Ken "Labo" Labanowski (קני לבנובסקי; born May 13, 1959) is an

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former basketball player. He played the forward position. He played for five seasons in the

Israel Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball co ...

Biography

Labanowski was from

Oyster Bay, New York The Town of Oyster Bay is the easternmost of the three towns which make up Nassau County, New York, United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area, it is the only town in Nassau County to extend from the North Shore to the South Shore o ...

. He is 6' 8" (203 cm) tall. His son, Sean Labanowski, is also an Israeli-American professional basketball player; he plays for Hapoel Afula of the

Israeli National League Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...

. He played high school basketball for

Oyster Bay High School Oyster Bay High School is a public high school located in Oyster Bay, New York, United States. The school is a part of the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District. As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 759 student ...

('77). In a game against

Carle Place High School Carle Place Middle/High School is a six-year comprehensive public high school located in the hamlet of Carle Place in the Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. As of the 2016–17 school year, the school had an enrollment of 652 st ...

on January 25, 1977, Labanowski scored 50 points as he shot 25 for 29 from the floor, and that season he led

Nassau County, New York Nassau County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. At the 2020 U.S. census, Nassau County's population is 1,395,774. The county seat is Mineola and the largest town is Hempstead. Nassau County is situated on western Long Island ...

, with a scoring average of 31.4. He was a 2005 inductee into the Oyster Bay High School Hall of Fame. Labanowski attended

Marshall University Marshall University is a public research university in Huntington, West Virginia. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. The university is currently composed of nine colleges: L ...

, and played basketball for the

Marshall Thundering Herd The Marshall Thundering Herd is the intercollegiate athletic collection of teams that collectively represent the Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Thundering Herd athletic teams compete in the Sun Belt Conference, which are membe ...

from 1977-81. He had one of the best single-game free throw performances in

Southern Conference The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly ...

history, when in a game during the 1979-80 season he shot 13-for-13 from the line against

Western Carolina University Western Carolina University (WCU) is a public university in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system. The fifth oldest institution of the sixteen four-year universities in the UNC system, WCU was founded t ...

. He was named to the 1978 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team, and the 1980 Southern Conference All-Tournament First Team. He had 1,252 points, 751 rebounds, 150 assists, and 98 steals in his college career. He was inducted into the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011. He played for five seasons in the

for Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin, and

A.S. Ramat HaSharon A.S. Ramat HaSharon ( he, א.ס. רמת השרון) is a professional basketball club based in Ramat HaSharon, Israel. The club are currently members of the Israeli National League. History The club first participated in the Super League in t ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Labanowski, Ken Living people Israeli men's basketball players Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball players 1959 births American men's basketball players Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players People from Oyster Bay (town), New York Israeli American