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German basketball player
Johannes Herber
(born January 17, 1983) is a former German
basketball
player. He was born in
Darmstadt
. In 2006, he completed a
U.S. college
career at
West Virginia University
(WVU). In America, he was generally known as
Joe Herber
.
College career
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After being developed by the
Langen
club in Germany, Herber 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, along with
Kevin Pittsnogle
and
Mike Gansey
, was a key player on the
Mountaineers
' NCAA regional finalists team 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.
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He was named by the
College Sports Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA) as an
Academic All-American
three times and
Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
.
German national team
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During his time at WVU, Herber 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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