1. Jameel Marcus Warney was born on January 31,1994 and is an American professional basketball player for the Seoul SK Knights of the Korean Basketball League.
48 Facts About Jameel Warney
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Jameel Warney played college basketball for the Stony Brook Seawolves, leading the team to its first ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament and graduating as the school's all-time leader in several career categories.
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Jameel Warney continued to play in the G League and was traded to the Westchester Knicks in 2019.
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Jameel Warney was named the KBL's Foreign MVP in his first season, and won MVP again in 2022 and 2023.
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Jameel Warney led the Knights to a regular season title and KBL Finals championship in 2022.
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Jameel Warney was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey to Denise and James Warney.
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Jameel Warney averaged 17.5 points, 13.4 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game as a junior.
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Jameel Warney was originally expected to accept a scholarship to play college basketball at nearby Rider, but Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell and his assistant Jay Young continued to heavily pursue him through a connection with Stony Brook player Bryan Dougher, who had played on the same AAU team before Jameel Warney.
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Once Iowa's interest was publicized, Jameel Warney earned attention from roughly 25 schools, including Villanova, Notre Dame and Tennessee.
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However, Jameel Warney wanted to play immediately instead of redshirting or being a bench player at a power conference school, and he was drawn to Stony Brook during his official visit.
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Jameel Warney made his collegiate debut in Stony Brook's season opener on November 9,2012, against Marist, recording eight points and five rebounds.
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Jameel Warney earned America East Rookie of the Week honors for these performances, the first Stony Brook player to be named since 2009.
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Jameel Warney won eight America East Rookie of the Week awards en route to being named America East Rookie of the Year, second-team All-America East, America East All-Defensive Team and America East All-Rookie Team.
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Jameel Warney was the first Stony Brook player to win Rookie of the Year and the first Stony Brook freshman to be named to an All-America East team and the All-Defensive Team.
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Jameel Warney ended his freshman season averaging 12.4 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game.
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Jameel Warney was named an AP honorable mention All-American, a Lou Henson Mid-Major All-American and first-team All-Met.
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Jameel Warney became the first Stony Brook player to record three straight double-doubles.
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Jameel Warney won his first America East Defensive Player of the Year award and earned another first-team All-America East and All-Defensive Team selection.
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Jameel Warney led all of Division I with 24 double-doubles and 409 rebounds, and was one of 17 players to average a double-double on the season.
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Jameel Warney tied former Drexel star Malik Rose's America East record for most rebounds in a season.
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Jameel Warney had the most total rebounds in Division I and finished third in rebounds per game.
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Jameel Warney scored his 1,000th career point against LIU Brooklyn at Madison Square Garden in the NIT Tip-Off.
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Jameel Warney had an 18-point, 11-rebound, 8-block performance versus Loyola Maryland.
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In Stony Brook's first program win against a ranked opponent, No 13 Washington, Jameel Warney scored the go-ahead bucket.
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Jameel Warney set a conference record by winning eight straight America East Player of the Week awards.
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Jameel Warney was named as a finalist for the Lou Henson Award, an AP honorable mention All-American, a NABC All-District Team selection and first-team All-Met.
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Jameel Warney won America East Defensive Player of the Year and America East All-Defensive Team for the second straight season and was named first-team All America-East for the third straight season.
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Jameel Warney set a new Stony Brook program record with nine blocks against Princeton, adding 26 points, 15 rebounds and five assists as well.
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On January 25,2016, Jameel Warney passed Tommy Brenton for the most career rebounds in Stony Brook history.
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Jameel Warney was named to the 35-man midseason watch list for the Naismith Trophy and one of the final five finalists for the Karl Malone Award, given to the best power forward in the NCAA.
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Jameel Warney added another 21-point, 13-rebound double-double in the semifinals to advance Stony Brook to the championship game for the third season in a row.
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Jameel Warney ended with both a career-high and single-game school record 43 points on 18-for-23 shooting; his 18 made field goals were a new single-game school record.
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Jameel Warney was named America East tournament MVP for his heroics, averaging 30.3 points and 15.3 rebounds per game in the tournament.
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Jameel Warney graduated averaging 15.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 2.0 blocks and 30.7 minutes per game in 135 games played, ending as the school's all-time leader in points, rebounds, blocks and games played.
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Jameel Warney won 97 games in his Stony Brook career, the most by a single player in school history.
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Jameel Warney was later waived before the start of the season and rejoined the Legends.
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Jameel Warney made his NBA debut on March 11,2018, against the Houston Rockets.
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Jameel Warney played eight minutes and scored five points with four rebounds.
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On May 5,2018, Jameel Warney signed with Anhui Dragons of the Chinese NBL to play during the summer.
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On January 8,2019, Jameel Warney was traded to the Westchester Knicks in exchange for Xavier Rathan-Mayes.
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On July 17,2019, Jameel Warney signed with the Seoul SK Knights of the Korean Basketball League.
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Jameel Warney re-signed with the team on September 26,2020.
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Jameel Warney was the league's leading scorer and second in rebounds.
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Jameel Warney averaged 26.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game in the KBL Finals.
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Jameel Warney led the KBL in scoring again with 24.1 points per game and was third with 11.3 rebounds per game.
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Jameel Warney played with the senior United States national team at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, where he won a gold medal.
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Jameel Warney was named to the All-Tournament Team, and was named the tournament's MVP.
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Jameel Warney was named USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year for 2017.