- Johannes Herber
Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Johannes Herber
nickname =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 6
weight_lbs = 200
position = Guard
birth_date = birth date and age|1983|1|17|
birth_place =Darmstadt ,West Germany
college = West Virginia
team =ALBA Berlin
league = Bundesliga
nationality =Germany
career_start = 2006
former_teams =
awards =Johannes Herber (born
17 January 1983 inDarmstadt , (West) Germany) is abasketball player who plays forALBA Berlin in the German Basketball Bundesliga. In 2006, he completed a U.S. college career atWest Virginia University . In America, he was generally known as Joe Herber.After being developed by the Langen club in Germany, he received several professional offers in Europe, but turned them down in favor of a U.S. college career. The 6'6", 200 lb (1.98 m, 91 kg) all-around guard became the second recruit of new West Virginia coach
John Beilein in 2002. Herber went on to start every game of his four-year WVU career, setting school records for most games started and minutes played. He also finished his college career as WVU's fifth-leading assist man. Herber, alongside recent NBA signeesKevin Pittsnogle andMike Gansey , was a key player on the Mountaineers' NCAA regional finalists in 2005 and highly-ranked 2006 team. Herber also had an outstanding academic record at WVU, graduating with a 4.0 GPA inpolitical science , and was named three times by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as an Academic All-American.During his time at WVU, he spent his summers with the German junior national team, competing in the 2005 World University Games. He was also a member of the senior national squad for the 2006 World Championship. Herber played in seven games as Germany advanced to the quarter-finals before losing to the United States. He averaged 4.3 points per game in the tournament.
External links
* [http://www.msnsportsnet.com/content/MBB_NCAA5.pdf WVU Mountaineers 2005-06 profiles (PDF)]
*de icon [http://albaberlin.de/staticsite/staticsite.php?menuid=1024&topmenu=2 ALBA Berlin profile]
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