Greiner playing for Lehigh | |
Personal information | |
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Born | (1991-03-25) March 25, 1991 (age 33) Traverse City, Michigan |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Listed weight | 209 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | St. Francis (Traverse City, Michigan) |
College | Lehigh (2009–2013) |
NBA draft | 2013: undrafted |
Playing career | 2013–2015 |
Position | Forward |
Career history | |
2013–2014 | Landstede Zwolle |
2014–2015 | AEK Larnaca |
2015 | Residence |
Career highlights and awards | |
Holden Greiner (born March 25, 1991) is a retired basketball player. Greiner usually plays as forward. He played four seasons for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball team.
College career
As a junior at Lehigh, Greiner posted 9.4 points per game as Lehigh reached the NCAA Tournament. Greiner averaged 13.2 points and 6.7 rebounds per game as a senior. He took over much of the scoring after CJ McCollum was sidelined by a foot injury. Greiner helped lead Lehigh to a berth in the College Basketball Invitational tournament.
Professional career
On 17 July 2013 he signed with the Dutch team Landstede Basketbal from Zwolle.
For the 2014–15 season, Greiner signed with AEK Larnaca in Cyprus.
Greiner signed a training camp deal with the London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL) for the 2015–16 season. He joined the team in an exhibition game against Raptors 905 of the NBA Development League on November 9, 2015. Greiner appeared on the starting lineup, but the Lightning lost the contest, 111–126.
Honours
- DBL All-Star (1): 2014
References
- LoRe, Michael (August 4, 2013). "Lehigh University's Gabe Knutson, Holden Greiner to continue basketball careers overseas". The Express-Times. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- "Landstede Basketbal haalt Holden Greiner" (in Dutch). sportiefzwolle.nl. 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
- "Holden Greiner, ex-Landstede Basketbal, naar AEK Larnaca uit Cyprus". WorldBasketballNews.com (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
- Dalla Costa, Morris. "D-League Raptors beat London Lightning in exhibition game". NBL Canada. The London Free Press. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
External links
Categories:- 1991 births
- Living people
- AEK Larnaca B.C. players
- American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands
- Basketball players from Michigan
- Dutch Basketball League players
- Landstede Hammers players
- Lehigh Mountain Hawks men's basketball players
- People from Traverse City, Michigan
- Power forwards
- Small forwards
- American men's basketball players
- 21st-century American sportsmen