- Daniel Faris
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Daniel Faris (born 2 May 1987 in (Greenbrae, California) is a Lebanese American basketball player. He is a six-foot-nine-inch tall power forward.[1]
Faris played four years of NCAA Division I basketball at the University of New Mexico. In his senior season, he averaged 12.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per game en route to being named to the All-Mountain West Conference second team.[2]
Faris is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team.[3] He competed with the senior team for the first time at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, where he saw action in four games for the fourth-place Lebanese team.[4]
After his college career, Daniel Faris played for the World Class Aviation Academy Giants in the Dutch League for one year.
Lebanese League
After finishing his season in the Dutch league, Faris signed with Lebanese powerhorses Green Castle Hekmeh in the Lebanese Basketball League.
References
- ^ Profile at basketpedya.com
- ^ Daniel Faris at golobos.com
- ^ Profile at FIBA.com
- ^ FIBA Archive
Lebanon squad – 2009 FIBA Asia Championship – 4th Place 4 Jean Abdelnour | 5 Jackson Vroman | 6 Ali Mahmoud | 7 Rony Fahed | 8 Omar El Turk | 9 Brian Beshara | 10 Ali Kanaan | 11 Rodrigue Akl | 12 Daniel Faris | 13 Matt Freije | 14 Mazen Mneimneh | 15 Fadi El Khatib | Coach: Dragan RacaCategories:- 1987 births
- Living people
- Lebanese basketball players
- American people of Lebanese descent
- New Mexico Lobos men's basketball players
- Asian basketball biography stubs
- Lebanese sportspeople stubs
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