Andris Misters

Andris Misters
No. 22 – VEF Rīga
Position Shooting guard
League Latvian Basketball League
VTB United League
Personal information
Born (1992-04-08) April 8, 1992
Dobele, Latvia
Nationality Latvian
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 201 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school St.Benedict's Prep, Newark, NJ
College
NBA draft 2017 / Undrafted
Playing career 2017–present
Career history
2017-present VEF Rīga
Career highlights and awards
  • NJCAA Academic All-American (2014)[1]
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Latvia Latvia
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
2010 Lithuania

Andris Misters (born April 8, 1992) is a Latvian professional basketball player for BK VEF Rīga of the Latvian Basketball League and VTB United League.[2] He plays as shooting guard.

Background

Misters has represented the Latvian national team in four European youth championships.[3]

Misters was once considered one of the top Latvian prospects for players born in 1992 and was invited to Fiva-Star Camp in Serbia in 2007. Overcame two major knee injuries (ACLs), first right after highschool, second before the college senior year, to pursue a professional basketball career.[4][5][6]

In August 2017, he went on a try-out for Latvian champions VEF Riga and later signed a contract.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Andris Misters' Jacksonville profile
  2. ↑ "Andris Misters Basketball Player Profile, VEF Riga, Jacksonville, News, LBL stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  3. ↑ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  4. ↑ "College basketball injury report – Prime Sports Network". primesportsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  5. ↑ JU Athletics (2015-02-23), Long Road From Latvia, retrieved 2018-05-21
  6. ↑ "Andris Misters uz pārbaudes laiku pievienojas "VEF Rīga"". zz.lv. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  7. ↑ "VEF Riga signs Andris Misters". www.vefriga.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  8. ↑ "Google Translate". translate.google.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
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