Yvon Joseph

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Yvon Joseph
Personal information
Born (1957-10-31) October 31, 1957 (age 66)
Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
NationalityHaitian
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school Collège Notre-Dame
(Cap-Haïtien, Haiti)
College
NBA draft 1985: 2nd round, 36th overall pick
Selected by the New Jersey Nets
Position Center
Number40
Career history
1985 New Jersey Nets
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Yvon Joseph (born October 31, 1957) is a retired Haitian basketball player. He played collegiately at Georgia Tech [1] [2] and appeared in one game in the National Basketball Association. Joseph was the first native Haitian to play NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. [3]

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Joseph, a 6'11" center from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, had never played organized basketball in 1980 when he was discovered by a coach from Miami Dade College and was offered a scholarship to the school. [4] A former volleyball player, [5] Joseph then helped lead the team to an undefeated regular season in his sophomore campaign and reaching the NJCAA Tournament final, falling to Spud Webb and Midland College in overtime. [3] He then moved to Georgia Tech to play for coach Bobby Cremins, where he played from 1982 to 1985. He teamed with future NBA players Mark Price and John Salley to lead the Yellow Jackets to their first Atlantic Coast Conference title and the regional finals of the 1985 NCAA Tournament. [6] [7] For his Georgia Tech career, Joseph scored 758 points (11.7 per game) and 446 rebounds (6.9 per game). [8]

After the close of his college career, Joseph was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the second round of the 1985 NBA draft (36th pick overall). He played only one game in the NBA, scoring two points and committing a personal foul in five minutes of action against the Indiana Pacers on October 26, 1985. [9]

After basketball, Joseph became a businessman who provides water-purification systems to developing countries. [6]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

NBA

Source [9]

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1985–86 New Jersey 105.0––1.000.0.0.0.02.0

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References

  1. ↑ Jayson Stark (23 March 1985). "Georgia Tech has a sensation of its own". The Philadelphia Inquirer . p. 7C. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Fred Grimm (14 March 1985). "This Wreck is reclaimed". The Miami Herald . p. 434. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 Johnson, Michael L. (1988). The Juco Classic: 40 Years of the National Junior College Athletic Association Tournament. Taylor Publishing. ISBN   0943335027. pg. 237-243
  4. ↑ "Joseph Made Tremendous Progress for Tech". The Wilmington Star-News. March 18, 1984. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  5. ↑ Jeff Denberg (30 November 1982). "Joseph an athlete by nature, basketball player by design". The Atlanta Constitution . p. 49. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  6. 1 2 Newberry, Paul (January 15, 2010). "Former Ga Tech basketball star Yvon Joseph was in Haiti when devastating earthquake struck". The Star-Tribune. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  7. ↑ John Clay (23 March 1985). "To Tech's Joseph, Ewing is just another novelty". Lexington Herald-Leader . p. 33. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "2012-13 Georgia Tech men's basketball media guide, page 63" (PDF). Georgia Tech athletics. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Yvon Joseph basketball-reference.com profile". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference . Retrieved 20 August 2023.
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