Willy Workman

Willy Workman
Workman with Hapoel Tel Aviv, 2014
No. 11 – Maccabi Haifa
Position Small forward
League Liga Leumit
Personal information
Born (1990-03-14) March 14, 1990
Northampton, Massachusetts
Nationality American / Israeli
Listed height 198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Career information
High school Deerfield Academy
(Deerfield, Massachusetts)
College Amherst (2009–2013)
NBA draft 2013 / Undrafted
Playing career 2013–present
Career history
2013–2014 Hapoel Galil Elyon
2014–2015 Hapoel Tel Aviv
2015–2016 Maccabi Ashdod
2016–present Maccabi Haifa
Career highlights and awards

Willy Workman (Hebrew: וילי וורקמן‎; born March 14, 1990) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Haifa of the Liga Leumit. He played college basketball at Amherst. Workman holds dual-American and Israeli citizenship.

Early life

Workman was born to a Jewish mother[1] in Northampton, Massachusetts. He attended Northampton High School before completing a postgraduate year at nearby Deerfield Academy, where he resumed playing basketball after enduring injuries earlier in his high school career.[1] Workman's father, Danny, is a longtime restaurateur.[2] His mother, Dina Fein, is a judge in Springfield, Massachusetts.[3]

College career

Workman attended Amherst College from 2009 to 2013, winning the NCAA3 Championship his senior year.[4] He averaged 10.2 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists for his four-year career at Amherst, earning D3hoops.com men's All-America Third Team,[5] ECAC Division III New England First Team[6] and NESCAC First Team honors in 2013.[7]

Professional career

During his first season of professional basketball in 2013-14, Workman played for Hapoel Galil Elyon[8] of the Liga Leumit, the second-tier league in Israel, and was able to move to the country’s top-flight Premier League, when signing with Hapoel Tel Aviv for the 2014-15 season.[9]

He was signed by fellow Premier League side Maccabi Ashdod for 2015-16[10] and inked a contract with Maccabi Haifa prior to the 2016-17 Premier League campaign.[11] That season, Workman helped Haifa to reach the 2017 Israeli League Finals, where they eventually lost to Hapoel Jerusalem.

On February 28, 2018, Workman signed a three-year contract extension with Maccabi Haifa.[12] On March 2, 2018, Workman participated in the Israeli League All-Star Game as a replacement for Oz Blayzer.[13] That season, Despite Workman having his best year in the Israeli Premier League in terms of personal averages (6.7 points and 5.4 rebounds per game) - his team, Maccabi Haifa, had finished the season in the last place out of 12 teams and was relegated to the Liga Leumit (the second-tier league in Israel).

References

  1. 1 2 "A New Journey Begins". Amherst College. 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  2. ↑ https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/01/10_northampton_restaurants_tha.html
  3. ↑ https://masslawyersweekly.com/judicial-profiles/fein-dina-e/
  4. ↑ "'Willy stuff' helps Amherst to Division III national title". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  5. ↑ "2013 D3hoops.com men's All-America team". D3hoops. 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  6. ↑ "Greenway, Watson & Click Represent GNAC on ECAC Men's Basketball All-Star Team". GNAC. 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  7. ↑ "Men's Basketball All-NESCAC Selections Released - NESCAC". www.nescacstats.com. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  8. ↑ "A New Journey Begins". Amherst College. 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  9. ↑ "Hapoel Tel Aviv signs Willy Workman". Sportando. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  10. ↑ LTD, Art-Up. "Willy Workman". מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  11. ↑ "Maccabi Haifa signs Willy Workman". Sportando. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  12. ↑ "ווילי וורקמן יישאר ירוק עד 2021". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  13. ↑ "אולסטאר: הזרים גברו על הישראלים". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). March 2, 2018.
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