Travis Warech

Travis Warech
No. 21 – Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
League Israeli Premier League
Personal information
Born (1991-07-05) July 5, 1991
Pine Brook, New Jersey
Nationality American / Israeli / German
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school Montville (Montville, New Jersey)
College
NBA draft 2013 / Undrafted
Playing career 2013–present
Career history
2013–2014 BiG Oettinger Rockets Gotha
2014–2015 Riesen Ludwigsburg
2015 Hamburg Towers
2015–2017 Rasta Vechta
2017–2018 Maccabi Ashdod
2018–present Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Career highlights and awards

Travis Warech (born July 5, 1991) is an American-German-Israeli professional basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball for Saint Michael's and Ithaca.

Early life and college career

Born and raised in the Pine Brook section of Montville, New Jersey, Warech attended Montville Township High School where he was a three-year letter winner for the Mustangs. Warech was named team MVP and served as team captain during his junior and senior seasons.[1]

Warech played college basketball for the Saint Michael's College's Purple Knights and the Ithaca College's Bombers.

In his senior year at Ithaca, Warech averaged 16 points, 8 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game. He earned a spot on the All-Empire 8 Second Team.[1]

Professional career

On October 18, 2013, Warech started his professional career with BiG Oettinger Rockets Gotha of the German ProA.[2] On April 8, 2014, Warech recorded a career-high 24 points, shooting 8-of-12 from the field, along with three rebounds in a 90–80 win over Crailsheim Merlins.[3] In 29 games played for Gotha, Warech averaged 9.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game.

On June 27, 2014, Warech signed a two-year deal with Riesen Ludwigsburg of the German BBL.[4]

On October 29, 2015, Warech signed a one-year deal with Hamburg Towers.[5] However, on December 9, 2015, he parted ways with Hamburg and joined Rasta Vechta for the rest of the season.[6] Warech helped Rasta Vechta to promote to the German BBL as the 2016 ProA Runner-up. In 26 games played during the 2015–16 season, Warech averaged 7.7 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, shooting 41.4 percent from 3-point range.

On August 15, 2017, Warech signed with the Israeli team Maccabi Ashdod for the 2017–18 season.[7] On May 3, 2018, Warech recorded a season-high 19 points, along with three rebounds and two steals in a 65–85 blowout loss to Hapoel Jerusalem.[8] Warech helped Ashdod to reach the 2018 Israeli League Playoffs, where they eventually were eliminated by Hapoel Tel Aviv.

On June 20, 2018, Warech signed a one-year deal with Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[9]

Maccabiah Games

In July 2017, Warech participated in the 2017 Maccabiah Games and helped the USA Men's basketball team to win the tournament and earning a gold medal.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Travis Warech Bio". athletics.ithaca.edu. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Montville's Warech living his dream playing professional basketball in Germany". usatodayhss.com. December 31, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Crailsheim Merlins 80 at BiG Oettinger Rockets Gotha 90". RealGM.com. April 8, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ "MHP Riesen Ludwisgburg announces Travis Warech". Sportando.basketball. June 27, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Die Towers schnappen sich einen erfahrenen Erstliga-Profi". abendblatt.de (in German). October 29, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Suche erfolgreich: RASTA verpflichtet Travis Warech". abendblatt.de (in German). December 9, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Travis Warech signs with Maccabi Ashdod". Sportando.basketball. August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Winner League, Game 28: Hapoel J-M Vs Maccabi Ashdod". basket.co.il. May 3, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  9. ↑ "רכש ראשון לעולה החדשה: טראוויק ווריק". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). June 20, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Chasin and Warech Win Gold at 20th Maccabiah Games". athletics.ithaca.edu. July 25, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
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