| Andy Panko | |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 9 |
| Weight Lb: | 245 |
| Birth Date: | 29 November 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| High School: | Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) |
| College: | Lebanon Valley (1995–1999) |
| Draft Year: | 1999 |
| Career Start: | 1999 |
| Career End: | 2018 |
| Career Number: | 24 |
| Career Position: | Small forward / power forward |
| Years1: | 1999–2001 |
| Team1: | New Mexico Slam |
| Team2: | Atlanta Hawks |
| Years3: | 2001–2002 |
| Team3: | Basket Napoli |
| Years4: | 2002–2003 |
| Team4: | Dakota Wizards |
| Years5: | 2003 |
| Team5: | Casademont Girona |
| Years6: | 2003 |
| Team6: | Gigantes de Carolina |
| Years7: | 2003–2004 |
| Team7: | Casademont Girona |
| Years8: | 2004–2005 |
| Years9: | 2005–2006 |
| Years10: | 2006 |
| Years11: | 2007 |
| Team11: | Bilbao Basket |
| Years12: | 2007–2012 |
| Years13: | 2012 |
| Years14: | 2012–2013 |
| Years15: | 2013–2015 |
| Years16: | 2015 |
| Team16: | Vaqueros de Bayamón |
| Years17: | 2015–2016 |
| Team17: | SLUC Nancy |
| Years18: | 2016 |
| Team18: | Vaqueros de Bayamón |
| Years19: | 2016–2017 |
| Team19: | Fuerza Regia |
| Years20: | 2017 |
| Team20: | Guaros de Lara |
| Years21: | 2017–2018 |
| Team21: | Fuerza Regia |
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Andrew John Panko III (born November 29, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player.[1] At 6'9" (2.06 m) tall, he primarily played the small forward and power forward positions.[2]
After playing high school basketball at Bishop McDevitt in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Panko played college basketball at Lebanon Valley College.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Panko began his professional career in 1999 with the New Mexico Slam of the International Basketball League. He made his NBA debut with the Atlanta Hawks in 2001, playing just one minute in a single game.[7] Panko played for the Dakota Wizards of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 2002 to 2003. He was named the CBA Most Valuable Player and earned All-CBA First Team honors in 2003.[8] He was named the Spanish ACB League MVP in 2012, while playing with San Sebastián Gipuzkoa.[9]
In July 2012, he signed with the Greek Basket League / EuroLeague club Panathinaikos.[10] In December 2012, he was traded to Unicaja Malaga for James Gist.[11] At the end of the season he left Unicaja.[12]
On August 14, 2013, Panko signed with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada for the 2013–14 season.[13] On July 29, 2014, he agreed with Fuenlabrada to play one more season.[14] On May 30, 2015, he signed with Vaqueros de Bayamón of Puerto Rico for the rest of the 2015 BSN season.[15]
On July 17, 2015, Panko signed with French club SLUC Nancy Basket for the 2015–16 season.[16] On May 11, 2016, he re-joined the Vaqueros de Bayamón for the rest of the 2016 BSN season.[17]
On September 12, 2016, Panko signed with Mexican club Fuerza Regia.[18] He helped his team to win the 2016–17 LNBP championship.[19] On April 4, 2017, he signed with Guaros de Lara of Venezuela for the rest of the 2017 LPB season.[20] On July 27, 2017, he re-signed with Fuerza Regia for one more season.[21]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13| style="text-align:left;"| Panathinaikos| 9 || 6 || 24.4 || .473 || .250 || .563 || 4.8 || 1.7 || .2 || .1 || 9.2 || 8.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13| style="text-align:left;"| Unicaja Málaga| 13 || 3 || 23.4 || .275 || .208 || .667 || 3.2 || .8 || .3 || .1 || 4.7 || 1.9|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"|| 22 || 9 || 23.8 || .370 || .225 || .618 || 3.8 || 1.1 || .3 || .1 || 6.5 || 4.8
Dakota Wizards: (2002)
All-League Team: (2003)
(2003)
MVP: (2008)
(2012)
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