Tanner Leissner

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Tanner Leissner
Tanner Leissner with the Rytas Vilnius during Game 5 of the 2022 LKL Finals.jpg
Leissner with the Rytas Vilnius during the 2022 LKL Finals
No. 15–Akita Northern Happinets
Position Power forward
League B.League
Personal information
Born (1995-09-17) September 17, 1995 (age 28)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight232 lb (105 kg)
Career information
High school Judson (Converse, Texas)
College New Hampshire (2014–2018)
NBA draft 2018: undrafted
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018–2019 Ehingen Urspring
2019 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2019–2020 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
2020–2021 Afyon Belediye
2021–2022 Rytas
2022–2023 EWE Baskets Oldenburg
2023 Palencia Baloncesto
2023- Akita Northern Happinets
Career highlights and awards
  • Lithuanian League champion (2022)
  • 3× First-team All-America East (2016-2018)
  • Second-team All-America East (2015)
  • America East Rookie of the Year (2015)

Tanner Leissner (born September 17, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League. He played college basketball for the New Hampshire Wildcats.

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College career

Leissner was a four year starter for the New Hampshire Wildcats. As a freshman, he led the team with 12.3 points and 7.2 rebounds per game and was named the America East Conference Rookie of the Year and second team all-conference. [1] He led the team in scoring and finished as the Wildcats' second-leading rebounder with 15.9 points and 7.3 rebounds per game as a sophomore and was named first team All-America East. [2] Leissner was again named first team all-conference in his junior after averaging 17.1 points and 6.9 rebounds and helped lead New Hampshire to the semifinal of the 2017 America East men's basketball tournament. [3] As a senior, he led the Wildcats for a fourth straight year with 18.7 points per game while also averaging 6.9 rebounds per game. He was named first team All-America East for a third consecutive season and awarded UNH Athlete of the Year. [4] Leissner finished his collegiate career as the Wildcats' all-time leader in points (1,962), free throws attempted (675) and made (521), and minutes played (4,095) while also finishing third in rebounds with 862 in 121 games played. [5]

Professional career

Ehingen Urspring

Leissner signed with Ehingen Urspring of ProA, the German second division, to start his professional career. He finished the ProA season with 16.3 points and 5.4 rebounds over 33 games (32 starts). [6]

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Following the end of the ProA season, Leissner signed with Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C. of the Israeli Basketball Premier League on April 28, 2019. [7] Leissner averaged 9.0 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists in seven games for the team.

MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg

Leissner returned to Germany after signing with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) on August 2, 2019. [8] He averaged 10.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per game in the Bundesliga. [9]

Afyon Belediye

On August 1, 2020, he signed with Afyon Belediye of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi. [9]

Rytas Vilnius

On August 3, 2021, he has signed with Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian League. [10]

EWE Baskets Oldenburg

On July 14, 2022, he signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the German Basketball Bundesliga. [11]

Akita Northern Happinets

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  9. 1 2 "Tanner Leissner (ex Ludwigsburg) joins Afyon". Eurobasket. August 1, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Tanner Leissner joins Rytas Vilnius". Sportando. August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  11. ↑ "EWE Baskets verpflichten Litauischen Meister". EWE Baskets verpflichten Litauischen Meister (in German). Retrieved 2022-07-14.
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