Samuel Mejia
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Mejía with Banvit in December 2013
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| No. 9 – Tofaş S.K. | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
| League | Turkish Basketball Super League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
February 7, 1983 Bronx, New York |
| Nationality | Dominican / American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Theodore Roosevelt (Bronx, New York) |
| College | DePaul (2003–2007) |
| NBA draft | 2007 / Round: 2 / Pick: 57th overall |
| Selected by the Detroit Pistons | |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2008 | Fort Wayne Mad Ants |
| 2008 | Pierrel Capo d'Orlando |
| 2008–2009 | AEL 1964 GS |
| 2009–2011 | Cholet Basket |
| 2011–2012 | CSKA Moscow |
| 2012–2015 | Banvit |
| 2015–present | Tofaş |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Samuel José Mejía (born February 7, 1983) is a Dominican American professional basketball player who plays for Tofaş of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He played college basketball at DePaul University. Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
Mejía attended Theodore Roosevelt High School in the Bronx. He was there from 1997–2000 and led the Rough Riders basketball team to the PSAL's "B" division championship in 2000.
Mejía left there to attend The Storm King School, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, from which he graduated. He was coached there by Kevin Houston who led the nation in scoring in 1986–87.
Mejía was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 2007 NBA draft with the 57th overall pick. The Pistons waived Mejía on October 29, 2007. In 2007–08, he briefly played with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA D-League. On January 30, 2008, he signed with the Italian club Pierrel Capo d'Orlando for the rest of the season.
Mejía signed with the Greek League club AEL 1964 GS for the 2008–09 season, where he averaged 14.3 points and 3.4 rebounds in 20 Greek League games.
On September 29, 2009, Mejía moved to France and signed a one-year deal with Cholet Basket. On July 1, 2010, he re-signed with Cholet for one more season. During the 2010–11 EuroLeague, Meija was named the EuroLeague MVP of the 5th week games. He was named the 2010 LNB Pro A MVP and was selected to play at the 2010 LNB All-star game as forward player in the starting line-up of the "Foreign" team in Paris-Bercy, representing Cholet Basket.
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