Eric Stutz

American basketball player

Eric Stutz
TAU Castelló
PositionPower forward
LeagueLEB Oro
Personal information
Born (1992-09-09) 9 September 1992 (age 31)
Newburgh, Indiana
NationalityAmerican
Listed height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High schoolCastle
(Newburgh, Indiana)
CollegeEastern Kentucky (2011–2015)
NBA draft2015: undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015Leiden
2015–2016Inter Bratislava
2016–2017Trepça
2017–2018Bashkimi
2018–2020Força Lleida
2020–2021Ramat HaSharon
2021–presentCastelló
Career highlights and awards

Frederic George Stutz (born 9 September 1992), is an American professional basketball player for AB Castelló of the LEB Oro.

High school career

Stutz attended John H. Castle High School in Newburgh, Indiana where he won Southern Indiana Athletic Conference championships. Was named the 2011 Evansville Courier & Press All-Metro Player of the Year, averaging 21.6 points and 10.6 rebounds per game.

College career

Played in and started all 32 games as a freshman, averaging 8.0 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. As a sophomore he played in and started all 35 games, averaging 8.1 points and a team-best 4.6 rebounds per game. Played in all 34 games and averaged 8.6 points along with 4.6 rebounds per game as a junior. Played four games during Eastern Kentucky's summer tour in Australia. As a senior he played 32 games, averaging career-best 15.6 points and 5.7 rebounds. Named First-team NABC All-District and First-team All-OVC.

Professional career

After playing at Eastern Kentucky, Stutz started his pro career in 2015 with the Dutch club Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden.[1] On 6 December 2015 he left the team after 6 games of the Dutch Basketball League and 3 of the FIBA Europe Cup.[2] Three days after he joined the Slovak club Inter Bratislava, where he played 3 games.[3]

In July 2016 he joined the Kosovar club KB Trepça, playing Kosovo Basketball Superleague and Balkan International Basketball League.[4] Next season played for the 2018 kosovar champions Bashkimi Prizren.

On 21 September 2018, signed for LEB Oro side Força Lleida.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Eric Stutz is geland" [Eric Stutz had landed] (in Dutch). B.S. Leiden. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  2. ^ "ZZ Leiden en Stutz gaan uit elkaar" [ZZ Leiden and Stutz break up] (in Dutch). B.S. Leiden. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Na skúšku prichádza Stutz" [Stutz comes to a test] (in Slovak). Slovak Basketball League. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Trepça përforcohet me amerikanin Eric Stutz" [Trepca is reinforced with American Eric Stutz] (in Albanian). 7 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Amb l'Eric no anem coixos de mà i és un jugador dur i amb presència" ["With Eric we do not go hand lame and is a tough player with presence"] (in Catalan). Força Lleida CE. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.

External links

  • FEB profile
  • Eastern Kentucky Colonels profile
  • Real GM profile