Globetrotting Amaya Heads to Saudi Arabia
Published on December 22, 2011 under International Basketball League (IBL)
Bellingham Slam News Release
BELLINGHAM, Wash. - The Bellingham Slam's most well-traveled player is on the road again. Forward Tyler Amaya has signed with Al-Jubail, a professional team in Saudi Arabia, the eighth country in which he has played basketball professionally.
The club, which plays as a member of Saudi Arabia's Premier League, is located in Jubail, a city of over 150,000 people located in the eastern portion of the country along the shores of the Persian Gulf.
Amaya was signed by Al-Jubail after participating in the 2011 FIBA Africa Club BasketballChampionship tournamentin Tunisia last month as a member of a Benghazi, Libya, based team.
He has already shown that he will be one of the Premier League's top players, putting up 43 points in the first game with his new team on Monday.
Amaya has traveled the globe playing professionally, making stops over the years in China, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Syria.
In 2011 for the Slam, Amaya returned from Syria late in the season and helped Bellingham clinch the International Basketball League's best regular season record at 14-5. In four games, Amaya averaged 13.5 points and 8.5 assists.
Between his stints abroad, Amaya has played portions of the last four seasons for the Slam. In 2008, he helped lead Bellingham to the IBL Championship and was named the title game's co-Most Valuable Player.
Amaya, a graduate of Mount Vernon High School, played collegiately at Gonzaga, Dixie State and Western Washington. In two seasons at WWU, he helped send the Vikings to consecutive NCAA West Regional Tournament appearances.
Saudi Arabia's basketball season runs through April, which could allow for Amaya's return to Bellingham for the Slam's 2012 IBL season.
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