Rashad Whack
Ferroviário de Maputo | |
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Position | Guard |
League | Basketball Africa League |
Personal information | |
Born | January 22, 1991 |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Bishop McNamara (Forestville, Maryland) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2014: undrafted |
Playing career | 2014–present |
Career history | |
2014–2016 | Island Storm |
2016–2017 | Winterthur |
2017 | Island Storm |
2017 | Grindavík |
2017–2019 | Cape Breton Highlanders |
2018–2019 | USK Praha |
2020–present | Ferroviário de Maputo |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Rashad Whack (born January 22, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Ferroviário de Maputo.
College career
[edit]Whack competed at the college level for George Mason and Mount Saint Mary's, and earned All-Northeast Conference honors as a senior with the latter team.[1]
Professional career
[edit]Whack was most notably named the league's Rookie of the Year for the 2014–15 season, while playing for the Island Storm.[2] Following his good rookie season he signed to play for a second season for the Storm.[2] In the summer of 2016, Whack signed for BC Winterthur of the LNBA.[3] He led the league in scoring during the 2016–2017 season with an average of 21.4 points per game.[4][5] He returned to the Storm in April and finished the season with them.[4]
In September 2017, Whack signed for Grindavík of the Úrvalsdeild karla.[5][6] Whack was released by Grindavík on December 12, after averaging a team leading 22.8 points in 10 games.[7] He later signed with the Cape Breton Highlanders and averaged 8.0 points per game in the 2017–18 season.[8]
In March 2020, Whack signed with Ferroviário de Maputo of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).[9]
Personal
[edit]Whack was born on January 22, 1991, to Theresa Lewis and Larry Whack and has a brother. His godfather is actor Martin Lawrence. Whack appeared in the film Rebound, in which Lawrence starred.[6] Outside of basketball, he likes music and drawing.[1] He majored in accounting while attending Mount St. Mary's University.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rashad Whack Bio". GoMason.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Storm re-sign NBL Rookie of the Year Rashad Whack". Island Storm. September 28, 2015.
- ^ Kleiser, Stefan (July 7, 2016). "Mit zwei Neuen in die Playoffs". Der Landbote (in German). Winterthur.
- ^ a b Reid, Charles (13 April 2017). "A Swiss swish: Storm's Rashad Whack glad for chance to play in Europe". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Rashad Whack signs with UMF Grindavik". Sportando.com. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ a b Þórðarson, Tómas Þór (21 September 2017). "Grindavík samdi við Kana sem lék í mynd með Martin Lawrence". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (12 December 2017). "Grindvíkingar senda Whack heim". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ "Rashad Whack #13 Forward Cape Breton Highlanders". NBL Canada. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Rashad Whack new PG of Ferroviário". 1 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Rashad Whack". MountAthletics.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
External links
[edit]- Rashad Whack on Mount Saint Mary's Athletics' website
- Rashad Whack on RealGM
- Rashad Whack on kki.is
- 1991 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Canada
- American expatriate basketball people in Iceland
- American expatriate basketball people in Switzerland
- American men's basketball players
- Cape Breton Highlanders (basketball) players
- George Mason Patriots men's basketball players
- Grindavík men's basketball players
- Guards (basketball)
- Island Storm players
- Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Hyattsville, Maryland
- Basketball players from Prince George's County, Maryland
- Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players
- BC Winterthur players
- USK Praha players
- American expatriate basketball people in Mozambique
- American expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic