Daniel Horton (basketball)

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Daniel Horton
Personal information
Born (1984-04-21) April 21, 1984 (age 40)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, Texas)
College Michigan (2002–2006)
Playing career2006–2012
Position Guard
Career history
2006 Pınar Karşıyaka
2007 Los Angeles D-Fenders
2007–2008 Albuquerque Thunderbirds
2008 Hyères-Toulon
2008 Pau-Orthez
2009–2010 Hyères-Toulon
2012 Bendigo Braves
2012 Korihait
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
FIBA Americas U18 Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Isla Margarita National team

Daniel Horton (born April 21, 1984) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6'3" 205 lb guard.

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Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Horton graduated in 2002 from Cedar Hill High School in Cedar Hill, a suburb of Dallas, Texas and was named to the 2002 McDonald's High School All-American team.

His brother is Jason Horton, that went to Missouri and has now graduated and is waiting to go play professionally. In 2004 two years after Daniel graduated Jason lead the Cedar Hill Longhorns to the state championship.

College career

Horton played four seasons for University of Michigan (UM), from 2002 to 2006. He was voted to the All-Big Ten First Team by the media. He was voted All-Big Ten Second Team (by coaches). He was the 2004 NIT MVP. He was named 2003 Big Ten Freshman of the Year. He was named to the 2003 All-Big Ten Second Team. Finished 11th on Michigan's all-time scoring list (1,614).

While at Michigan, Horton averaged 14.7 points, 4.4 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.70 steals. As a senior, Horton earned many of UM's yearly awards including the Bill Buntin Most Valuable Player Award, the Wayman Britt Outstanding Defensive Player Award, the Gary Grant Award for Most Assists, the Outstanding Free Throw Shooting Award and the Iron Man Award while averaging 17.6 points, 5.3 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.94 steals while also leading the Wolverines in scoring, assists and steals. Horton finished his career second all-time in school history in steals (187), three-point field goals (233) and three-point fields goals attempted (651) while placing fourth all-time with 484 assists.

Pro career

After going undrafted the 2006 NBA draft, he was signed by the Miami Heat during the 2007 preseason.

He played only one game and was waived by the Heat in October 2006, and then moved to Turkey and signed for the Turkish Premier league team Pınar Karşıyaka. [1]

He left after a couple of months after not receiving his wages from his team, so the Los Angeles D-Fenders signed him in February 2007. [2]

One year later, he left for France and signed for the Ligue Nationale de Basketball team Hyères-Toulon Var Basket. In 2012, he signed with the Bendigo Braves in the SEABL (South East Australia Basketball League). [3] In August 2012, Daniel Horton signed a contract to play in Finland with Korihait. [4]

He is married with two children; his wife and the children live in Arkansas. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Realests, The (November 7, 2006). "DANIEL HORTON SCREWED BY HEAT".
  2. ↑ "Panthers / Minor League Report: Daniel Horton picked up by LA D-Fenders". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
  3. 1 2 King, Travis (February 17, 2012). "Imports join Bendigo Braves chase for national championship glory". Bendigo Advertiser.
  4. ↑ "Daniel Horton Korihaiden takalinjoille". www.basket.fi.
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