Omar Prewitt Explained

Omar Prewitt
Position:Small forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:7
Weight Lb:195
Team:Free Agent
Nationality:American
Birth Date:24 September 1994
High School:Montgomery County
(Mount Sterling, Kentucky)
College:William & Mary (2013–2017)
Draft Year:2017
Career Start:2017
Years1:2017
Team1:Šiauliai
Years2:2017–2018
Team2:Aris
Years3:2018–2019
Team3:Warszawa
Years4:2019–2020
Team4:Teksüt Bandırma
Years5:2020–2021
Team5:Nymburk
Years6:2021–2022
Team6:Brose Bamberg
Years7:2022–2023
Team7:Petkim Spor
Years8:2023–2024
Team8:Tofaş
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Omar Prewitt (born September 24, 1994) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Tofaş of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball at William & Mary.

Early life and high school

Prewitt grew up in Mount Sterling, Kentucky and attended Montgomery County High School. He grew five inches during high school and left Montgomery as the Indians' all-time leader in points (2,636), rebounds (1,071), 3-pointers (347) and blocked shots (210). He averaged 21.4 points per game as a junior and was named second-team All-State by the Lexington Herald-Leader and the Louisville Courier Journal. As a senior, Prewitt averaged 23 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 2.2 steals and 3.2 blocks and was named first-team All-State as he led Montgomery to the semifinals of the Kentucky State Playoffs.[1] Prewitt committed to play college basketball at William & Mary, the first Division I school to offer him a scholarship, over offers from Drake, Belmont and Louisiana Tech.

College career

Prewitt played four seasons for the William & Mary Tribe, starting his last three seasons. He came exclusively off the bench as a freshman, averaging 11.4 points per game and playing 24.6 minutes per game, and was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Rookie of the Year. In his first season as a starter, Prewitt averaged 13.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game per game and was named third team All-CAA.[2] He averaged 17.8 points and 5.2 rebounds as a junior, earning first team All-CAA honors.[3] As a senior, Prewitt was named second team All-CAA after averaging 15.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.[4] Prewitt finished his collegiate career fifth in school history with 1,831 points, 11th in assists with 320 and 13th in rebounds with 640.

Professional career

Šiauliai

Prewitt signed with BC Šiauliai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) on August 3, 2017.[5] He averaged 8.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 14 LKL games and 9.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists in eight Baltic Basketball League (BBL) contests before leaving the team in December 2017.[6]

Aris

Prewitt signed to play with Aris B.C. of the Greek Basket League (GBL) on December 27, 2017 for the remainder of the 2017–2018 season.[7] He averaged 5.5 points and 2.9 rebounds per game in 15 GBL games and 7.6 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in five Basketball Champions League games.

Legia Warszawa

Prewitt signed with Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League (PLK) on September 19, 2018.[8] After scoring 33 points the previous week, Prewitt was named the PLK Player of the Week after scoring 32 points with nine rebounds and four assists in a 84-67 win over GTK Gliwice on April 20, 2019, the second-to-last round of the season, to clinch the eighth seed in the PLK Playoffs.[9] Prewitt sustained an injury during the final game of the season that forced him to miss the playoffs as Legia Warszawa fell to top-seeded Asseco Gdynia 3-2 in the opening round.[10] He averaged 18.3 points (3rd in the PLK), 6.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.2 steals in 30 PLK games and was named second team All-PLK by the media and first team by EuroBasket.com.[11] [12] [13]

Teksüt Bandırma

Prewitt signed with Teksüt Bandırma of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL) on July 17, 2019.[14] He averaged 12.6 points and 4.5 rebounds in 20 BSL games and 13 points and 2.8 rebounds in 14 Champions League games before the team terminated his contract due to financial reasons.

Basketball Nymburk

On August 18, 2020, he has signed with ERA Nymburk of the Czech National Basketball League.[15]

Brose Bamberg

On July 20, 2021, he has signed with Brose Bamberg of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[16]

Petkim

On July 13, 2022, he has signed with Petkim Spor of the Turkish Basketball Super League.[17]

Tofaş

On July 10, 2023, he signed with Tofaş of Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[18]

Personal

Prewitt's mother, Lea (née Wise), was an All-Southeastern Conference guard at Kentucky and was the head women's basketball coach at Centre College. Lea Prewitt was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Herald-Leader Boys' All-State Basketball team. Mike. Fields. Lexington Herald-Leader. September 26, 2013. April 21, 2019.
  2. Web site: With mom's help, William and Mary's Prewitt has become star. Dave. Johnson. Daily Press. January 16, 2016. March 27, 2019.
  3. Web site: William & Mary picked third, JMU fifth in CAA hoops. John. O'Connor. Richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 25, 2016. March 27, 2019.
  4. Web site: From Williamsburg to the World. David. Driver. TribeAthletics.com. March 6, 2019. March 27, 2019.
  5. Web site: August 3, 2017 . Former Tribe hoops player inks pro contract in Europe . dead . March 27, 2019 . . March 27, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327183757/https://www.vagazette.com/sports/vanews-former-tribe-hoops-player-inks-pro-contract-in-europe-20170803-story.html .
  6. Web site: Omar Prewitt (ex Siauliai) agreed terms with Aris. EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. December 27, 2017. March 27, 2019.
  7. Web site: Aris signed Omar Prewitt. EuroHoops.net. December 27, 2017. March 27, 2019.
  8. Web site: Omar Prewitt agreed terms with Legia. Grzegorz. Kulig. EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. September 19, 2018. March 27, 2019.
  9. Web site: EBL: Omar Prewitt's concert. Legia Warszawa sealed the promotion to play-off. Krzysztof. Kaczmarczyk. SportoWefakty.wp.pl. April 20, 2019. April 21, 2019. pl.
  10. Web site: Energa Basket League. Moments of terror Omar Prewitt. Optimistic news for Legia Warsaw. Jakub. Artych. SportoWefakty.wp.pl. April 29, 2019. May 4, 2019. pl.
  11. Web site: Prewitt is the third EBL scorer in the regular season. Marcin. Bodziachowski. LegiaKosz.com. April 30, 2019. May 9, 2019. pl.
  12. Web site: June 27, 2019 . EBL: MVP selected for the season 2018/19 . July 5, 2019 . . pl.
  13. Web site: Eurobasket.com All-Polish League Awards 2019. EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. June 18, 2019. July 5, 2019.
  14. Web site: Omar Prewitt (ex Legia) agreed terms with Banvit. Fersu. Yahyabeyoglu. EuroBasket.com. EuroBasket Data Center. July 17, 2019. July 17, 2019.
  15. Web site: ERA Nymburk lands Omar Prewitt, ex Bandirma. August 18, 2020. Eurobasket. en. August 20, 2020.
  16. Web site: Omar Prewitt verstärkt Brose Bamberg. July 20, 2021. wiesentbote.de. de. August 2, 2021.
  17. Web site: Eski Banvitli PETKİM'de. July 13, 2022. basketfaul. tr. July 13, 2022.
  18. Web site: Omar Prewitt Tofaş'ta. July 10, 2023. tofasspor.com. tr. July 11, 2023.