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{{Short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Rashad Whack
| name = Rashad Whack
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| height_in = 3
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 200
| weight_lb = 200
| league = [[National Basketball League of Canada|NBL]]
| league = [[Basketball Africa League]]
| team = [[Island Storm]]
| team = Ferroviário de Maputo
| number = 22
| number =
| nationality = American
| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|1|22}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|1|22}}
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| career_start = 2014
| career_start = 2014
| career_end =
| career_end =
| career_number =
| years1 = {{nblcy|2014|start}}–{{nblcy|2015|end}}
| years1 = {{nblcy|2014|start}}–{{nblcy|2015|end}}
| team1 = [[Island Storm]]
| team1 = [[Island Storm]]
| years2 = 2016–present
| years2 = 2016–2017
| team2 = [[BC Winterthur|Winterthur]]
| team2 = [[BC Winterthur|Winterthur]]
| years3 = {{nblcy|2016|end}}
| team3 = Island Storm
| years4 = 2017
| team4 = [[Grindavík (basketball club)|Grindavík]]
| years5 = {{nblcy|2017|start}}–{{nblcy|2018|end}}
| team5 = [[Cape Breton Highlanders]]
| years6=2018–2019
| team6=[[USK Praha]]
| years7=2020–present
| team7=[[Ferroviário de Maputo (basketball)|Ferroviário de Maputo]]
| highlights =
| highlights =
* [[Championnat LNA|LNBA]] scoring champion (2017)
* [[NBL Canada Rookie of the Year Award|NBL Canada Rookie of the Year]] ([[2014–15 NBL Canada season|2015]])
* [[NBL Canada Rookie of the Year Award|NBL Canada Rookie of the Year]] ([[2014–15 NBL Canada season|2015]])
* Second-team All-[[Northeast Conference|NEC]] (2014)
* Second-team All-[[Northeast Conference|NEC]] (2014)
* [[Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament|NEC Tournament]] MVP ([[2014 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament|2014]])
* [[Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|NEC tournament]] MVP ([[2014 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament|2014]])
}}
}}
'''Rashad Whack''' (born January 22, 1991) is an American professional [[basketball]] player for the [[Island Storm]] of the [[National Basketball League of Canada]].
'''Rashad Whack''' (born January 22, 1991) is an American professional [[basketball]] player for [[Ferroviário de Maputo (basketball)|Ferroviário de Maputo]].


==College career==
==College career==
Whack competed at the college level for [[George Mason Patriots men's basketball|George Mason]] and [[Mount Saint Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball|Mount Saint Mary's]], and earned All-[[Northeast Conference]] honors as a senior with the latter team.<ref name=masonbio>{{cite web|title=Rashad Whack Bio|url=http://www.gomason.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205055879|website=''GoMason.com''|accessdate=5 May 2015}}</ref>
Whack competed at the college level for [[George Mason Patriots men's basketball|George Mason]] and [[Mount Saint Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball|Mount Saint Mary's]], and earned All-[[Northeast Conference]] honors as a senior with the latter team.<ref name=masonbio>{{cite web|title=Rashad Whack Bio|url=http://www.gomason.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205055879|website=GoMason.com|accessdate=5 May 2015}}</ref>


==Professional career==
==Professional career==
Whack was most notably named the league's Rookie of the Year for the [[2014–15 NBL Canada season|2014–15 season]], while playing for the [[Island Storm]].<ref name="storm">{{Cite web |url=http://stormbasketball.ca/p/14647/nr/100128/storm-re-sign-nbl-rookie-of-the-year-rashad-whack |title=Storm re-sign NBL Rookie of the Year Rashad Whack |publisher=''[[Island Storm]]'' |publication-date=September 28, 2015}}</ref> Following his good rookie season he signed to play for a secons season for the Storm.<ref name="storm" /> In the summer of 2016, Whack signed for [[BC Winterthur]] of the [[Championnat LNA|LNBA]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.landbote.ch/sport/standard/Mit-zwei-Neuen-in-die-Playoffs/story/26748832 |title=Mit zwei Neuen in die Playoffs |last=Kleiser |first=Stefan |publisher=''[[Der Landbote]]'' |location=[[Winterthur]] |publication-date=July 7, 2016|language=German}}</ref>
Whack was most notably named the league's Rookie of the Year for the [[2014–15 NBL Canada season|2014–15 season]], while playing for the [[Island Storm]].<ref name="storm">{{cite web |url=http://stormbasketball.ca/p/14647/nr/100128/storm-re-sign-nbl-rookie-of-the-year-rashad-whack |title=Storm re-sign NBL Rookie of the Year Rashad Whack |website=[[Island Storm]] |publication-date=September 28, 2015}}</ref> Following his good rookie season he signed to play for a second season for the Storm.<ref name="storm" /> In the summer of 2016, Whack signed for [[BC Winterthur]] of the [[Championnat LNA|LNBA]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.landbote.ch/sport/standard/Mit-zwei-Neuen-in-die-Playoffs/story/26748832 |title=Mit zwei Neuen in die Playoffs |last=Kleiser |first=Stefan |newspaper=[[Der Landbote]] |location=[[Winterthur]] |publication-date=July 7, 2016|language=German}}</ref> He led the league in scoring during the 2016–2017 season with an average of 21.4 points per game.<ref name="guardian1">{{cite news|last1=Reid|first1=Charles|title=A Swiss swish: Storm's Rashad Whack glad for chance to play in Europe|url=http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/sports/other-sports/2017/4/13/a-swiss-swish--storm-s-rashad-whack-glad-for-chance-to-play-in-e.html|accessdate=7 October 2017|work=[[The Guardian (Charlottetown)|The Guardian]]|date=13 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="sportando1">{{cite news|title=Rashad Whack signs with UMF Grindavik|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/iceland/248265/rashad-whack-signs-with-umf-grindavik.html|accessdate=7 October 2017|work=Sportando.com|date=28 September 2017}}</ref> He returned to the Storm in April and finished the season with them.<ref name="guardian1"/>

