1. Career

2. References

Jacob Luke Doerksen (born October 16, 1987) is a Canadian former professional basketball player.

Career

A native of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Doerksen played basketball and football at Rick Hansen Secondary School,^[1] he was named the British Columbia High School Male Athlete of the Year in 2005.^[2] In 2005, the {{convert|6|ft|7|in|cm}} forward enrolled at University of Victoria and won the Dr. Peter Mullins Trophy as CIS Rookie of the Year in the 2005–06 season after helping the Vikes claim a CIS National Championship silver medal. In his second year at Victoria, Doerksen averaged a team-high 14 points a games, while grabbing just under five rebounds per contest.^[3]

After sitting out the 2007–08 season, Doerksen transferred to Trinity Western University in 2008. He would later be named "arguably the greatest basketball player to ever don a Spartans uniform".^[4] He scored a total of 1852 points in his three years at Trinity Western putting him second on the TWU all-time list when he graduated in 2011. His 781 rebounds were also second-most all time in TWU history.^[4] He earned several awards during his time at Trinity Western, including the Mike Moser Memorial Trophy as the outstanding player of the 2008–09 CIS season,^[5] First-Team All-Canada accolades in 2009 and 2011 as well as Canada West Player of the Year honours in 2009.^[6]

In his first year as a professional basketball player, he tallied 21.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and two steals a game in 33 contests with the UBC Hannover Tigers of the German 2. Bundesliga ProB league,^[7] earning 2012 Eurobasket.com All-German 2.Bundesliga Pro B Center of the Year honours.^[8] Prior to the 2012–13 season, he signed with SC Rasta Vechta of Germany's second-tier 2. Bundesliga ProA. He helped Rasta win the 2013 ProA championship title which ensured promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga, averaging 13.7 points a game.^[9] In the 2013–14 he saw the hardwood in 29 games (28 starts) to average 10.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per contest.^[10]

Following the 2013–14 season, Doerksen finished his professional basketball career returning to his native Canada.

References

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