Andrew John Panko III (born November 29, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. At tall, he primarily played the small forward and power forward positions.Eurobasket.com Andy Panko basketball profile.
College career After playing high school basketball at Bishop McDevitt in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Panko played college basketball at Lebanon Valley College.
Professional career 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. Panko played for the Dakota Wizards of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 2002 to 2003. He won a CBA championship with the Wizards in 2002. He was named the CBA Most Valuable Player and earned All-CBA First Team honors in 2003. He was named the Spanish ACB League MVP in 2012, while playing with San Sebastián Gipuzkoa.
In July 2012, he signed with the Greek Basket League / EuroLeague club Panathinaikos.Greens sign veteran big man Panko In December 2012, he was traded to Unicaja Malaga for James Gist.Malaga trade James Gist to Panathinaikos for Andy Panko At the end of the season he left Unicaja.Unicaja Malaga part ways with Andy Panko and Marcus Williams
On August 14, 2013, Panko signed with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada for the 2013–14 season. On July 29, 2014, he agreed with Fuenlabrada to play one more season.Andy Panko returns to Fuenlabrada On May 30, 2015, he signed with Vaqueros de Bayamón of Puerto Rico for the rest of the 2015 BSN season.Andy Panko signs with Vaqueros de Bayamon
On July 17, 2015, Panko signed with French club SLUC Nancy Basket for the 2015–16 season.Andy Panko reportedly signing with SLUC Nancy On May 11, 2016, he re-joined the Vaqueros de Bayamón for the rest of the 2016 BSN season.
On September 12, 2016, Panko signed with Mexican club Fuerza Regia.Andy Panko inks with Fuerza Regia Monterrey He helped his team to win the 2016–17 LNBP championship.Fuerza Regia celebrate LNBP title On April 4, 2017, he signed with Guaros de Lara of Venezuela for the rest of the 2017 LPB season.Andy Panko signs with Guaros de Lara On July 27, 2017, he re-signed with Fuerza Regia for one more season.Andy Panko extended one more season in Monterrey Mexico!
EuroLeague statistics
| 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
Awards and accomplishments College career 3× NABC First-Team All-American: (1997, 1998, 1999) 3× MAC Most Valuable Player: (1997, 1998, 1999) 2× Division III National Player of the Year: (1998, 1999) D3hoops.com All-Decade First Team: (2008) D3hoops.com Player of the Decade: (2008) Lebanon Valley College Athletic Hall of Fame: (2009) Small College Basketball National Hall of Fame: (2020)
Pro career CBA Champion: Dakota Wizards: (2002) CBA: All-League Team: (2003) CBA MVP: (2003) Spanish Second Division: MVP: (2008) 3× Spanish ACB League Top Scorer: (2012, 2014, 2015) All-Spanish League Team: (2012) Spanish ACB League MVP: (2012)
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External links
Official website Euroleague.net profile Eurobasket.com profile FIBA.com profile Draftexpress.com profile Spanish League profile Greek Basket League profile