In September 2017, Whack signed for [[Grindavík (basketball club)|Grindavík]] of the [[Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball)|Úrvalsdeild karla]].<ref name="sportando1"/><ref name="visir1">{{cite news|last1=Þórðarson|first1=Tómas Þór|title=Grindavík samdi við Kana sem lék í mynd með Martin Lawrence|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2017170929816|accessdate=7 October 2017|work=[[Vísir.is]]|date=21 September 2017|language=Icelandic}}</ref> Whack was released by Grindavík on December 12, after averaging a team leading 22.8 points in 10 games.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson|title=Grindvíkingar senda Whack heim|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2017171219707/grindvikingar-senda-whack-heim|accessdate=12 December 2017|work=[[Vísir.is]]|date=12 December 2017|language=Icelandic}}</ref> He later signed with the [[Cape Breton Highlanders]] and averaged 8.0 points per game in the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rashad Whack #13 Forward Cape Breton Highlanders |url=http://www.nblcanada.ca/sports/mbkb/2017-18/players/rashadwhack2zx4 |website=[[NBL Canada]] |accessdate=12 June 2018}}</ref>

In March 2020, Whack signed with [[Ferroviário de Maputo (basketball)|Ferroviário de Maputo]] of the [[Basketball Africa League]] (BAL).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://balafricareport.com/2020/03/01/rashad-whack-new-pg-of-ferroviario/|title=Rashad Whack new PG of Ferroviário|date=1 March 2020|publisher=|accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref>


== Personal ==
== Personal ==
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 (2005 film)|Rebound]]'', in which Lawrence starred. Outside of basketball, he likes music and drawing.<ref name=masonbio /> He majored in [[accounting]] while attending [[Mount St. Mary's University]].<ref name=mountbio>{{cite web|title=Rashad Whack|url=http://www.mountathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/bios/whack_rashad_dq3r|website=''MountAthletics.com''|accessdate=5 May 2015}}</ref>
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 (2005 film)|Rebound]]'', in which Lawrence starred.<ref name="visir1"/> Outside of basketball, he likes music and drawing.<ref name=masonbio /> He majored in [[accounting]] while attending [[Mount St. Mary's University]].<ref name=mountbio>{{cite web|title=Rashad Whack|url=http://www.mountathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/bios/whack_rashad_dq3r|website=MountAthletics.com|accessdate=5 May 2015}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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* [http://www.mountathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/bios/whack_rashad_o4za Rashad Whack] on Mount Saint Mary's Athletics' website
* [http://www.mountathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/bios/whack_rashad_o4za Rashad Whack] on Mount Saint Mary's Athletics' website
* [http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Rashad-Whack/Summary/18589 Rashad Whack] on [[RealGM]]
* [http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Rashad-Whack/Summary/18589 Rashad Whack] on [[RealGM]]
* [http://kki.is/motamal/leikir-og-urslit/motayfirlit/Leikmadur?league_id=190&season_id=97417&player_id=5559611 Rashad Whack] on [[Icelandic Basketball Federation|kki.is]]


{{Island Storm current roster}}
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{{NBL Canada Rookies of the Year}}


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Latest revision as of 04:41, 30 August 2024

Rashad Whack
Ferroviário de Maputo
PositionGuard
LeagueBasketball Africa League
Personal information
Born (1991-01-22) January 22, 1991 (age 33)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolBishop McNamara
(Forestville, Maryland)
College
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2016Island Storm
2016–2017Winterthur
2017Island Storm
2017Grindavík
2017–2019Cape Breton Highlanders
2018–2019USK Praha
2020–presentFerroviário de Maputo
Career highlights and awards

Rashad Whack (born January 22, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Ferroviário de Maputo.

College career

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Rashad Whack Bio". GoMason.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Storm re-sign NBL Rookie of the Year Rashad Whack". Island Storm. September 28, 2015.
  3. ^ Kleiser, Stefan (July 7, 2016). "Mit zwei Neuen in die Playoffs". Der Landbote (in German). Winterthur.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "Rashad Whack signs with UMF Grindavik". Sportando.com. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (12 December 2017). "Grindvíkingar senda Whack heim". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Rashad Whack #13 Forward Cape Breton Highlanders". NBL Canada. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Rashad Whack new PG of Ferroviário". 1 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Rashad Whack". MountAthletics.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
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