Darrel Lewis

Darrel Keith Lewis is an American and Icelandic professional basketball player who last played for Þór Akureyri in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla.^[1] He was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the year in 2004^[2] and selected to the Domestic All-First Team in 2015.^[3]

Darrel Lewis

Lewis in 2015.
Personal information
Born	(1976-02-13) February 13, 1976 (age 49) Coatesville, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American / Icelandic
Listed height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Career information
High school	Coatesville Area (Coatesville, Pennsylvania)
College	Lincoln (1996–1999)
Playing career	1999–2017
Position	Guard/forward
Career history
1999	Youngstown Hawks
2001–2002	Haaglanden NTNT
2002–2005	Grindavík
2005–2006	Aironi Novara
2006–2007	Sporting Athens
2007–2008	Crabs Rimini
2008	AEK B.C.
2008–2009	Peristeri B.C.
2009–2010	Ikaros Kallitheas
2010–2011	AEK/Argous
2010–2011	OFI Crete B.C.
2012–2014	Keflavík
2014–2016	Tindastóll
2016–2017	Þór Akureyri
Career highlights
Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the year (2004) Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First team (2015) Icelandic Company Cup champion (2013) Greek A2 League champion (2009) Úrvalsdeild scoring champion (2004)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Iceland Games of the Small States of Europe 2005 Andorra National Team

Lewis has reached the Úrvalsdeild finals twice, in 2003 with Grindavík^[4][5] and in 2015 with Tindastóll.^[6]

College career

Lewis played for Lincoln University from 1996 to 1999 and ended his career there as the schools the all-time leading scorer with 2,294 points. He was inducted into the Lincoln Lions Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.^[7]

National team career

Lewis became an Icelandic citizen in December 2004^[8][9] and was selected to the Icelandic national basketball team in 2005. He played four games during the 2005 Games of the Small States of Europe.^[10]