- Joe Vogel
Infobox NBA Player
position = Center
height_ft = 6
height_in = 11
weight_lb = 250
team =Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
nationality = American
nationality2 = Lebanese
birth_date = birth date and age|1973|9|15
birth_place =North Platte, Nebraska
college = Colorado State UniversityNCAA
career_start = 1994Joe Vogel (born 1973) is an American-Lebanese
basketball player withSporting Al Riyadi Beirut and the Lebanese national basketball team. At 6'11", he is Lebanon's starting center. He was born inNorth Platte, Nebraska , USA.Draft
Vogel was drafted with the 45th overall pick by the
Seattle SuperSonics in the1996 NBA Draft .College
Vogel attended Colorado State and was ranked 2nd in blocked shots with 180 and 7th all time in games played with 115 to his credit.
Teams
After Seattle, Vogel joined
Turkey 's basketballGalatasaray Istanbul for season 1996-1997; however, he was replaced by Mills during the season. In 1997, he singed withRed Wolves basketball team inJapan , and returned to Seattle Supersonics at theirsummer camp to train.Al Ittihad basketball team was Vogel's next spot to join inSaudi Arabia for 1998-1999 season.Vogel arrived in Lebanon for the 1999-2000 season and singed up with
Sagesse Beirut ; he was also a part of some tournaments in theUnited States in 2000 and 2001. His return to Lebanon gave him the chance to joinChampville basketball team under a 5-year contract.Since 2004, Vogel has been a part of
Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut basketball team. Along with the club, he has so far won championships acrossAsia and was classified asMVP of some games.Awards and achievements
*Western Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team -95
*Saudi Arabian League Champion -99
*Asian Club Championships -99, 00
*WAC 2nd Team -Pre96
*Lebanese League Champion -00, 05, 06, 07
*MVP of the Asian Cup tournament -99
*IBL Semifinals -01
*Lebanese National Team -01, 03, 05-07
*Asian Championships -01(Finalist), 02, 05
*Mediterranean Games inTunisia -01
*Lebanese League Semifinals -02
*World Championships in Indianapolis (USA) -02
*Dubai Tournament Winner -04
*Lebanese Cup Winner -04, 06, 07
*Lebanese League Regular Season Champion -04, 05, 06, 07
*Lebanese League Finalist -04
*Asia-Basket.com Lebanese League All-Domestic Players Team -04, 05, 06
*Asia-Basket.com Lebanese League All-Defensive Team -04, 05
*Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League Center of the Year -05
*Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League Domestic Player of the Year -05
*Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League 1st Team -05
*Arab Club Championships -05 (Silver, Asia-Basket All-1st Team), 06 (Winner), 07 (Winner)
*World Championships in Japan
*Asian Games inDoha
*Asia-Basket.com All-Arab Club Championships 2nd Team
*William Jones Cup Tournamentee also
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Lebanon national basketball team
*Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut External links
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1996.html]
* [http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=LEB&PlayerID=26298&AmNotSure=1]
* [http://www.basket-stats.info/players/playerfile/v/joe-vogel.htm Basket-Stats: Joe Vogel]
* [http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2005/09/lebanon_roll_in.php Ya Libnan: Lebanon rolls into Basketball Championship Semifinals, 15 September, 2005]
* [http://csurams.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/080405aab.html]
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