Brett Eppehimer

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Brett Eppehimer
Personal information
Born (1976-05-28) May 28, 1976 (age 47)
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican / Italian
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school The Hill School
(Pottstown, Pennsylvania)
College Lehigh (1995–1999)
Playing career1999–2006
Position Point guard
Career history
1999 Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs
1999–2000 SG Braunschweig
2000–2001 Tenerife
2001–2002 London Towers
2002–2003 Ilysiakos
2003 Los Barrios
2003–2004 Sicilia Messina
2005 Eurorida Scafati
2005–2006 Giants Bergen op Zoom

Brett Eppehimer (born May 28, 1976, in Pottstown, Pennsylvania) is an American-Italian [1] [2] former NCAA Division I and professional basketball player.

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College career

Eppehimer attended Lehigh University (1995–1999), in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he played NCAA Division I basketball and finished with 1,742 career points. The point guard/shooting guard averaged over 20 points per game, in three different seasons, and led the Patriot League in scoring twice. In 1998, Eppehimer finished as the 4th leading scorer in college basketball, averaging 24.7 points per game.

Professional career

Following university, Eppehimer signed in Europe, with Braunschweig of the German Basketball Bundesliga. During his first professional season, he averaged 20.7 points and 6.2 assists per game, both top-10 in the league. Eppehimer (a dual citizen of the United States and Italy) earned All-Bosman 1st team, awarded to the best European players in Germany.

Eppehimer played another seven seasons professionally. The clubs he played for included: Tenerife CB (Tenerife, Spain), London Towers (London, England) of the BBL and EuroLeague, Ilysiakos Athens (Athens, Greece), CB Los Barrios (Los Barrios, Spain), Sicilia Messina (Messina, Italy), Legea Scafati (Scafati, Italy), and the Polynorm Giants in Bergen-op-Zoom, Netherlands.

Personal

Eppehimer is the older brother of professional basketball player Nick Eppehimer.

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