Donatas Zavackas

Donatas Zavackas

Position	Power Forward
Height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Weight	240 lb (110 kg)
League	Bundesliga (Germany)
Team	EnBW Ludwigsburg
Born	April 20, 1980 (1980-04-20) (age 31) Klaipėda, Lithuania
Nationality	Lithuanian
College	University of Pittsburgh
Pro career	1996–present
Career history	KK Neptūnas(1996-1998, 2006-2007) Anwil Wloclawek(2003-2004, 2005-2006) Euphony Bree(2004-2005) Snaidero Udine(2005-2006) BC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk(2006) BC Šiauliai(2007-2008) Lietuvos Rytas (2008-2010) EnBW Ludwigsburg (2010-present)
Awards	LKL All-Star (2008) LKL reg. season MVP (2008)

Donatas Zavackas is a professional basketball player from Klaipėda, Lithuania.^[1] According to ESPN Zavackas is 6' 8", and weighs 238 pounds. Zavackas had played at the University of Pittsburgh for 4 years on scholarship before moving on to EuroLeague. Zavackas played under the number 5 while playing for the Pitt Panthers.

During his successful career at Pitt, Zavackas was known as one of the most intelligent, hardworking team players in the Big East. Zavackas was a key component in Head Coach Ben Howland's transformation of the Panthers into a level of league elite status. The season before Zavackas arrived, Pitt finished the Big East season in 11th place with a 5-13 record (14-16 overall). During Zavackas' four years the Panthers captured two regular season Big East Titles, played in three Big East Tournament (BET) Championship games and captured one BET Championship. Pitt also played in one NIT and two NCAA Tournaments (advancing to the Sweet 16 round both times) with Zavackas at Power Forward.

Zavackas scored 1,099 points for the Panthers which currently places him 31st on Pitt's All Time scoring list. His .807 FT percentage is good enough for 5th place in Panther history.

Unfortunately, many Pittsburgh fans only remember Zavackas for removing his shoes and refusing to play in the waning minutes of an NCAA Tournament game. That game, versus Marquette, would be his last career college game.

After winning third place in the LKL he moved to the Lietuvos Rytas basketball club, with which he became LKL champion in 2009. In this club he became known as an extremely emotional player.

On 5 of August, 2010 he signed a one year contract with German club EnBW Ludwigsburg.^[2]

Awards and achievements

Awards

• LKL MVP: 2007-08

Titles

• LKL third place: 2008
• Baltic Basketball League Presidents Cup winner: 2008
• LKF cup winner: 2009
• ULEB Eurocup winner 2009

References

1. ^ Donatas Zavackas. FIBA Europe. Retrieved on February 13, 2011.
2. ^ http://www.krepsinis.net/d-zavackas-karjera-tes-vokietijoje-148315.html

Persondata
Name	Zavackas, Donatas
Alternative names
Short description	Lithuanian basketball player
Date of birth	1980-04-20
Place of birth	Klaipėda, Lithuania
Date of death
Place of death