40 Facts About Zabian Dowdell

Zabian Dowdell was born on September 10,1984 and is an American former professional basketball player.

Zabian Dowdell played college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies from 2003 to 2007.

Zabian Dowdell attended Pahokee High School, where he played high school basketball and was first team all-state as a junior and senior.

Zabian Dowdell attended and played college basketball at Virginia Tech from 2003 to 2007.

Zabian Dowdell is the seventh leading scorer in Virginia Tech history, as well as fifth in assists, and third in steals.

Zabian Dowdell was Seth Greenberg's first signee at Virginia Tech.

Zabian Dowdell scored in double figures in his first 41 ACC regular season games.

Zabian Dowdell was named to the first team All-ACC during his senior season, becoming the first Hokie to do so.

Zabian Dowdell made his first collegiate start on November 22,2003, in the win over the University of New Hampshire.

Zabian Dowdell scored a season-high 20 points during a win against West Virginia University.

Zabian Dowdell started 28 games and scored in double figures 15 times.

Zabian Dowdell was second on the team in assists and scoring.

On February 2,2005, Zabian Dowdell tied a career-high with five three-pointers and scored a season-high 23 points in a win over the University of Miami in front of a large crowd from his hometown of Pahokee, Florida.

Zabian Dowdell started 29 games and scored in double figures 26 times.

Zabian Dowdell averaged 14.4 points and had four games of 20 or more points.

Zabian Dowdell was 16th in scoring in the ACC, 11th in steals, and third in three-point field goal percentage.

Zabian Dowdell was named an All-ACC honorable mention and first-team All-State by the Virginia Sports Information Directors and the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Zabian Dowdell led the Hokies in scoring, steals and minutes played.

Zabian Dowdell started 28 of 30 games and scored in double figures 28 times.

Zabian Dowdell was named an All-ACC Honorable mention for the second consecutive season and second-team All-State by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

On January 6,2007, Zabian Dowdell scored 20 points and had five steals in an overtime win against fifth-ranked Duke University in Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Hokies first win at that arena.

Zabian Dowdell scored six of those points in overtime, and made 17 of 19 free throws, including the game-winning points with a pair of foul shots with 1 minute 27 seconds remaining.

Zabian Dowdell then scored 15 points in two games of the 2007 NCAA tournament.

Zabian Dowdell started in 33 games, scored in double figures 29 times, led the Hokies in scoring, and finished second in steals and assists.

Zabian Dowdell was second in the ACC in steals per game and fifth in free three percentage.

Zabian Dowdell was named the ACC Player of the Week twice during the season.

Zabian Dowdell earned All-ACC first team honors, and was named to the All-ACC Defensive team.

Zabian Dowdell then signed a contract with the French team SLUC Nancy of the French League.

Zabian Dowdell played for 14 minutes and scored two points.

Zabian Dowdell played in all ten regular season games and had 112 points, 32 assists, 28 rebounds and 12 steals.

Zabian Dowdell played in all 30 regular season games and averaged 20.7 points per game.

In that series, Zabian Dowdell had 91 points, 15 assists, 20 rebounds, and 12 steals.

Zabian Dowdell played for the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Summer League in 2010.

Zabian Dowdell's play allowed him to sign up for their training camp with undrafted rookie ex-Northeastern Husky Matt Janning and veteran NBA point guard Chucky Atkins.

Zabian Dowdell signed a second ten-day contract on January 27,2011.

Zabian Dowdell was featured in the January 31,2011 issue of Sports Illustrated in an article about NBA players with ten-day contracts.

On January 18,2012, Zabian Dowdell signed a contract with Anadolu Efes Pilsen.

On March 1,2012, after passing his physical exam, Zabian Dowdell signed with CB Gran Canaria in Spain.

In July 2012, Zabian Dowdell signed with Enisey Krasnoyarsk in Russia.

But, before the end of the season, the team decided to replace him with the new hire Randy Culpepper and, because the number of foreign players exceeded the limit, Zabian Dowdell transferred in Germany to Rasta Vechta.