Travis Warech (טרוויס ווריק; born July 5, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Saint Michael's and Ithaca, before playing professionally in Germany and Israel.
| Free Agent | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 5, 1991 Pine Brook, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Montville (Montville, New Jersey) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2013: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2014 | Rockets Gotha |
| 2014–2015 | Riesen Ludwigsburg |
| 2015 | Hamburg Towers |
| 2015–2017 | Rasta Vechta |
| 2017–2018 | Maccabi Ashdod |
| 2018–2019 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
| 2019–2020 | Ironi Nahariya |
| 2020–2022 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
| 2022 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Early life and college career
editWarech was born and raised in the Pine Brook section of Montville, New Jersey, and is Jewish.[1][2] 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.[3]
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, he 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.[3]
Professional career
editGermany (2013–2017)
editOn October 18, 2013, Warech started his professional career with BiG Oettinger Rockets Gotha of the German ProA.[4] 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.[5] In 29 games played for Gotha, he averaged 10.0 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 1.0 steals per game.[6]
On June 27, 2014, Warech signed a two-year deal with Riesen Ludwigsburg of the German BBL.[7]
On October 29, 2015, Warech signed a one-year deal with Hamburg Towers, and he played seven games with the team.[8] However, on December 9, 2015, he parted ways with Hamburg and joined Rasta Vechta for the rest of the season.[9] Warech helped Rasta Vechta promote to the German BBL as the 2016 ProA Runner-up. In 26 games played during the 2015–16 season, he averaged 7.7 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, shooting 41.4 percent from 3-point range.[6]
Israel (2017–present)
editOn August 15, 2017, Warech signed with the Israeli team Maccabi Ashdod for the 2017–18 season.[10] On May 3, 2018, Warech recorded a season-high 19 points, along with three rebounds and two steals in an 85–65 blowout loss to Hapoel Jerusalem.[11] Warech helped Ashdod reach the 2018 Israeli League Playoffs, where they eventually were eliminated by Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Quarterfinals.
On June 20, 2018, Warech signed a one-year deal with Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[12] On April 7, 2019, Warech recorded a season-high 21 points, shooting 7-of-12 from the three-point range, along with three assists in a 97–88 loss to Maccabi Ashdod.[13] Warech helped Be'er Sheva reach the 2019 Israeli League Playoffs, where they eventually were eliminated by Hapoel Jerusalem in the Quarterfinals. In 29 games played for Be'er Sheva, he averaged 8.5 points and 2.7 rebounds, shooting 42.6 percent from three-point range.
On June 19, 2019, Warech signed with Ironi Nahariya for the 2019–20 season.[14] He averaged 7.6 points per game. On July 28, 2020, Warech returned to Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[15]
On July 14, 2022, he has signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[16]
Maccabiah Games
editIn July 2017, Warech participated in the 2017 Maccabiah Games and helped the USA Men's basketball team win the tournament and earn a gold medal.[17] He played on the team with among others Jordan Cohen and Sam Singer.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Travis Warech: "The No-Brainer of the Year"". Sports Rabbi. July 15, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ "World Maccabiah Games blends Jewish identity, sports". Dailyrecord.com. July 5, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ a b "Travis Warech - Men's Basketball - Ithaca College Athletics". athletics.ithaca.edu. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Montville's Warech living his dream playing professional basketball in Germany". usatodayhss.com. December 31, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Crailsheim Merlins 80 at BiG Oettinger Rockets Gotha 90". RealGM.com. April 8, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ a b "Travis Warech Player Profile, Ithaca, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
- ^ "MHP Riesen Ludwisgburg announces Travis Warech". Sportando.basketball. June 27, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Die Towers schnappen sich einen erfahrenen Erstliga-Profi". abendblatt.de (in German). October 29, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Suche erfolgreich: RASTA verpflichtet Travis Warech". abendblatt.de (in German). December 9, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Travis Warech signs with Maccabi Ashdod". Sportando.basketball. August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Winner League, Game 28: Hapoel J-M Vs Maccabi Ashdod". basket.co.il. May 3, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "רכש ראשון לעולה החדשה: טראוויק ווריק". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). June 20, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Winner League, Game 25: Be'er Sheva Vs Ashdod". basket.co.il. April 7, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- ^ "Travis Warech signs with Ironi Nahariya". Sportando.basketball. June 19, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- ^ "Travis Warech returns to Hapoel Beer Sheva". Sportando. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ^ "Travis Warrick signed for Hapoel Tel Aviv". time.news. July 14, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ^ "Chasin and Warech Win Gold at 20th Maccabiah Games". athletics.ithaca.edu. July 25, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ Rauchbach, Jake (July 5, 2017). "2017 World Maccabiah Games". basketballinsiders.com.