Johannes Herber
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Johannes Herber (born 17 January 1983 in Darmstadt, (West) Germany) is a basketball player who has signed to play with ALBA Berlin in his homeland's 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", 210 lb (1.98 m, 96 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.
