Rashad Whack
American basketball player
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Rashad Whack (born January 22, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Ferroviário de Maputo.
| Ferroviário de Maputo | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| League | Basketball Africa League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | January 22, 1991 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Bishop McNamara (Forestville, Maryland) |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2014: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
| 2014–2016 | Island Storm |
| 2016–2017 | Winterthur |
| 2017 | Island Storm |
| 2017 | Grindavík |
| 2017–2019 | Cape Breton Highlanders |
| 2018–2019 | USK Praha |
| 2020–present | Ferroviário de Maputo |
| Career highlights | |
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College career
Whack competed at the college level for George Mason and Mount Saint Mary's, and earned All-Northeast Conference honors as a senior with the latter team.[1]
Professional career
Whack was most notably named the league's Rookie of the Year for the 2014–15 season, while playing for the Island Storm.[2] Following his good rookie season he signed to play for a second season for the Storm.[2] In the summer of 2016, Whack signed for BC Winterthur of the LNBA.[3] He led the league in scoring during the 2016–2017 season with an average of 21.4 points per game.[4][5] He returned to the Storm in April and finished the season with them.[4]
In September 2017, Whack signed for Grindavík of the Úrvalsdeild karla.[5][6] Whack was released by Grindavík on December 12, after averaging a team leading 22.8 points in 10 games.[7] He later signed with the Cape Breton Highlanders and averaged 8.0 points per game in the 2017–18 season.[8]
In March 2020, Whack signed with Ferroviário de Maputo of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).[9]
Personal
Whack was born on January 22, 1991, to Theresa Lewis and Larry Whack and has a brother. His godfather is actor Martin Lawrence. Whack appeared in the film Rebound, in which Lawrence starred.[6] Outside of basketball, he likes music and drawing.[1] He majored in accounting while attending Mount St. Mary's University.[10]