Stephen Andrew Panos (
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
: Στιβ Πάνος; born February 4, 1988) is a Greek-American former professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player. At a height of 2.06 m (6'9") tall, he played at the
power forward
The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. Traditionally, power forwards have played a role similar to center (basketball), centers. When on Of ...
and
center
Center or centre may refer to:
Mathematics
*Center (geometry), the middle of an object
* Center (algebra), used in various contexts
** Center (group theory)
** Center (ring theory)
* Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...
positions.
College career
After playing high school basketball at
Highland High School, in
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...
,
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...
, Panos played
college basketball
In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...
at
Weber State
Weber State University (pronounced ) is a public university in Ogden, Utah. It was founded in 1889 as Weber Stake Academy. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
History
Weber State University was founded ...
, from 2006 to 2010.
Professional career
Panos began his pro career with the
Greek League club
Kolossos in 2010. He moved to the Greek club
Kavala
Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit.
It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnati ...
in 2012. He joined the Greek club
Trikala Aries in 2013. In 2014 he resigned with Trikala for a 1 year contract
The Basketball Tournament
In the summers of 2015 and 2017, Panos played in
The Basketball Tournament
The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is an open-application, single-elimination tournament played each summer in the United States. The 2022 edition features 64 teams with a $1 million winner-take-all prize, broadcast by ESPN. TBT was founded in 201 ...
, on
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...
, for The Wasatch Front (Weber State Alumni). He competed for the $2 million prize in 2017, and for The Wasatch Front, he scored 6 points in their first round loss to Team Challenge ALS, by a score of 97–81.
References
External links
Official Twitter AccountEurobasket.com ProfileDraftexpress.com ProfileGreek Basket League Profile
Balkan League ProfileWeber State College ProfileESPN College Stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Panos, Steve
1988 births
Living people
American men's basketball players
American people of Greek descent
Aries Trikala B.C. players
Basketball players from Salt Lake City
Centers (basketball)
Greek men's basketball players
Kavala B.C. players
Kolossos Rodou B.C. players
Power forwards (basketball)
Promitheas Patras B.C. players
Weber State Wildcats men's basketball players