American and Icelandic basketball player
Darrel Keith Lewis is an American and Icelandic professional basketball player who last played for Þór Akureyri in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla .[ 1] He was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the year in 2004[ 2] and selected to the Domestic All-First Team in 2015.[ 3]
Lewis has reached the Úrvalsdeild finals twice, in 2003 with Grindavík [ 4] [ 5] and in 2015 with Tindastóll .[ 6]
College career
Lewis played for Lincoln University from 1996 to 1999 and ended his career there as the schools the all-time leading scorer with 2,294 points. He was inducted into the Lincoln Lions Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.[ 7]
National team career
Lewis became an Icelandic citizen in December 2004[ 8] [ 9] and was selected to the Icelandic national basketball team in 2005. He played four games during the 2005 Games of the Small States of Europe .[ 10]
References
^ Perkins, Noah (March 6, 2017). "No Country for Old Men. Two decades later: Darrel Lewis, 41, and Michael Takahashi, 42, are still on the hardwood" . popgates.com . Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017 .
^ "Besti erlendi leikmaður úrvalsdeildar karla" . KKI.is . Retrieved 26 August 2017 .
^ "Úrvalslið ársins í úrvalsdeild karla" . KKI.is . Retrieved 26 August 2017 .
^ Þórólfsson, Sigurður Elvar (April 2, 2003). "Karfan virtist vera risastór" . Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017 .
^ "Stórleikir Darrels hafa ekki dugað hingað til" . Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). March 20, 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2017 .
^ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (April 17, 2015). "Lewis er ekki að hætta: Aldur er bara tala" . Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017 .
^ "Hall of Fame - Darrel Lewis" . lulions.com . Lincoln University Lions. Retrieved 26 August 2017 .
^ Sæmundsson, Ingvi Þór (February 19, 2016). "Lewis með 35 stig í fyrsta leiknum eftir fertugsafmælið" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017 .
^ Leifsson, Anton Ingi (July 10, 2016). "Darrel Lewis á leið til Þórs" . Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017 .
^ Sæmundsson, Ingvi Þór (June 8, 2014). "Stólarnir styrkja sig" . Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 August 2017 .
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