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
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
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
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
- ^ 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
- 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
- Basketball players from Maryland
- 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
- People from Hyattsville, Maryland
- Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players
- BC Winterthur players
- USK Praha players