Trey Drechsel

Thomas Bruce "Trey" Drechsel III (born July 27, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Benfica of the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol.

Trey Drechsel

No. 9 – S.L. Benfica
Position	Shooting guard
League	Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol
Personal information
Born	(1996-07-27) July 27, 1996 (age 28) Woodinville, Washington
Nationality	American
Listed height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Career information
High school	Cedar Park Christian (Bothell, Washington)
College	Western Washington (2014–2018) Grand Canyon (2018–2019)
NBA draft	2019: undrafted
Playing career	2019–present
Career history
2019–2020	Mladost Zemun
2020–2022	Partizan Belgrade
2020–2021	→ Mladost Zemun
2021–2022	→ Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
2022–2023	Baskets Oldenburg
2023–present	Benfica
Career highlights and awards
Portuguese League champion (2024) Portuguese League Cup winner (2024) Portuguese Super Cup winner (2023) Polish Cup winner (2022) First-team All-GNAC (2018)

Early career

Drechsel attended Cedar Park Christian High School in Bothell, Washington.

Drechsel played four seasons at Western Washington in Bellingham, Washington, from 2014 to 2018. In the 2017–18 season, he was named to the All-GNAC First Team in 2018.^[1]

In 2018, Drechsel moved to Grand Canyon for his senior season.^[2] He started 25 games and averaged 8.1 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.^[3]

Professional career

On July 5, 2020, Drechsel signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal with Partizan Belgrade of the Adriatic League.^[4][5] On July 31, he was loaned to Mladost Zemun of the Basketball League of Serbia.^[6] His loan ended in May 2021.^[7] He parted ways with Partizan in August 2021.^[8]

On August 30, 2021, Drechsel signed for Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski.^[9]

On June 13, 2022, he has signed with Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga.^[10]

References

1. "5 Trey Drechsel at Western Washington Vikings". wwuvikings.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
2. "#2 Trey Drechsel at GCU". gculopes.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
3. Coro, Paul (9 August 2019). "Insider: Drechsel joins Serbian club". Grand Canyon Antelopes. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
4. "Partizan dovodi Amerikanca iz svoje filijale". sportklub.rs. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
5. "Trej Dreksel je novi igrač Partizana". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
6. "Partizan doveo dvojicu igrača pa ih prosledio u Mladost". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
7. "Partizanova operacija za plej-of: Stigao Amerikanac iz Mladosti, tu su Miletić i Stepanović". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
8. "Trej Dreksel nastavlja karijeru u Poljskoj". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
9. "Trey Drechsel wzmacnia nasz zespół". bmslamstal.pl (in Polish). 30 August 2021.
10. "Trey Drechsel signs with EWE Baskets Oldenburg". Sportando. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.

External links

• Trey Drechsel at eurobasket.com
• Trey Drechsel at proballers.com
• Trey Drechsel at realgm.com