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Johannes Herber (born January 17, 1983 in Darmstadt, (West) Germany) is a basketball player who
plays for ALBA
Berlin in the German Basketball
Bundesliga. In 2006, he completed a U.S.
college career at West Virginia
University. In America, he was generally known as Joe
Herber.
College
career
After being developed by the Langen club in Germany, he received
several professional offers in Europe, but turned them down in
favor of a U.S. college career. The 6'6", 200 lb (1.98 m, 91 kg)
all-around guard became the second recruit of new West Virginia
coach John Beilein
in 2002. Herber went on to start every game of his four-year WVU
career, setting school records for most games started and minutes
played. He also finished his college career as WVU's fifth-leading
assist man. Herber, alongside with Kevin Pittsnogle and Mike Gansey, was a key
player on the Mountaineers' NCAA regional finalists in 2005
and highly-ranked 2006 team. Herber also had an outstanding
academic record at WVU, graduating with a 4.0 GPA in political science and gaining entry
to the Order of Augusta, WVU's highest undergraduate honor.[1] He was
named three times by the College Sports Information Directors of
America (CoSIDA) as an Academic All-American.
German
national team
During his time at WVU, he spent his summers with the German
junior national team, competing in the 2005 World University Games. He was also a
member of the German senior national
squad for the 2006
World Championship. Herber played in seven games as Germany
advanced to the quarter-finals before losing to Team USA. He averaged 4.3 points per game
in the tournament.
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