Daniel Faris

Daniel Faris

Personal information
Born	May 2, 1987 (1987-05-02) (age 37) Greenbrae, California, U.S.
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	2009–2019
Position	Power forward
Number	53
Career history
2009–2010	West-Brabant Giants
2011–2015	Sagesse
2016–2019	Champville SC

Daniel Jonathan Faris^[1] (born 2 May 1987) is a Lebanese-American basketball player who last played in 2020 for Champville SC and Lebanon. He is a 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall power forward-center.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4] In 2016, he signed with Champville SC in Lebanon.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Faris has also been a member of the Lebanon national basketball team.^[5] 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.^[6]

References

1. "Daniel Jonathan Faris, Born 05/02/1987 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
2. Profile at basketpedya.com
3. Daniel Faris Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine at golobos.com
4. "Amerikaanse basketballer Faris naar Giants". Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 10 February 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. Profile Archived 2009-08-10 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
6. FIBA Archive