Chase Fieler
Fieler with Florida Gulf Coast in March 2013
No. 60 – Saga Ballooners
PositionPower forward
LeagueB.League
Personal information
Born (1992-06-10) June 10, 1992
Parkersburg, West Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High schoolParkersburg South
(Parkersburg, West Virginia)
CollegeFlorida Gulf Coast (2010–2014)
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015Ourense
2015–2017Donar
2017–2019Oostende
2019–2020Promitheas Patras
2020–2021Brose Bamberg
2021–2022Utsunomiya Brex
2022–presentSaga Ballooners
Career highlights and awards

Chase Fieler (born June 10, 1992) is an American basketball player for the Saga Ballooners of the Japanese B.League. Fieler usually plays at the power forward position.

College career

Fieler played for Florida Gulf Coast University from 2010 to 2014. He was a member of the 2012–13 team that became known for its surprise run during the NCAA Tournament. He was known for his alley-oop dunk off of a pass from Brett Comer that became the iconic play of the game.

Professional career

In the 2014–15 season, after not being drafted by an NBA team, Fieler started his career with Club Ourense Baloncesto in the Spanish LEB Oro.[1] He won the Playoffs with Ourense, which earned the club the right to promotion to the first-tier Liga ACB.

For the 2015–16 season, he signed with Donar Groningen in the Netherlands.[2] After winning the championship in 2016, he re-signed with Donar for another season.[3] On November 15, 2016, Fieler set a new FIBA Europe Cup record with an efficiency of 46 in a 98–70 victory against Limburg United.[4] In the 2016–17 season, Fieler was named to the All-DBL Team and was awarded the DBL Statistical Player of the Year Award.[5] Fieler won his second Dutch title with Donar that season and was named the DBL Play-offs MVP after averaging 13.7 points in the play-offs.[6]

On June 21, 2017, Fieler signed a two-year contract with BC Oostende of the Belgian Basketball League.[7] He won the Belgian championship two consecutive years with Oostende, while also playing in the Basketball Champions League.

On June 24, 2019, Fieler signed a deal with Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League.[8] He averaged 8.5 points and 2.3 rebounds per game and was selected to play in the HEBA Greek All Star Game.

On July 28, 2020, Fieler signed with Brose Bamberg of the German Basketball Bundesliga.[9] He averaged 9.4 points and 3.2 rebounds in the 2020–21 season.

In July 2021, Fieler signed in Japan with Utsunomiya Brex.[10] He won the 2021–22 B.League championship with Brex.

On June 28, 2022, Fieler signed with fellow Japanese club Saga Ballooners.[11]

Honors and titles

Club

Donar
Oostende

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "El Club Ourense Baloncesto presenta a Chase Fieler, Ben Allison y Tyler Brown ante los medios". Clubourensebaloncesto.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  2. ↑ Door: GIC (2015-07-27). "Chase Fieler nieuwe Amerikaanse speler voor Donar". Nu.nl. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  3. ↑ Door: GIC (2016-06-06). "Basketballer Chase Fieler blijft bij Donar". Nu.nl. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  4. ↑ "Fieler sets new FIBA Europe Cup efficiency record". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  5. ↑ "Jeter: MVP van het seizoen". Basketballleague.nl. 11 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Chase Fieler MVP van de Finals". Basketballleague.nl. 27 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Chase Fieler speelt de volgende 2 seizoenen bij BC Oostende". bcoostende.be. 2017-06-21. Archived from the original on 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  8. ↑ Lupo, Nicola (June 23, 2019). "Chase Fieler signs with Promitheas". Sportando. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  9. ↑ Lupo, Nicola (July 28, 2020). "Brose Bamberg signs Michele Vitali, Chase Fieler". Sportando. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  10. ↑ "#20 チェイス・フィーラー選手、新規入団のお知らせ". 宇都宮ブレックス (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "【緊急企画！フォロー&RT】新規加入選手限定企画！！チェイス・フィーラー選手のオーセンユニが限定3名に当たる！". 佐賀バルーナーズ (in Japanese). 28 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
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