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|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | BNXT League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 16, 1995 Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Detroit Country Day (Beverly Hills, Michigan) |
| College | Lehigh (2013–2017) |
| NBA draft | 2017: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2017–present |
| Career history | |
| 2017–2018 | Köping Stars |
| 2018–2019 | Limburg United |
| 2019–2020 | Beroe |
| 2020–2021 | Maccabi Ra'anana |
| 2021 | Ironi Nes Ziona |
| 2021–present | Heroes Den Bosch |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Austin Price (born September 16, 1995) is an American basketball player for Heroes Den Bosch of the BNXT League.
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Early life
Price was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, moved to Detroit when he was a sophomore in high school, and his hometown is Farmington Hills, Michigan.[1][2][3] He is 6-4, 185 pounds (193cm, 83kg).[2][3]
He attended high school at Detroit Country Day (2013) in Michigan.[2] Price played for the high school basketball team as a combo guard and team captain.[4][5] As a junior, Price averaged 16 points, five assists, and two steals per game.[5] As a senior he was team captain.[6] Academically, he had a 3.65 GPA.[4]
College
Price attended Lehigh University (2017), majoring in Finance.[2][4] He was a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.[7] He played basketball for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks basketball team in the Patriot League.[2] As a freshman in 2013-14, he was named to the Patriot League All-Rookie Team, and to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.[4] As a junior in 2015-16 he was second in the league with 55 steals and 1.7 steals per game, and was named third team All-Patriot League.[2][4] As a senior in 2016-17 he was third in the league with 74 three-point field goals, and was again named third team All-Patriot League.[2][4] He ended his Lehigh career second in school history with 240 three-pointers, and 13th in scoring with 1,453 points.[4]
Professional career
After college Price played for the Köping Stars in Sweden's second division, and was named Import Player of the Year (as the top player not from Sweden).[8] In 2018-19 he played with Limburg United in the Pro Basketball League, the top league in Belgium.[8]
In 2019-20 he played with BC Beroe in the Bulgarian National Basketball League, and averaged 15.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game.[8] He started the 2020-21 season with Maccabi Ra'anana of the Israeli National League, and in 13 games averaged 17.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game.[9]
From March 2021, Price played guard for Ironi Nes Ziona in the Israeli Premier Basketball League.[10][11] He helped the team win the 2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup championship.
On July 20, 2021, Price signed a one-year contract with Heroes Den Bosch in the Netherlands.[12] He won the Dutch national championship in the 2021–22 season. On July 4, 2022, he extended his contract with two more seasons.[13]
References
- ^ "The Price is right: Austin Price achieving success for Lehigh men's basketball". February 13, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Austin Price College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ a b "Austin Price Player Profile, Lehigh, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Austin Price - Men's Basketball". Lehigh University Athletics.
- ^ a b "BOYS BASKETBALL: Country Day's leader, Austin Price, looking to go out on top". MI Prep Zone. January 5, 2013.
- ^ "BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW: Loads of fearsome hoops squads across the state this winter". State Champs! Sports Network. December 9, 2012.
- ^ "Austin Price | Men's Basketball 2016-17". Senior CLASS Award.
- ^ a b c "Mountain Hawk Hoops Pros Spotlight: Austin Price". Lehigh University Athletics. September 5, 2020.
- ^ "Austin Price agreed terms with I. Nes Ziona". basketball.eurobasket.com. March 19, 2021.
- ^ "Austin Price Player Profile, Ironi Hai Motors Nes-Ziona, News, Stats". Eurobasket.
- ^ Ironi Ness Ziona. "ברוך הבא אוסטין!", Twitter.
- ^ "Heroes versterkt zich met Austin Price". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ "Austin Price gaat voor tweede landstitel met Heroes Den Bosch". Heroes Den Bosch. July 4, 2022. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
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