Dan Nwaelele

Dan Nwaelele
Free agent
Position Shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1984-03-05) March 5, 1984
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school Inglemoor (Kenmore, Washington)
College Air Force (2003–2007)
NBA draft 2007 / Undrafted
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2012–2016 Santa Cruz Warriors
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-MWC (2007)
  • Honorable mention All-MWC (2006)

Onyenma Daniel Nwaelele (born March 5, 1984) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League. He played college basketball for the Air Force Falcons.

High school career

Nwaelele attended Inglemoor High School where he averaged 17 points and six rebounds per game as a senior an all-state and first-team all-league selection. During his three years at Inglemoor, he became the second leading scorer in Inglemoor history, three-year letterwinner in basketball and three-time team MVP.[1][2]

College career

After graduating from high school, Nwaelele joined Air Force Falcons. In four seasons, he averaged 9.8 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. At the end of his stay at the Academy, he was ranked second in program history in three-point field goal percentage with 45.1 percent.[1][2]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft, Nwaelele was invited by the San Antonio Spurs to their training camp, but couldn't go for his commitment to the Air Force.[3] A year later he signed with the Spurs for the 2008 NBA Summer League before returning to the Air Force.[2]

After concluding his commitment with the Air Force, Nwaelele joined the Santa Cruz Warriors for their 2012 training camp roster after a successful tryout,[4] making the opening day roster.[5]

On September 30, 2013, Nwaelele signed with the Spurs for their training camp,[6] but was waived on October 20.[7] He returned to Santa Cruz afterwards,[8] averaging 7.4 points and 2.5 rebounds in 2013–14.

On January 9, 2015, Santa Cruz reacquired Nwaelele via his Returning Player Rights,[9] but waived him on March 26 before he could appear in a game for them.[10]

On September 28, 2015, Nwaelele signed with the Memphis Grizzlies.[11] However, he was waived on October 5.[12] On November 2, he was reacquired by Santa Cruz.[13] On April 1, he was waived by Santa Cruz after suffering a season ending injury.[14]

Military career

After finishing his college career at the academy, Nwaelele spent five years in the Air Force being deployed overseas twice. The first one was in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and in his second one, he was stationed in Saudi Arabia.[2]

Personal life

Nwaelele is the son of Dan, Sr., and Connie and he has three brothers, Ken, Ike and Andy.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dan Nwaelele Bio". GoAirForceFalcons.com. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Warriors Waves: For Five Years Dan Nwaelele was a Real Warrior". Patch.com. December 12, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Air Force won't let ex-Inglemoor star out of service to sign with Spurs". SeattlePi.com. October 9, 2007. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Santa Cruz Warriors Announce Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. November 8, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Santa Cruz Warriors bring a promising roster into inaugural season in California". GoldenStateOfMind.com. November 15, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Spurs notebook: Single roster spot up for grabs". ExpressNews.com. September 30, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Spurs Waive Fells and Nwaelele". NBA.com. October 20, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Santa Cruz Warriors Primed For New Season". GTWeekly.com. November 7, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Santa Cruz Acquires Daniel Nwaelele". OurSportsCentral.com. January 9, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Santa Cruz Announces Roster Moves". OurSportsCentral.com. March 26, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Grizzlies announce 2015 training camp roster". NBA.com. September 28, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Memphis Grizzlies waive Daniel Nwaelele". NBA.com. October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Santa Cruz Warriors Announce 2015 Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  14. ↑ "NBA D-League Transactions". NBA.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
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