Amin Stevens
No. 3 – Ironi Kiryat Ata | |
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Position | Forward / center |
League | Israeli Basketball Premier League |
Personal information | |
Born | Roswell, Georgia, U.S. | 26 October 1990
Listed height | 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) |
Listed weight | 98 kg (216 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Mount Vernon Presbyterian (Sandy Springs, Georgia) |
College | Florida A&M (2009–2012) |
Playing career | 2012–present |
Career history | |
2012–2013 | MBK Rieker Komárno |
2013–2014 | Fürstenfeld Panthers |
2014–2015 | BC Vienna |
2015–2016 | Löwen Braunschweig |
2016–2017 | Keflavík |
2017–2018 | Rouen Métropole Basket |
2018–2019 | Brussels |
2019–2020 | Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin |
2020–2021 | Rouen Métropole Basket |
2021–present | Ironi Kiryat Ata |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Amin Khalil Stevens (born October 26, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Before his professional career, he played college basketball for Florida A&M. In 2013 he won the Slovak Basketball Cup with MBK Rieker Komárno. In 2017, he was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year after leading the league in scoring and rebounds.
High school
[edit]Stevens played basketball at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] In his senior season he averaged 20 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, two steals, and 1.5 blocks per game.[1] He was named All-State, All-Region, to the NACA All-tournament team, the conference's Most Valuable Player, the Regional Tournament Most Valuable Player, and the Garden City Classic Most Valuable Player.[1]
College career
[edit]Stevens joined Florida A&M in 2009.[2] He played three seasons for the school.[3] In his junior season, he averaged 17.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 1.5 steals per game.[4] In 84 games with Florida A&M in his career, he averaged 11.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.0 steal per game.[4]
Professional career
[edit]2012-20
[edit]After leaving college, Stevens in 2012-13 joined MBK Rieker Komárno, with whom he won the Slovak Basketball Cup. In 37 games, he averaged 15.2 points (4th in the league), 7.0 rebounds (4th), 0.5 blocks (11th), and 1.1 assists.[5]
In 2013-14 he played for Fürstenfeld Panthers, where he averaged 20.0 points (2nd in the league), 7.7 rebounds (5th), and 1.8 steals (3rd) in 29 games.[6]
In 2014-15 he played for BC Vienna, averaging 18.2 points (leading the league), 9.1 rebounds (3rd), 1.7 steals (4th), and 1 assist in 46 games.[6]
Stevens signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Keflavík ahead of the 2016–17 season.[7] He went on to average 29.5 points and 15.3 rebounds per game, leading the league in both categories,[8] with 1.8 steals per game (4th) and a .589 field goal percentage (2nd), and was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year.[9][10]
He played for Rouen Métropole Basket during the 2017–18 Pro B season[11] where Stevens led the league in both scoring (18.1) and rebounding (9.1), with 1.2 steals per game.[12]
He spent the next two seasons with Brussels (second in the league with 7.4 rebounds per game in 2018-19)[6] and Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin.
2020-present
[edit]Stevens returned Rouen in June 2020.[13] In 2020-21 he averaged 12.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game.[4]
In the summer of 2021, he signed with Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Amin Stevens - 2011-12 - Men's Basketball". Florida A&M.
- ^ St. Clair Murraine (July 9, 2009). "Stevens offers a lot to FAMU". Tallahassee Democrat. p. 2B. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ St. Clair Murraine (March 14, 2013). "Johnson seeks 'big' changes for Rattlers". Tallahassee Democrat. p. 6D. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Amin Stevens Player Profile, Florida A&M - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
- ^ "Slovakian Extraliga Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
- ^ a b c "Austrian A Bundesliga Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (September 27, 2016). "Kanaleit Keflvíkinga loksins lokið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ "Einu víti frá því að missa stigatitilinn". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). March 11, 2017. p. 19. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (July 16, 2019). "Ekkert til í því að Stjarnan sé að semja við Amin Stevens". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (November 9, 2020). "Völdu bestu erlendu leikmennina í sögu Domino´s Körfuboltakvölds". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ François Verly; Patrice Cornily (February 17, 2018). "Basket: rencontre avec Amin Stevens meilleur marqueur de Pro B". France Info (in French). Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ "LNB Pro B - Stats Joueurs". lnb.fr (in French). Ligue nationale de basket. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
- ^ Antonie Bodelet (June 12, 2020). "Amin Stevens de retour au Rouen Métropole Basket". bebasket.fr (in French). Retrieved May 7, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Profile at Eurobasket.com
- Profile at Proballers.com
- College statistics at Sports Reference
- Florida A&M Bio
- Living people
- 1990 births
- American expatriate basketball people in Austria
- American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Iceland
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- American expatriate basketball people in Slovakia
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Centers (basketball)
- Forwards (basketball)
- Florida A&M Rattlers basketball players
- Ironi Kiryat Ata players
- Keflavík men's basketball players
- Brussels Basketball players
- Sportspeople from Roswell, Georgia
- Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players