Kenny Hasbrouck (born Kenneth Hasbrouck on August 14, 1986) is an American professional
basketball player for
Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto of the Spanish
Liga Española de Baloncesto
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. He formerly played collegiately for
Siena, who retired his jersey and later inducted him into their Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2014.
College
After graduating from the
Cardinal Gibbons (
Baltimore, Maryland
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), Hasbrouck played a
post-graduate season with
Maine Central Institute
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. He committed to
Siena, playing in the
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) of the
NCAA Division I, in May 2005, as coach
Fran McCaffery's first recruit.
Haasbrouck started all 28 games he played in as a freshman, averaging 12.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.
He was eight time MAAC Rookie of the Week on the way to an MAAC Rookie of the Year award.
He again started all games he played (32) during his sophomore season, posting an MAAC eighth best 16 points per game to earn a Second Team All-MAAC selection.
His averages rose to 20.3 points per game in the
MAAC tournament, including 26 as Siena upset top-seed
Marist to reach the final, culminating in a selection to the All-Tournament Team.
In his 34 games played (all starts) as a junior, he had 16.1 points (becoming to third fastest player in Siena history to reach 1,000 points with a career 1,405 points), 2.2 assists and 2.3 steals (league best) per game. He made the First Team All-MAAC and Second Team
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District 2.
After going scoreless in the first half of the
2008 MAAC tournament semi-final against
Loyola, he scored 17 points in the second half to erase a likewise Loyola lead and help the Saints reach the final.
Another 17 points followed in the final against
Rider to clinch the tournament for Siena, with Hasbrouck the MAAC Tournament MVP.
For his first participation in the
NCAA tournament, he scored a game-high 30 points against
Vanderbilt to help Siena advance to the Round of 32.
2008–2009: Siena College Male Student-Athlete of the Year...CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Player of the Year...CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major All-American.
He added
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Mid-Major Player of the Year and Siena ale Student-Athlete of the Year to his honours list.
As a senior, Hasbrouck was named
MAAC Player of the Year. He scored 19 points as Siena beat
Niagara
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in the MAAC Tournament final, with Hasbrouck again MAAC Tournament MVP.
Hasbrouck finished his Siena career with career totals of 1,917 points (fourth all-time best) and 248 steals (all-time best), he was one of only four Saints basketball players to have their jersey (#41) retired.
He was inducted into Siena's Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2014 on a first ballot attempt.
Professional career
Undrafted in the
2009 NBA draft
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, Hasbrouck took part in the
Miami Heat’s summer mini-camp but missed training camp proper with an injury.
He then joined the
Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the
NBA Development League
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.
On 16 March 2010, the Heat signed Hasbrouck to a 10-day contract.
He was re-signed to second 10-day contract, then for the rest of the season on 5 April 2010.
He participated in the 2010
NBA Summer League
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, averaging 13.6 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists in more than 28 minutes per game, following which his contract was extended by the Heat on 28 July 2010.
He was released in October 2010, before the start of the NBA season.
In December 2010 he signed with Spanish
Liga ACB
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side
Meridiano Alicante for the rest of the 2010–11 season.
In the 2011 summer, he moved to German side
EWE Baskets Oldenburg for the 2011–12 season.
The next season saw him moved to the Italian
Serie A, spending 2012–13 with
Oknoplast Bologna, with 11,9 points, 2.3 assists and 1.9 rebounds on average.
In December 2013, Hasbrouck signed a contract to play with
Mersin BB of the
Turkish Basketball League.
He spent the 2014–15 season with
Mobyt Ferrara of the Italian second division
Serie A2 Silver, finishing as the league's top scorer with 20,4 points per game, to which he added 3.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists.
On August 11, 2015, Hasbrouck signed with Serie A outfit
Acqua Vitasnella Cantù. On January 22, 2016, he left Cantù and signed with his former team Virtus Bologna for the rest of the season. He played for the Serie A2 team
Aurora Jesi
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It plays in the second division Serie A2 as of the 2015-16 season.
History
In 1965, Gianni Rossetti (a television journalist for RAI), Carlo Barchiesi (current presiden ...
in 2017–18 and averaged 18.2 points per game. Hasbrouck joined
Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna on July 2, 2018. During the 2019–20 season, Hasbrouck averaged 14 points and 2 assists per game for
Scaligera Verona. He signed with Pallacanestro Ferrara on June 24, 2020.
The Basketball Tournament
Kenny Hasbrouck played for Saints Alive in the 2018 edition of
The Basketball Tournament. He scored 21 points and had 2 steals in the team's first-round loss to Team Fancy.
References
External links
Serie A profile Retrieved 11 August 2015
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1986 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Italy
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Maryland
CB Lucentum Alicante players
EWE Baskets Oldenburg players
Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna players
Lega Basket Serie A players
Liga ACB players
Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. players
Pallacanestro Cantù players
People from Capitol Heights, Maryland
Point guards
Rio Grande Valley Vipers players
Siena Saints men's basketball players
Sportspeople from the Washington metropolitan area
Virtus Bologna players