| No. 53 – Champville SC | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward |
| League | Lebanese Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 2, 1987 (age 36) Greenbrae, California |
| Nationality | Lebanese / American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Eldorado (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| College | New Mexico (2005–2009) |
| NBA draft | 2009: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2009–2010 | West-Brabant Giants |
| 2010–2015 | Sagesse |
| 2016–present | Champville SC |
Daniel Faris (born 2 May 1987) is a Lebanese-American basketball player who plays for Champville SC and Lebanon. He is a 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall power forward-center.[1]
College career
Faris played four years of NCAA Division I basketball at the University of New Mexico. In his senior season, he averaged 12.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per game en route to being named to the All-Mountain West Conference second team.[2]
Professional career
After his college career, Daniel Faris played for the West-Brabant Giants, for sponsorship reasons WCAA Giants, in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) for one year.[3] With the Giants, he reached the finals of the 2009–10 DBL season. After finishing his season in the Dutch league, Faris signed with Lebanese powerhouse Hekmeh in the Lebanese Basketball League, he only played two games with the team in 2012.
In 2016, he signed with Champville SC in Lebanon.
International career
Faris is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team.[4] He competed with the senior team for the first time at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, where he saw action in four games for the fourth-place Lebanese team.[5]
References
- ↑ Profile at basketpedya.com
- ↑ Daniel Faris Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine at golobos.com
- ↑ "Amerikaanse basketballer Faris naar Giants". Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ↑ Profile Archived 2009-08-10 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
- ↑ FIBA Archive