Daniel Faris

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Daniel Faris
Personal information
Power forward
Born	May 2, 1987 (1987-05-02) (age 26) Greenbrae, California, U.S.
Nationality	Lebanese / American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (206 cm)
Career information
High school	Eldorado (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
College	New Mexico (2005–2009)
NBA draft	2009 / Undrafted
Pro playing career	2009–present
Career history
2009–2010	WCAA Giants (Netherlands)
2012	Hekmeh (Lebanon)

Daniel Faris (born 2 May 1987) is a Lebanese American basketball player. He is a six-foot-nine-inch tall power forward.^[1]

Faris played four years of NCAA Division I basketball at the University of New Mexico. In his senior season, he averaged 12.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per game en route to being named to the All-Mountain West Conference second team.^[2]

Faris is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team.^[3] He competed with the senior team for the first time at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, where he saw action in four games for the fourth-place Lebanese team.^[4]

After his college career, Daniel Faris played for the World Class Aviation Academy Giants in the Dutch Basketball League for one year. After finishing his season in the Dutch league, Faris signed with Lebanese powerhorses Green Castle Hekmeh in the Lebanese Basketball League, he only played two games with the team in 2012. In 2013 Daniel accepted a position as Assistant Manager of Octopus Carwash.

References

↑ Profile at basketpedya.com
↑ Daniel Faris at golobos.com
↑ Profile at FIBA.com
↑ FIBA Archive

v t e Lebanon squad – 2009 FIBA Asia Championship – 4th Place

4 Jean Abdelnour 5 Jackson Vroman 6 Ali Mahmoud 7 Rony Fahed 8 Omar El Turk 9 Brian Beshara 10 Ali Kanaan 11 Rodrigue Akl 12 Daniel Faris 13 Matt Freije 14 Mazen Mneimneh 15 Fadi El Khatib Coach: Dragan Raca

Persondata
Name	Faris, Daniel
Alternative names
Short description	Lebanese basketball player
Date of birth	2 May 1987
Place of birth	Greenbrae, California
Date of death
Place of death

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