Tanner Leissner

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Basketball player
Tanner Leissner
Player information
birthday 17th September 1995
place of birth San Antonio , United States
size 200 cm
position wing
college Univ. of New Hampshire
Clubs as active
2014-2018 United StatesUnited States Univ. of New Hampshire
2018-2019 GermanyGermany Ehingen / Urspring
2019-2020 GermanyGermany MHP giant Ludwigsburg
2020– TurkeyTurkey Afyon Basketbol

Tanner Paul Leissner (born September 17, 1995 ) is an American basketball player .

career

Born in San Antonio , Texas , Leissner played basketball as a student at Judson High School in the San Antonio area of Converse . From 2014 he continued his career at the University of New Hampshire (first NCAA division) and was promptly a regular player in his first year , when he was included in the starting line-up 27 times in 28 appearances in the 2014/15 season and around 32 minutes of playing time per batch. With an average of 12.8 points per match, Leissner was promptly the best scorer in his team as a newcomer.

In the following years he steadily increased his points, his best mark in this respect he reached in his final game year 2017/18, when he averaged 18.7 points per game. Leissner finished his time at the University of New Hampshire with impressive numbers: within four years he played 121 games and was among the "top five" in 119 encounters, he scored an average of 16.2 points as a college player, hit 107 three-point throws ( in 339 attempts) and also got 7.1 rebounds per game. When he left the university at the end of the 2017/18 season, Leissner was in first place in several categories of the team's "eternal best list": Among other things, the points scored (1872), the minutes played (3909) and in free throws scored (510). With a total of 841 rebounds, he took third place in the best list.

Leissner signed his first contract as a professional basketball player in September 2018 with the German second division club Ehingen / Urspring . With an average of 16.3 points per match, he was the best Ehingen basket shooter in the 2018/19 season. His good performance in the second division earned him a contract with Bundesliga club MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg , which he signed during the 2019 summer break.

At the end of July 2020, he was signed by the Turkish first division club Afyon Basketbol .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ UNH Wildcats - 2014-15 Men's Basketball Cumulative Statistics. Retrieved December 9, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Tanner Leissner - 2015-16 - University of New Hampshire. Retrieved December 9, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Südwest Presse Online-Dienst GmbH: Basketball: Tanner Leissner: Versatile under the basket. September 10, 2018, accessed December 9, 2018 .
  4. ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga | Squad. Retrieved April 13, 2019 .
  5. ↑ https://mhp-riesen-ludwigsburg.de/news/ein-weiterer-texaner-komplettiert-den-riesen-kader/
  6. ↑ https://www.trtspor.com.tr/haber/basketbol/ing-basketbol-super-ligi/tanner-leissner-afyon-basketbolda-213890.html
personal data
SURNAME Leissner, Tanner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leissner, Tanner Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH San Antonio