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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | LNB Pro A |
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 30, 1992 Ottawa, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Listed height | 1.88 [1] m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Listed weight | 79 [2] kg (174 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Lester B. Pearson (Ottawa, Ontario) |
| College | Ottawa (2010–2015) |
| NBA draft | 2015: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
| 2015–2016 | Tallinna Kalev |
| 2016–2017 | Araberri |
| 2017–2018 | Eisbären Bremerhaven |
| 2018–2019 | Zaragoza |
| 2019–2020 | Larisa |
| 2020 | Boulazac Dordogne |
| 2020 | Ottawa Blackjacks |
| 2020–2021 | Nanterre 92 |
| 2021–22 | Ottawa Blackjacks |
| 2021–2022 | Chorale Roanne Basket |
| 2022–2023 | BC Budivelnyk |
| 2023–present | BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Johnny Berhanemeskel (born October 30, 1992) is a Canadian professional basketball player for BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque of the LNB Pro A.
College career
He played college basketball at the University of Ottawa, earning CIS Outstanding Player, First Team All-Canadian and OUA Player of the Year honors in his fifth year with the Ottawa Gee-Gees. [3] Appearing in a total of 105 games over the span of his five-year career at Ottawa, Berhanemeskel averaged 19.0 points per contest. He was Ottawa's all-time leader in points scored (2000 points), and first in career three-pointers made (299) when he graduated. [4]
Professional career
In August 2015, Berhanemeskel signed his first contract as a professional basketball player, joining BC Tallinna Kalev in Estonia. [5] Averaging 20.5 points a game, [6] he had an immediate scoring impact in the Estonian top-flight and also saw action in 14 games of the Baltic Basketball League, averaging 18.9 points per outing. [7] For his efforts, he received Eurobasket.com All-Baltic League Import Player of the Year, Eurobasket.com All-Baltic League 1st Team [8] and Eurobasket.com All-Estonian League Honorable Mention honors. [9]
The 2016–17 season saw him turn out 32 times for Araberri of the Spanish second-tier league LEB Oro, averaging 18.9 points per game, [10] while earning Eurobasket.com All-Spanish LEB Gold 2nd Team distinction. [11]
Berhanemeskel signed with Eisbären Bremerhaven of the German elite league Bundesliga in July 2017. [12] He was Bremerhaven's second-leading scorer, averaging 13.9 points a contest in the 2017-18 Bundesliga season. [13]
On July 4, 2018, Berhanemeskel signed a two-year deal with Tecnyconta Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. [14] [15] After starting the 2019–20 season with Greek team Larisa B.C., he was signed by Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the French top-flight LNB Pro A in January 2020. [16] He appeared in eight games of the French league, averaging 14.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per outing. [17]
Berhanemeskel signed with the Ottawa Blackjacks of the CEBL in June 2020. [18] On September 18, he signed with Nanterre 92 of the LNB Pro A. [19]
On March 11, 2021, Berhanemeskel re-signed with the Blackjacks. [20]
On July 9, 2021, Berhanemeskel signed with Chorale Roanne Basket of the LNB Pro A. [21]
On August 11, 2022, he signed a deal with BC Budivelnyk of the European North Basketball League and the Champions League. [22]
During the summer of 2023, Berhanemeskel returned to France and signed for a season with BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque. [23]
National team career
Berhanemeskel represented Canada at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea. [24] He also represented Team Canada at the 2021 FIBA AmeriCup Qualifiers in Puerto Rico. [25]
References
- ^ "Johnny Berhanemeskel". Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Présentation de Johnny Berhanemeskel". frenchbasketballscouting.fr. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "U Sports Hoops - University Basketball in Canada". usportshoops.ca. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "Johnny Berhanemeskel". uOttawa Gee-Gees. 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "Johnny B goes pro - The Fulcrum". The Fulcrum. 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ Korvpalliliit, Eesti. "Mängijad". Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "Player". bbl.net. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "Baltic League Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "KML_2015-2016 Basketball League ESTONIA - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "Federación Española de Baloncesto - Competiciones FEB". competiciones.feb.es. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "LEB-GOLD_2016-2017 Basketball League SPAIN - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ Bremerhaven, Eisbären (2017-07-28). "Eisbären holen Scharfschütze Johnny Berhanemeskel". Eisbären Bremerhaven (in German). Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "easyCredit - 439 BRE". www.easycredit-bbl.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- ^ "ACB.COM - Johnny Berhanemeskel aterriza en Basket Zaragoza". www.acb.com (in European Spanish). 4 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Johnny Berhanemeskel joins Basket Zaragoza". Sportando. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Johnny Berhanemeskel, un arrière canadien signe au Boulazac Basket Dordogne". France Bleu (in French). 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ^ "Berhanemeskel Johnny | LNB.fr". LNB (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ "Ottawa BlackJacks Sign Free Agent Johnny Berhanemeskel". www.cebl.ca. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ^ "Johnny Berhanemeskel joins Nanterre". Sportando. September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Ottawa BlackJacks Re-Sign Berhanemeskel for 2021 CEBL Season". TheBlackjacks.ca. March 11, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
- ^ "Berhanemeskel et Gant clôturent le recrutement". Sportando. July 9, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ "Canadian sniper Berhanemeskel became another newcomer of Budivelnyk!". budivelnyk.ua (in Ukrainian). August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ^ "Gravelines sign Johnny Berhanemeskel". Eurobasket. August 4, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ "2015 Summer Universiade: Berhanemeskel's big game fuels win over Estonia, Canada finishes 7th - Ontario University Athletics (OUA)". www.oua.ca. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
- ^ "Led by unsung heroes, Team Canada is one step closer to 2024 Olympic games". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Araberri BC players
- Basket Zaragoza players
- Basketball players from Ottawa
- BC Budivelnyk players
- BC Tallinn Kalev players
- BCM Gravelines players
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Estonia
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in France
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Greece
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Canadian men's basketball players
- Chorale Roanne Basket players
- Eisbären Bremerhaven players
- Larisa B.C. players
- Liga ACB players
- Nanterre 92 players
- Ottawa Gee-Gees basketball players
- Shooting guards