Le Havre tabs Joel Awich

Joel Awich

Saint Thomas Basket Le Havre (NM1) has signed 31-year-old American (who also holds a Kenyan passport) 201cm forward Joel Awich (college: Cal Poly) for the upcoming season. Awich is a well-known player in French NM1, having been the top scorer at Quimper UJAP last season. In 39 NM1 games in France, he averaged 11.8ppg, 6.1rpg, and 1.3apg. He had a very successful season, earning Eurobasket.com All-French NM1 Honorable Mention and League Player of the Week honors. In the previous (2022-23) season, he played for another French team, Caen Basket Calvados. Awich has been a regular member of the Kenyan Senior National Team since 2020.
Awich has played previously professionally in France (Andrezieux, Montbrison, Souffelweyersheim and Dax Gamarde) and PBA (Georgia K.) between 2015 and 2020.
He won the NABL championship title in 2019.
Awich graduated from Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo University in 2016 and it'll be his ninth season in pro basketball.


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