Zaccheus Darko-Kelly
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| No. 2 – Iraklis Thessaloniki | |
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| Position | Small forward / shooting guard |
| League | Greek Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 3 May 1997 Great Falls, Montana, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Sentinel (Missoula, Montana) |
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| NBA draft | 2021: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2021–present |
| Career history | |
| 2021–2022 | Helsinki Seagulls |
| 2022 | PAOK Thessaloniki |
| 2023–2024 | Tigers Tübingen |
| 2024 | Otago Nuggets |
| 2024–2025 | Kataja |
| 2025–present | Iraklis Thessaloniki |
| Career highlights | |
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Zaccheus Darko–Kelly (born May 3, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for Iraklis of the Greek Basketball League.[1] He played college basketball for the Montana Western Bulldogs and the University of Providence Argonauts.
Darko-Kelly played basketball for Sentinel High School in Missoula, Montana. In his senior season, he averaged 15.8 points and five rebounds per game, earning all-state honors.[2] Darko-Kelly signed with Montana Western, the only four-year college to offer him a basketball scholarship.[3]
College career
As a freshman at Montana Western, Darko-Kelly averaged 9.1 points and was named Frontier Freshman of the Year.[4] He assumed a leading role in the following season.[5] As a sophomore, he averaged 15.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, receiving Second Team National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-American and First Team All-Frontier honors.[3]
For his junior season, Darko-Kelly transferred to the University of Providence after Steve Keller, his head coach at Montana Western, was hired there. He sat out for one year due to transfer rules.[6] On February 21, 2020, Darko-Kelly recorded a career-high 40 points and 13 rebounds in a 93–76 win against Montana Western.[7] That month, he became the first player to ever win three straight NAIA Division I National Player of the Week awards, averaging 30.8 points, 10.7 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game during that span.[8] As a junior, Darko-Kelly averaged 22.5 points, eight rebounds, 5.7 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.4 blocks per game, surpassing the program single-season scoring record. He was selected as a First Team NAIA All-American, Frontier Player of the Year and a finalist for the Bevo Francis Award.[9] In his senior season, Darko-Kelly led his team to Frontier regular season and tournament titles. He averaged 18.4 points, 9.4 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, and repeated as a First Team NAIA All-American and Frontier Player of the Year.[10] He chose to forgo his additional year of college eligibility.[11]
