Drew Nicholas

Drew Nicholas
Player information
birthday	May 17, 1981
place of birth	Hempstead , United States
size	193 cm
position	Shooting Guard
college	Maryland
Clubs as active
2003–2004 Fabriano Basket 2004–2005 Basket Livorno 2005 TAU Vitoria 2005–2006 Benetton Treviso 2006–2008 Efes Pilsen 2008–2011 Panathinaikos Athens 2011–2012 Armani Jeans Milan 2012–2013 CSKA Moscow 0 000

Drew Nicholas (born May 17, 1981 in Hempstead , New York ) is a retired American basketball player who played on the position of shooting guard .

Career

Nicholas began playing basketball at Long Island Lutheran High School in New York . In 1999 he moved to the University of Maryland , where he was active for four years and was able to win the NCAA championship in 2002 . In 2003 he was elected 59th in the USBL Drafts by the Texas Rim Rockers, but moved to the Italian club Fabriano Basket that same year . After further positions at Basket Livorno, the Spanish top club TAU Vitoria and Benetton Treviso , with whom Nicholas was able to win his first title in Europe, he switched to the Turkish first division club Efes Pilsen in the summer of 2006 as the reigning top scorer of the ULEB Euroleague . With Efes Nicholas won the Turkish Cup in his first season, but fell out of favor with his employer when he and three other American teammates refused to play a Euroleague game at Partizan Belgrade . Nicholas justified his decision with the political unrest after Kosovo's declaration of independence and the recommendation of the United States Department of Foreign Affairs to avoid Serbia as a travel destination. From 2008 to 2011 Nicholas was under contract with the Greek top club Panathinaikos Athens .

successes

• NCAA champions: 2002
• Italian champion: 2006
• Greek champion : 2009, 2010, 2011
• Turkish Cup Winner: 2007
• Greek Cup Winner : 2009
• ULEB Euroleague : 2009 , 2011

Awards

• Euroleague Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy: 2006
• All-ACC 2nd Team: 2003
• Participation in the Greek All Star Game: 2009, 2010, 2011
• Winner of the three-point shootout competition of the Greek All-Star-Games: 2010, 2011