Chase Fieler (born June 10, 1992) is an American

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player for the

Saga Ballooners The are a professional basketball team based in Saga, Japan. They compete in the first division of the B.League. The team's name is a reference to the Saga International Balloon Fiesta. Coaches * Aljosa Bjekovic (2018–2019) * Luis Guil Torres ...

of the Japanese

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. Fieler usually plays at the

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position.

College career

Fieler played for

Florida Gulf Coast University Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) is a public university in Lee County, Florida, near Fort Myers. It is part of the State University System of Florida and is its second-youngest member. The university was established on May 3, 1991, and is acc ...

from 2010 to 2014. He was a member of the

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team that became known for its surprise run during the NCAA Tournament. He was known for his alley-oop dunk off of a pass from Brett Comer that became the iconic play of the game.

Professional career

In the 2014–15 season, after not being drafted by an NBA team, Fieler started his career with

Club Ourense Baloncesto Club Ourense Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to today by its sponsorship name of Río Ourense Termal, is a professional basketball team based in Ourense, Spain. The team currently plays in league LEB Oro. History Founded in 1978 as Club ...

in the Spanish

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. He won the Playoffs with Ourense, which earned the club the right to promotion to the first-tier

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. For the 2015–16 season, he signed with

Donar Groningen Donar, also known as Donar Groningen, is a professional basketball club based in Groningen, Netherlands. The club competes in the BNXT League and its home arena is MartiniPlaza, which has a seating capacity of 4,350 people. Founded in 1951, Do ...

in the Netherlands. After winning the championship in 2016, he re-signed with Donar for another season. On November 15, 2016, Fieler set a new

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record with an

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of 46 in a 98–70 victory against

Limburg United Limburg United, for sponsorship reasons named Hubo Limburg United, is a professional basketball club based in Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium. Founded in 2014, the club plays in the BNXT League, the first tier of basketball in Belgium. The team plays i ...

. In the 2016–17 season, Fieler was named to the

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and was awarded the

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Award. Fieler won his second Dutch title with Donar that season and was named the DBL Play-offs MVP after averaging 13.7 points in the play-offs. On June 21, 2017, Fieler signed a two-year contract with

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of the

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. He won the Belgian championship two consecutive years with Oostende, while also playing in the

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. On June 24, 2019, Fieler signed a deal with Promitheas Patras of the

Greek Basket League The Greek Basketball League (GBL), and also known as the Stoiximan Greek Basketball League (GBL) for sponsorship reasons, is the Greek basketball league system, first tier level professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by the ...

. He averaged 8.5 points and 2.3 rebounds per game and was selected to play in the

HEBA Greek All Star Game The HEBA Greek All-Star Game, also known as the EKO Greek All-Star Game for sponsorship reasons, was the All-Star Game of the Hellenic Basketball Association, Hellenic Basketball Association (HEBA) (Greek language, Greek: ΕΣΑΚΕ) professional ...

. On July 28, 2020, Fieler signed with

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of the German

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. He averaged 9.4 points and 3.2 rebounds in the 2020–21 season. In July 2021, Fieler signed in Japan with

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. He won the 2021–22 B.League championship with Brex. On June 28, 2022, Fieler signed with fellow Japanese club

. On June 20, 2023, Fieler re-signed with Saga Ballooners. On May 21, 2024, Fieler re-signed with Saga Ballooners. In December 2024, he has been diagnosed with a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Honors and titles

Club

; ;Donar *2×

Dutch Basketball League The Dutch Basketball League (DBL), formerly the Eredivisie, was the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands, run by the Federatie Eredivisie Basketball (FEB). Since 2021, the league has been replaced by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT Le ...

: 2015–16, 2016–17 *

NBB Cup The Basketball Cup, for sponsorship reasons the TOTO Basketball Cup and formerly the NBB Cup (), is an annual cup competition for Netherlands, Dutch basketball teams organised by the Basketball Nederland. Every team in the Netherlands can partici ...

: 2016–17 * Dutch Supercup:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

;Oostende *2×

Pro Basketball League The Pro Basketball League (PBL), was the highest tier level professional basketball league in Belgium for sports clubs, clubs. In 2021, the league was succeeded by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT League. The league is organized by the Basketball League B ...

: 2017–18, 2018–19 *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (; ; ) is the main knockout football competition in Belgium, run by the Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed ...

: 2017–18

Individual

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* Belgian League All-Defensive Team: 2017–18 * DBL Play-offs MVP:

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: 2016–17 *

: 2016–17 * DBL blocks leader: 2015–16 *Second-team All-

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: 2014

References

External links

RealGM.com ProfileFlorida Gulf Coast Eagles bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fieler, Chase 1992 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball players Basketball players from West Virginia BC Oostende players Club Ourense Baloncesto players Bamberg Baskets players Donar (basketball club) players Dutch Basketball League players Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball players Power forwards Promitheas Patras B.C. players Sportspeople from Parkersburg, West Virginia Utsunomiya Brex players 21st-century American sportsmen Saga Ballooners players