Adam Hess

Adam Hess ( born April 4, 1981 in Warren, Michigan) is a native American professional basketball player who plays for ratiopharm Ulm in Germany in the basketball league. Hess, who has German ancestors, is married to a German and has since the beginning of 2012 the German citizenship.

Hess studied first in his native State at Eastern Michigan University, where he was active for the high school team the Eagles in the NCAA. After his high school change at the College of William & Mary and the corresponding regulations of the NCAA pause of a year he played three years for the Tribe called high school team from the state of Virginia. In his last two years of study he had as a basketball player a points average of just over 20 points per game.

After studying Hess signed a professional contract with first Fabriano Basket in the Italian second division Legadue, but then played in the next two seasons in Nymburk in the Czech Republic, where he was each master with the local club. In 2006 he moved for the first time in the Artland and was based there with the Dragons 2007 surprise runner-up, after being in the play- offs had to turn the Main Round First Alba Berlin in the semifinals and defending champion Rhein Energie Cologne defeated. Also in the Cup final score was only runner-up. After Hess was hired by the French masters from Roanne and played among others in the ULEB Euro League. In the last year the final of the French championship edition it was clearly inferior in 2008 SLUC Nancy Basket. Hess returned to the Basketball Bundesliga season 2008/ 09 back to the Artland, which ended with the disappointing miss the play-offs in ninth -placed. Thereupon, Hess joined the Spanish second division climbers from Tarragona, before he was again brought back from the Artland Dragons in 2010. On August 13, 2012 Phoenix Hagen was then the obligation of the Small Forwards for the season 2012/13 known. For the 2013/2014 season Hess received in Hagen a new contract and moved within the league to ratiopharm ulm. There he wrote a working paper with a term until 2015.

Through his blog on the sides of the Euro League and the Artland Dragons Hess has become popular among basketball fans across Europe.