Daniel Jansen (basketball)
Free agent | |
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Position | Power forward |
Personal information | |
Born | Orange City, Iowa | March 28, 1994
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 530 lb (240 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | MOC-Floyd Valley (Orange City, Iowa) |
College | Augustana (South Dakota) (2012–2016) |
NBA draft | 2016 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2016–present |
Career history | |
2016–2017 | Limburg United |
2017 | MZT Skopje |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Daniel Jansen (born March 28, 1994) is an American professional basketball player who last played for MZT Skopje of the Macedonian League. He played college basketball at Augustana University from 2012–2016.[1][2][3]
Playing career
High school and college
Jansen grew up in Orange City, Iowa, and played high school ball at MOC-Floyd Valley. He joined the Augustana University Vikings in 2012. In 2016, he was named the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Player of the Year,[4] and also NCAA Division II national player of the year.[5][6]
Professional career
After graduating from Augustana in 2016, he signed with Limburg United of the Belgium Division I.[7][8] In 33 regular season games Jansen averaged 9.2 points and 3.4 rebounds per game, while bumping his scoring output up to 17.3 points in the playoffs.
On 18 August, 2017, he signed with Macedonian basketball club MZT Skopje.[9] He made his debut for MZT Skopje in their season opener on September 29, 2017, scoring 14 points, three rebounds and one assist in a 92–89 win over the Partizan. [10][11] On 27 October, 2017, he left MZT Skopje.[12]
Teaching Career
Jansen started his teaching career in 2018 at Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls ,South Dakota. Years later he would move to Charleston South Carolina, where he met Kirkland Clark, an aspiring author who Jansen would learn to mentor and teach the ways of a writer. Kirkland and his associate Riley Miligan were his favorite students and they would later face the shadow terror that is Tyson Kaiser.
References
- ^ "High ambitions led Jansen to become Augustana career scoring leader". siouxcityjournal.com. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ "Dan Jansen leaves mark as one of the best to ever play at Augustana". argusleader.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Augustana's Daniel Jansen named 2016 Division II National Player of the Year by the NABC". basketballcatalyst.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ "Augustana's Daniel Jansen Named NSIC Player of the Year". keloland.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ Kelley, Calah (25 March 2016). Augie Basketball Star Getting Loads Of Support Back Home, KELO-TV
- ^ (6 November 2015). Augustana hands Iowa first exhibition loss since 2002, Hawk Central
- ^ "Jansen signs with club in Belgium". argusleader.com. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "Former Augustana men's basketball star Daniel Jansen signs contract to play professionally in Belgium". KSFY-TV. July 26, 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ "MZT sign two American players - Jansen and Bailey are coming to Skopje". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "ABA League first round, season 2017/2018". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "MZT beat Partizan NIS in excellent atmosphere in Skopje". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "Црногорецот Спасојевиќ го менува Џенсен во составот на МЗТ Скопје Аеродром". mztskopjeaerodrom.mk. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
External links
- Articles with short description
- 1994 births
- Living people
- ABA League players
- American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
- American expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia
- American men's basketball players
- Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Iowa
- KK MZT Skopje players
- Limburg United players
- People from Orange City, Iowa
- Power forwards (basketball)