Ivan Aska
| File:Ivan Aska.jpg Aska with Murray State in February 2011 | |
| Free Agent | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward / center |
| Personal information | |
| Born | June 26, 1990 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | U.S. Virgin Islander / Puerto Rican |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Boyd H. Anderson (Lauderdale Lakes, Florida) |
| College | Murray State (2008–2012) |
| NBA draft | 2012: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
| Career history | |
| 2012–2013 | Leuven Bears |
| 2013–2014 | Ikaros Chalkidas |
| 2014 | Cangrejeros de Santurce |
| 2014–2015 | Maccabi Ashdod |
| 2015–2016 | Ironi Nes Ziona |
| 2016 | Ironi Ramat Gan |
| 2016–2017 | Incheon Electroland Elephants |
| 2017 | PAOK |
| 2017–2018 | SLUC Nancy |
| 2018 | Kolossos Rodou |
| 2018–2019 | Seoul SK Knights |
| 2019–2020 | Hapoel Hevel Modi'in |
| 2021 | Rabotnički |
| 2021–2022 | DEAC |
| 2022–2023 | Malvín |
| 2023 | Soles de Mexicali |
| 2023 | San Miguel Beermen |
| 2024 | Al-Ahli Jeddah |
| 2024–2025 | Urunday Universitario |
| 2025 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
| Career highlights | |
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| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Ivan Aska (born June 26, 1990) is a U.S. Virgin Islander-Puerto Rican professional basketball player who last played for the New Taipei CTBC DEA of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He has also represented the senior men's U.S. Virgin Islands national basketball team. He played college basketball for Murray State's Racers. He is a 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall[1] power forward-center.
High school
[edit | edit source]Aska played high school basketball at Boyd H. Anderson High School, in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida.[2]
College career
[edit | edit source]Aska played college basketball at Murray State University, with the Murray State Racers, from 2008 to 2012. He was named the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year in 2009, and second-team All-Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in 2012. As a senior, Aska averaged 10.6 points and six rebounds per game.[2]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]Aska signed with the German Basketball Bundesliga club ALBA Berlin, in 2015,[3] but he left the club before playing in any official games with them. He joined the Greek Basket League club, PAOK, in March 2017.[4]
On August 28, 2017, Aska signed a deal with the SLUC Nancy Basket out in France's LNB Pro A.[5] On August 5, 2018, Aska returned to Greece once more for Kolossos Rodou.
On December 31, 2018, Aska signed with the Seoul SK Knights of the Korean Basketball League to replace DaJuan Summers for two weeks.[6]
On August 1, 2019, Aska returned to Israel for a second stint, signing a one-year deal with Hapoel Hevel Modi'in of the Israeli National League.[7]
Aska joined Rabotnički in 2021 and averaged 13.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game. On August 3, 2021, Aska signed with DEAC of the Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A.[8]
In November 2023, Aska signed with the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) to replace Tyler Stone as the team's import for the 2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup.[9]
In January 2024, Aska joined the Al-Ahli Jeddah of the Saudi Basketball League (SBL).[10]
On January 24, 2025, Aska signed with the New Taipei CTBC DEA of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).[11]
The Basketball Tournament (TBT)
[edit | edit source]In the summer of 2017, Aska played in The Basketball Tournament on ESPN for Team Challenge ALS. He competed for the $2 million prize in 2017, and for Team Challenge ALS, he averaged 8.2 points per game. Aska helped take the sixth-seeded Team Challenge ALS to the Championship Game of the tournament, where they lost in a close game to Overseas Elite 86–83.[12]
U.S. Virgin Islands national team
[edit | edit source]Aska has been a member of the senior men's U.S. Virgin Islands national basketball team. With the U.S. Virgin Islands, Aska has played at the following tournaments: the 2011 FIBA CBC Championship, where he won a gold medal, the 2012 Centrobasket, the 2015 FIBA CBC Championship, where he won a gold medal, and the 2016 Centrobasket.[13]
He was named the MVP of the 2015 FIBA CBC Championship.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- FIBA profile (archive)
- FIBA profile (game center)
- Eurobasket.com profile
- Draftexpress.com profile
- Greek Basket League profile (in Greek)
- Greek Basket League profile (in English)
- Murray State Racers bio
- ESPN.com College Stats
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Basketball players from Florida
- Cangrejeros de Santurce basketball players
- Centers (basketball)
- Daegu KOGAS Pegasus players
- Debreceni EAC (basketball) players
- Hapoel Hevel Modi'in B.C. players
- Ikaros B.C. players
- Ironi Ness Ziona B.C. players
- Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan players
- Leuven Bears players
- Maccabi Ashdod B.C. players
- Murray State Racers men's basketball players
- Pan American Games competitors for the United States Virgin Islands
- P.A.O.K. BC players
- Puerto Rican men's basketball players
- Power forwards
- SLUC Nancy Basket players
- Small forwards
- United States Virgin Islands men's basketball players
- Boyd H. Anderson High School alumni
- Expatriate basketball people in Belgium
- Club Malvín basketball players
- Soles de Mexicali players
- Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in Greece
- Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in Israel
- Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in South Korea
- Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in France
- Expatriate basketball people in North Macedonia
- Expatriate basketball people in Hungary
- Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in Uruguay
- Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in Mexico
- San Miguel Beermen players
- Philippine Basketball Association imports
- Expatriate basketball people in Saudi Arabia
- Al-Ahli Jeddah basketball players
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Kolossos Rodou B.C. players
- Seoul SK Knights players
- KK Rabotnički players
- Urunday Universitario basketball players
- New Taipei CTBC DEA players
- Taiwan Professional Basketball League imports