Ehab Amin
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Position | Point guard / Shooting guard | |||||||||||||||||||
League | Pac-12 Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
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Alexandria, Egypt | August 1, 1995|||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Egyptian | |||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||
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High school | SJNMA (Delafield, Wisconsin) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Ehab Mohamed Mohamed Amin Saleh (born August 1, 1995) is an Egyptian basketball player for the Oregon Ducks of the Pac-12 Conference. He spent his first three college seasons at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, leading the NCAA Division I in steals and earning first-team All-Southland Conference accolades as a junior. Amin has played for the Egypt national basketball team at both the youth and senior levels, most notably leading the under-16 team to a gold medal at the 2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship.
Early life and career
Amin was born in Alexandria, Egypt to Mohamed and Magda Amin.[1] He has two brothers, named Hesham and Sherif.[2] In his childhood, Amin played soccer, basketball, and swimming.[3] Despite the popularity of soccer in his home country, he was primarily drawn to basketball, which he started at age 6, due to its faster pace.[4][5] He played for Alexandria Sporting Club for 11 years, winning Egyptian Basketball Super League and Egypt Basketball Cup titles in the 2012–13 season.[2] In addition, he attended Riada American School in Alexandria.[1]
Before the 2013–14 school year, Amin moved to the United States to attend St. John's Northwestern Military Academy, a private school in Delafield, Wisconsin but was sidelined for the entire season after breaking his back.[4] Despite the injury, he was offered a scholarship to play college basketball for Texas A&M–Corpus Christi under head coach Willis Wilson.[4] He eventually committed to the team and enrolled at the school on June 1, 2014.[6]
College career
In his freshman season for Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, Amin averaged 5.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.1 steals in 15 minutes per game.[2] On February 15, 2015, in a victory over Stephen F. Austin, he recorded a season-high 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals.[7]
As a sophomore, Amin averaged 8.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.8 steals in 18.1 minutes per game.[2] He posted a season-best 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals in a January 19, 2016 win over Northwestern State.[8]
In his junior season, Amin averaged 16.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 2.9 assists, while leading the NCAA Division I with 3.4 steals per game.[2] He had his best performance of the season on February 15, 2017, in an 81–70 win over McNeese State, notching career-highs of 31 points and 15 rebounds.[9] During the game, Amin also broke the school record for steals in a single season.[9] He also recorded a career-best 7 steals on two separate occasions as a junior.[10] At the end of the season, after breaking the Southland Conference record for single-season steals, Amin earned Southland All-Defensive Team, first-team All-Southland, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) all-region, and mid-major All-American honors.[1][11]
Two weeks before the 2017–18 season, Amin suffered a hip injury that forced him to redshirt the year.[12] On March 28, 2018, he announced his intentions to transfer from Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.[13] After committing to Nevada in early May 2018, Amin chose to de-commit at the start of June.[14] On June 29, he committed to Oregon.[15]
National team career
Junior national team
Amin played for Egypt at the 2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship, leading his team to a gold medal and claiming most valuable player (MVP) honors.[1] In his national team debut on July 8, 2011, he recorded 32 points, 3 assists, and 5 steals to coast past Mozambique, 108–54.[16] He averaged 18.3 points, 4.3 assists, and 3.7 steals per game.[17] He competed at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, averaging 15.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 2.4 steals per game.[18] Later in the year, Amin competed for Egypt at the 2012 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, guiding his team to a third-place finish while being named tournament MVP.[1]
Senior national team
Amin debuted for the Egypt senior national team at AfroBasket 2015. He averaged 11 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2.4 steals per game.[19]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Ehab Amin". University of Oregon. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Ehab Amin". Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ Purvis, Andy (February 19, 2018). "The Art of the Steal". Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- 1 2 3 Martinez, Quinton (March 9, 2017). "Amin's journey to A&M-CC has spanned more than a decade". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ Murray, Chris (May 7, 2018). "Nevada basketball adds more firepower with grad transfer G Ehab Amin of Texas A&M Corpus Christi". Reno Gazette-Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Ehab Amin". 247Sports. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Islanders snap SFA's streak with 71-63 victory". Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. February 14, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Islanders win seventh straight, top Northwestern State". Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. January 19, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- 1 2 "Amin Marauds McNeese". Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. February 25, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Ehab Amin Game Logs". RealGM. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Ehab Amin Player Profile". RealGM. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Musselman adds graduate transfer Amin to Wolf Pack". KOLO-TV. May 7, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ Martinez, Quinton (March 28, 2018). "Texas A&M-Corpus Christi basketball's Amin to transfer". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ Murray, Chris (June 1, 2018). "Ehab Amin de-commits from Nevada, aiding Pack's scholarship situation". Reno Gazette-Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ Nemec, Andrew (June 29, 2018). "Ehab Amin, former NCAA steals leader, commits to Oregon Ducks men's basketball". OregonLive. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Egypt vs. Mozambique". FIBA. July 8, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Ehab Mohamed Mohamed Amin Saleh". FIBA. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Ehab Amin". FIBA. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Ehab Amin". FIBA. Retrieved August 7, 2018.