Dan Nwaelele

Onyenma Daniel Nwaelele Jr (born March 5, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Paris-Levallois of the French LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the Air Force Falcons.

Dan Nwaelele
Nwaelele (right) playing for the Air Force Academy in 2007.
Personal information
Born (1984-03-05) March 5, 1984
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolInglemoor (Kenmore, Washington)
CollegeAir Force (2003–2007)
NBA draft2007: undrafted
Playing career2012–2018
PositionShooting guard
Career history
2012–2016Santa Cruz Warriors
2016–2017Austin Spurs
2017–2018Levallois Metropolitans
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-MWC (2007)
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

High school career

Nwaelele attended Inglemoor High School where he averaged 17 points and six rebounds per game as a senior an all-state and first-team all-league selection. During his three years at Inglemoor, he became the second leading scorer in Inglemoor history, three-year letterwinner in basketball and three-time team MVP.[1][2]

College career

After graduating from high school, Nwaelele joined Air Force Falcons. In four seasons, he averaged 9.8 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. At the end of his stay at the academy, he was ranked second in program history in three-point field goal percentage with 45.1 percent.[1][2]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft, Nwaelele was invited by the San Antonio Spurs to their training camp, but couldn't go for his commitment to the Air Force.[3] A year later he signed with the Spurs for the 2008 NBA Summer League before returning to the Air Force.[2]

After concluding his commitment with the Air Force, Nwaelele joined the Santa Cruz Warriors for their 2012 training camp roster after a successful tryout,[4] making the opening day roster.[5]

On September 30, 2013, Nwaelele signed with the Spurs for their training camp,[6] but was waived on October 20.[7] He returned to Santa Cruz afterwards,[8] averaging 7.4 points and 2.5 rebounds in 2013–14.

On January 9, 2015, Santa Cruz reacquired Nwaelele via his Returning Player Rights,[9] but waived him on March 26 before he could appear in a game for them.[10]

On September 28, 2015, Nwaelele signed with the Memphis Grizzlies.[11] However, he was waived on October 5.[12] On November 2, he was reacquired by Santa Cruz.[13] On April 1, he was waived by Santa Cruz after suffering a season-ending injury.[14]

On December 20, 2016, Nwaelele was acquired by the Austin Spurs.[15]

Following the 2016–17 campaign, Nwaelele signed with Paris-Levallois of the French LNB Pro A.[16]

Military career

After finishing his college career at the academy, Nwaelele spent five years in the Air Force being deployed overseas twice. The first one was in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and in his second one, he was stationed in Saudi Arabia.[2]

Personal life

Nwaelele is the son of Dan, Sr., and Connie and he has three brothers, Ken, Ike and Andy ( one of which became a science teacher).[1]

References
  1. "Dan Nwaelele Bio". GoAirForceFalcons.com. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  2. "Warriors Waves: For Five Years Dan Nwaelele was a Real Warrior". Patch.com. December 12, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  3. "Air Force won't let ex-Inglemoor star out of service to sign with Spurs". SeattlePi.com. October 9, 2007. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  4. "Santa Cruz Warriors Announce Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. November 8, 2012. Archived from the original on October 26, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  5. "Santa Cruz Warriors bring a promising roster into inaugural season in California". GoldenStateOfMind.com. November 15, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  6. "Spurs notebook: Single roster spot up for grabs". ExpressNews.com. September 30, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  7. "Spurs Waive Fells and Nwaelele". NBA.com. October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  8. "Santa Cruz Warriors Primed For New Season". GTWeekly.com. November 7, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  9. "Santa Cruz Acquires Daniel Nwaelele". OurSportsCentral.com. January 9, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  10. "Santa Cruz Announces Roster Moves". OurSportsCentral.com. March 26, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  11. "Grizzlies announce 2015 training camp roster". NBA.com. September 28, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  12. "Memphis Grizzlies waive Daniel Nwaelele". NBA.com. October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  13. "Santa Cruz Warriors Announce 2015 Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  14. "NBA D-League Transactions | 2015–2016 Season". NBA.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. Miller, Meagan (December 20, 2016). "Austin Spurs Acquire Daniel Nwaelele". NBA.com. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  16. "Daniel Nwaelele rejoint Levallois". Paris-Levallois Basket (in German). June 30, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
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