Dagoberto Peña Explained

Dagoberto Peña
Position:Small forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:6
Weight Lb:220
League:Liga Española de Baloncesto
Team:CD Estela
Number:0
Birth Date:1988 6, mf=yes
Birth Place:Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
High School:Charlotte (Punta Gorda, Florida)
College:Marshall (2008–2012)
Draft Year:2012
Career Start:2013
Years1:2014–2015
Team1:Centro Juventud Sionista
Years2:2015–2016
Team2:Básquet Coruña
Years3:2016
Team3:Metros de Santiago
Years4:2016
Team4:FC Barcelona Bàsquet B
Years5:2017
Team5:Básquet Coruña
Years6:2017–2018
Team6:CB Estudiantes
Years7:2018–2019
Team7:BC Pieno žvaigždės
Years8:2019–2020
Team8:CB Breogán
Years9:2020–2021
Team9:Básquet Coruña
Years10:2021–2022
Team10:Aix Maurienne Savoie
Years11:2022–present
Team11:CD Estela

Dagoberto Miguel Peña Rincon (born 14 June 1988) is a Dominican professional basketball player. He plays for the Dominican national basketball team and CD Estela.[1]

High school

Peña was a promising baseball pitcher with a 90 mph fastball before switching to basketball.[2] He left the Dominican Republic to attend a prep school in Florida before switching to Charlotte High School.[3] In his senior year, he averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.[4]

College career

Peña played college basketball for the Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team, in his freshman year, he averaged 4.7 points, 2.0 rebounds and 0.8 assist. In his sophomore year, he averaged 7.3 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists. In his Junior year, he averaged 7.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists. In his senior year, he averaged 6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.9 assist.[5] [6]

Professional career

Peña played for the Argentine side Centro Juventud Sionista in the 2014–15 season, he averaged 13.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1 assist.[7] He moved to the Spanish side Básquet Coruña in the LEB ORO, he averaged 9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.8 assist.[8] He played in the 2016 FIBA Americas League for Metros de Santiago, he averaged 3 points, 0.7 rebound and 0.3 assist.[9] In the 2016–17 season, he mivwd to the FC Barcelona Bàsquet B, where averaged 17.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists.[10] In the same season, he moved back to Básquet Coruña, he averaged 16 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.5 assist.[11] He moved to CB Estudiantes in the 2017–18 season, he averaged 4 points, 1 rebound and 0.8 assist.[12] He played for CB Estudiantes in the 2017–18 Basketball Champions League, he averaged 2.2 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.9 assists.[13] In the 2018–19 season, he moved to the Lithuania side BC Pieno žvaigždės, where he averaged 10 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists.[14] he moved back to CB Estudiantes in the same season and he averaged 4 points.[15] He also played for CB Estudiantes in the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League, he averaged 2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists.[16] He moved to the CB Breogán in the 2019–20 season.[17]

National team career

Peña represented the Dominican Republic national basketball team at the 2015 Marchand Continental Championship Cup in Puerto Rico, he averaged 4 points, 3 rebounds and 0.5 assist.[18] He also played in the 2016 Centrobasket, where he averaged 1 point, 0.6 rebound and 0.2 assist.[19] [20] He participated in the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, he averaged 2.7 points, 0.7 rebound and 0.7 assist.[21] [22] He played in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, where he averaged 1.6 points, 0.2 rebound and 0.6 assist.[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dagoberto PEÑA . basketball.eurobasket.com . 2 April 2020.
  2. News: Once a pitcher, Dago Peña now heating up the hardwood. The Herald-Dispatch. Rick. McCann. 14 November 2008. 12 May 2020.
  3. Web site: Dagoberto Pena . espn.com . 3 April 2020.
  4. Web site: 2011-12 Men's Basketball Roster . herdzone.com . 3 April 2020.
  5. Web site: DAGO PENA . espn.com . 3 April 2020.
  6. Web site: Dago Pena . basketball.realgm.com . 3 April 2020.
  7. Web site: SIONISTA ROSTER . proballers.com . 3 April 2020.
  8. Web site: CORUÑA ROSTER . proballers.com . 3 April 2020.
  9. Web site: 2016 FIBA Americas League for Men's Clubs . archive.fiba.com . 2 April 2020.
  10. Web site: FC BARCELONA II ROSTER . proballers.com . 3 April 2020.
  11. Web site: CORUÑA ROSTER . proballers.com . 3 April 2020.
  12. Web site: MOVISTAR ESTUDIANTES . proballers.com . 3 April 2020.
  13. Web site: Dagoberto PEÑA . championsleague.basketball.
  14. Web site: PIENO ZVAIGZDES ROSTER . proballers.com . 3 April 2020.
  15. Web site: MOVISTAR ESTUDIANTES . proballers.com . 3 April 2020.
  16. Web site: 2018 Basketball Champions League . archive.fiba.com . 2 April 2020.
  17. Web site: LECHE RIO BREOGAN ROSTER . proballers.com . 3 April 2020.
  18. Web site: 2015 Tuto Marchand Cup . archive.fiba.com . 2 April 2020.
  19. Web site: Dagoberto PEÑA . fiba.basketball.com . 2 April 2020.
  20. Web site: 2016 Centrobasket Championship . archive.fiba.com . 2 April 2020.
  21. Web site: Dagoberto PEÑA . fiba.basketball . 2 April 2020.
  22. Web site: 2017 FIBA AmeriCup . archive.fiba.com . 2 April 2020.
  23. Web site: Dagoberto PEÑA . fiba.basketball . 2 April 2020.