| John Barber, Quin Humphrey, and Heather Karner Sign European Professional Contracts |
| Wednesday, August 19 2009 |
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| Youngstown -- Former Youngstown State men's basketball players John Barber and Quin Humphrey have signed European professional basketball contracts YSU Head Coach Jerry Slocum announced Tuesday. Barber and Humphrey are the second and third former men's basketball players to sign a European professional contract this summer. Mikko Niemi signed with the Lappeenranta NMKY basketball team in the Korisliiga League in Finland in July. Barber, who will play in Poland, signed with the Bank BPS Basket KWIDZYN basketball team in the PLK League. Humphrey signed with the Ass. Academica De Coimbra of the LPB Basketball League in Portugal. "We are really happy for both John and Quin," Slocum said. "They two outstanding basketball players and great young men, and I'm glad they have the opportunity to continue their basketball careers." Barber played in a school-record 120 games and started 64 contests. He totaled 3,025 minutes, averaging 25.2 per game, scored 1,016 points and had 582 rebounds. He also had 98 assists, 71 blocks and 61 steals. Barber is the only player in school history with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 70 blocks. During his career, he made 384 field goals, 176 free throws and 68 3-pointers. Humphrey scored 1,707 points in his career ranking eighth in school history and second since YSU became a Division I program (1981-82). Humphrey is the school career-record holder in minutes played, ranks third in 3-pointers made, third in steals, eighth in blocks and 10th in rebounds. He scored in double figures in 53 of 58 games in his final two seasons and is YSU’s only First-Team Horizon League selection since joining the conference. Humphrey was named the Horizon League Player of the Week on four occasions - once in 2004-05, twice in 2005-06 and once in 2006-07. He is just one of eight players in school history with six career 30-point games and had 29 career 20-point games, including 14 his senior season. He originally signed with a professional team in Turkey following his YSU playing career and has also spent time in the NBA's USDL, also known as the D-League. Also, former Youngstown State women's basketball player Heather Karner signed a professional contract to play in Germany. |