Zaid Al-Khas
Zaid Alkhas (born March 7, 1976 in Jordan) is a retired Jordanian Circassian professional basketball player. He started his career with Al Ahli club of Jordan. He was awarded a scholarship to play college basketball for the Buffalo Bulls and became the first player from Jordan ever to play for a NCAA Division I program. Moved to Gannon University in Pennsylvania, USA in 1998. Was selected All East Region first team. All Conference First team in his senior year where he averaged 19.3 points and 10.2 rebounds and led his team Gannon Golden Knights to a 23 -5 record. He played professionally in Lebanon 2001/2002 season with (Tadamon Club). 2002/2003 in Egypt (Gazira). He played for Aramex Jordan (2003-2006). Zain Jordan (2006-2009) in the JBL (Jordan Basketball League). He played for the Chinese basketball club Qingdao DoubleStar in the CBA 2010/2011. He was a member and also the captain of the Jordan national basketball team from 1997-2011. He was awarded the Top Scorer in Asia championship Harbin China 2003 (23.5 pts per game). Best Arab player in 2006. Best power forward in Asia 2006. William Jones Cup 2008 MVP Won with Zain club The  Jordan league 3 times (2006-2009) as well as the Asia championship (2006). Arab championship (2008). he announced his international retirement in 2011 after the end of 2011 Wuhan crowned with the silver medal as the best achievement for the Jordanian basketball in Asian tournaments. He led his national team as the Captain of the team from 2005 till 2011. He is currently the assistant coach for the Jordan national basketball team 2019 that made it to the FIBA World Cup in China 2019 FIBAWC. He is the only Basketball player from Jordan to ever make it to 3 Basketball  World Cups: the 1995 World Cup under 18 in Greece, the 2010 World Cup in Turkey and the 2019 World Cup in China (as coach). Career. AlKhas competed with the Jordanian team at the 2003 ABC Championship, FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009 FIBA Asia championship 2011. Previously, he competed with the team at the 1995 World Championship for Junior Men, averaging 14.4 points and 10 rebounds per game. From 1998 to 2000, Al-Khas competed collegiately at Gannon university in Erie, Pennsylvania, In 2009, Al-Khas helped the Jordanian team to a national best third-place  finish and a qualification to the World Cup 2010 for the first time in Jordan history. 2011 he helped team Jordan win the silver medal in Asia cup 2011 as the best finish in the country history in Basketball. He retired internationally from the national team of Jordan right after that tournament. He is the only Basketball player from Asia to take part in 7 Asian Cup tournaments from (1995-2011) References. http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/22245/sid/4728/tid/310/tid2//_/2010_FIBA_World_Championship/index.html