berlin: Junior Löwen are relegated . ( regionalsport.de [accessed June 25, 2018]).
8. ↑ Fan favorite Demetrius Ward extended with the dukes . ( regionalsport.de [accessed June 25, 2018]).
9. ↑ Grundmann: MTV dukes are hot for the start of the season . In: MTV Wolfenbüttel from 2012 Herzöge Basketball e. V. ( herzoege-weltenbuettel.de [accessed June 25, 2018]). MTV dukes are hot for the start of the season ( memento of the original from June 25, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ^ Dukes bind Demetrius Ward as a figure of identification . ( regionalsport.de [accessed June 25, 2018]).
11. ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga | Player. Retrieved June 25, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Wolfenbütteler Zeitung, Wolfenbüttel, Germany: The warrior goes: Demetrius Ward changes to ProA . ( wolfenbuetteler-zeitung.de [accessed June 25, 2018]).