Donnell Thomas
Personal information | |
---|---|
Born | power forward | December 21, 1968
Career history | |
1992 | Nelson Giants |
1995–1998 | Donar |
1998–1999 | Maccabi Hadera |
1999–2000 | Den Helder |
2000 | Ural Great Perm |
2000–2001 | Ben Hur |
Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Donnell Lee Thomas (born December 21, 1968) is an American former basketball player. Standing at 196 cm, he played as small forward or power forward.[1]
College career
Thomas played college basketball for the Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team, where he was nicknamed "D-Train", for his rebounding ability.[2] He led the team in scoring for three straight years and ended his NIU career as the team's second-highest scoring leader of all time.[3] He was inducted in the NIU Huskies' Hall of Fame in 2003.[2]
Professional career
In 1992, Thomas played with the Nelson Giants of New Zealand's National Basketball League. He was named to the league's All-Star Five and was honoured as the Best Forward of the Commissioners Cup.[4]
From 1995 to 1998, Thomas played for
For the 1998–99 season, Thomas played in Israel for Maccabi Hadera.[7] In the 1999–2000 season, he played for Den Helder.[8] He averaged 22.7 points in 96 Eredivisie games played.[8] He also played for Ural Great Perm in Russia that year, averaging 11.2 points in 19 games played.[1]
For the 2000–01 season, Thomas played in Argentina for Ben Hur.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Ural Great Roster (1999-2000): Donnell Thomas". ural-great.ru. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- ^ a b "Donnell Thomas (2003) - Hall of Fame". NIU Athletics. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- ^ "Donnell Thomas College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- ^ "NZNBL: New Zealand National Basketball League". Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- ^ DonarMuseum. "Donnell Thomas - DonarMuseum.nl". www.donarmuseum.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- ^ "MVP Competitie". J-dus.com (in Dutch). Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
- ^ a b "Donnell Thomas". latinbasket.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
- ^ a b "Donnell Thomas Basketbal statistieken Spelers Dossier - NBB Database, basketball statistieken". db.basketball.nl. Retrieved June 29, 2022.