Brad Loesing (born October 9, 1989) is an American-German professional

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player who last played for

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of the

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. As a senior at Wofford, he was selected as the 2012

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Defensive Player of the Year and was named as a First Team

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in that 2011–12 season.

Early life

Loesing is the second of five children from a German-Catholic family in

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. After graduating from Holy Trinity School in Norwood, Loesing attended St. Xavier High School in

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. In his junior season, he led the St. Xavier Bombers basketball team to the Ohio Division I State Championship game. The Bombers fell to crosstown rival

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with a final score of 43-40. The following summer, he earned his 9th consecutive AAU state championship title with the Cincinnati Shining Stars. He played on the same team as fellow Cincinnati natives

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and

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, who both went on to careers in the NFL. Loesing graduated in 2008, after a successful senior season at St. Xavier.

College career

As a freshman at

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, Loesing started 29 games at

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for the Terriers basketball team and was named to the All-Southern Conference Freshman Team. In his sophomore year, Loesing continued his integral role as point guard for the Terriers, leading the team to its first ever regular season Southern Conference Championship. Wofford went on to win the 2010 Southern Conference Tournament and earned its first ever berth into the

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. That year, Loesing appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated's March Madness edition, representing the Wofford Terriers. Loesing and the Terriers repeated as Southern Conference regular season and tournament champions in 2011, defeating

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77-67 in the conference championship. In addition to leading Wofford to its second consecutive NCAA Tournament berth, Loesing earned individual accolades in his junior season by being named to the Academic All-District Team. In his senior season, Loesing had a breakout year as co-captain of the Terriers. Averaging 14.9 points, 5.6 assists, and 79.7% from the free throw line, Loesing led the team in each of these categories. He also averaged an astounding 38.3 minutes per game, which ranked 4th in the nation among Division I players. Due to his impressive season, Loesing was named SoCon Defensive Player of the Year as well as being named to the Coach's All-Conference Team and the Media's All-Conference First Team. Succeeding off the court as well, Loesing was one of five players in the nation named as a First Team Academic All-American, earning a 3.90 GPA in Business Economics. Loesing finished his career at Wofford with numerous school records. Currently, he holds the all-time record at Wofford for minutes played in a season (1265), minutes averaged in a season (38.3), and he shares the record for games played and started in a season (35). He also ranks 2nd in games started (130), 2nd in career minutes played (3992), 3rd in games played (132), 4th in total assists (483), 4th in assists in a season (184), 5th in assists per game (3.7), and 9th in free throw percentage (.792). Loesing finished his career as a member of Wofford's "1,000 Point Club" and 38th in all-time scoring with 1,068 points.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Loesing signed to play with the

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in Pécs, Hungary where he started at point guard. In his season in Pécs, Loesing averaged 14.5 points and 4.5 assists per game. Loesing signed with

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in Zwolle, the Netherlands for the 2013-14 season. After tearing his ACL in a preseason game, Loesing was sidelined for the entire season. On July 7, 2014, he signed a two-year contract with

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. Before the season began, Loesing's contract was loaned to Oettinger Rockets Gotha for the 2014-15 season. With the Rockets, he averaged 10.9 points and 2.6 assists per game, ranking 3rd and 2nd on the team, respectively. In the 2015–16 season, while with Ludwigsburg, Loesing was selected for the

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. On June 19, 2017, Loesing signed with

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. In July 2020, Loesing signed with the

Personal

Loesing's sister Mackenzie played collegiately at the

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. Loesing's sister Anna attends Clemson University and is a member of

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. At Wofford, Loesing was inducted into

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liberal arts honor society for his academic achievements. Brad is also the founder and lead partner of the Brad Loesing Basketball Camp franchise, started in 2015.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loesing, Brad 1989 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Hungary American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands American men's basketball players Basketball players from Cincinnati Dutch Basketball League players EWE Baskets Oldenburg players German men's basketball players Riesen Ludwigsburg players People from Norwood, Ohio Point guards PVSK Panthers players Rockets (basketball club) players Rostock Seawolves players S.Oliver Würzburg players St. Xavier High School (Ohio) alumni Wofford Terriers men's basketball players