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  Height Ft 6
  Height In 6
  Weight Lbs 200
  Position Guard
  Birth Date
  Birth Place Darmstadt , West Germany
  College West Virginia
  Team ALBA Berlin
  League Bundesliga
  Nationality Germany
  Career Start 2006


Johannes Herber (born 17 January 1983 in Darmstadt , (West) Germany ) is a Basketball player who plays for ALBA Berlin in the German Basketball Bundesliga . In 2006 , he completed a U.S. College career at West Virginia University . In America , he was generally known as '''Joe Herber'''.

After being developed by the Langen club in Germany, he received several professional offers in Europe, but turned them down in favor of a U.S. college career. The 6'6", 200 lb (1.98 m, 91 kg) all-around guard became the second recruit of new West Virginia coach John Beilein in 2002 . Herber went on to start every game of his four-year WVU career, setting school records for most games started and minutes played. He also finished his college career as WVU's fifth-leading assist man. Herber, alongside recent NBA signees Kevin Pittsnogle and Mike Gansey , was a key player on the Mountaineers' NCAA regional finalists in 2005 and highly-ranked 2006 team. Herber also had an outstanding academic record at WVU, graduating with a 4.0 GPA in Political Science , and was named three times by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as an Academic All-American.

During his time at WVU, he spent his summers with the German junior national team, competing in the 2005 World University Games . He was also a member of the Senior National Squad for the 2006 World Championship . Herber played in seven games as Germany advanced to the quarter-finals before losing to the United States . He averaged 4.3 points per game in the tournament.


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