Pierre "Pierry" Valmera (born September 29, 1981) is a retired Haitian professional basketball player, who played for Ancien in the Ligue Nationale de Basket in Switzerland.[3][4]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 29, 1981 Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Nationality | Haitian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Collège Nicolas Copernic[1] (Port-au-Prince) |
| College | Union University[1] |
| NBA draft | 2003: undrafted |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 44, 14 |
| Career history | |
| 2008–2009 | BC Boncourt (Switzerland)[2] |
Early years
editValmera was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Having taught himself basketball in his native country, he emigrated to the United States and became a standout player at Union University in Tennessee.[3][5]
Personal life
editWhen Valmera's playing career concluded, he relocated to Boston, Massachusetts where he worked as a substitute teacher in French and history at a middle school. Soon after his arrival in the states, he met David Franklin Rose, a business owner of an architecture firm. Together, they founded a non-for-profit organization called POWERforward International Inc., created to help young Haitians gain private-school educations in the United States through basketball. He is a philanthropist and donates his time and money to develop basketball in Haiti. He has 38 kids in the US on full basketball scholarships, including 6 college graduates and 1 playing for the Sacramento Kings, Skal Labissiere. Some of his other students go to the top schools in the country, like Mississippi State and Vanderbilt University.
References
edit- ^ a b Union University Athletic Information: Pierry Valmera
- ^ Ligue Nationale de Basket: Pierry Valmera
- ^ a b Moxley, Mitch. "Building Haiti's Dream Team: Basketball's Biggest Longshot". Men's Journal. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "JOUEUSES / VALMERA Pierry". LNBA: Ligue Nationale de Basket. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Aldridge, Steven. "Union basketball signs Haitian for 2002-03 season". BPSports. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
External links
edit- Pierry Valmera at espn.com
- Pierry Valmera at eurobasket.com
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