Darrel Keith Lewis is an American-Icelandic professional basketball player who last played for Þór Akureyri in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla.[1] He was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the year in 2004[2] and selected to the Domestic All-First Team in 2015.[3]
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Born | (1976-02-13) February 13, 1976 (age 46) Coatesville, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||
Nationality | American / Icelandic | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
High school | Coatesville Area (Coatesville, Pennsylvania) | |||||||||||||
College | Lincoln (1996–1999) | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1999–2017 | |||||||||||||
Position | Guard/Forward | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
1999 | Youngstown Hawks | |||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Haaglanden NTNT | |||||||||||||
2002–2005 | Grindavík | |||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Aironi Novara | |||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Sporting Athens | |||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Crabs Rimini | |||||||||||||
2008 | AEK B.C. | |||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Peristeri B.C. | |||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Ikaros Kallitheas | |||||||||||||
2010–2011 | AEK/Argous | |||||||||||||
2010–2011 | OFI Crete B.C. | |||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Keflavík | |||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Tindastóll | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Þór Akureyri | |||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||
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Lewis has reached the Úrvalsdeild finals twice, in 2003 with Grindavík[4][5] and in 2015 with Tindastóll.[6]
Lewis played for Lincoln University from 1996 to 1999 and ended his career there as the schools the all-time leading scorer with 2,294 points. He was inducted into the Lincoln Lions Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.[7]
Lewis became an Icelandic citizen in December 2004[8][9] and was selected to the Icelandic national basketball team in 2005. He played four games during the 2005 Games of the Small States of Europe.[10]