Anthony Fernandez

Anthony Hilario "Tony" Fernández (born April 29, 1982)[1][2][3] is an American professional basketball player.

For the Malaysian cardinal, see Anthony Soter Fernandez.
Anthony Fernandez
Fernandez dunking in a home game with the Campeche Bucaneros
No. 21 – Campeche Bucaneros
PositionSmall forward / shooting guard
LeagueLNBP
Personal information
Born (1982-04-29) April 29, 1982
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolHoly Redeemer (Detroit, Michigan)
CollegeAquinas (Michigan) (2002–2003)
Playing career2006–2012
Career history
2006–2012Bucaneros de Campeche

Fernandez graduated in 2000 from Holy Redeemer High School in Detroit. He was on the basketball and track and field teams.[4][5] He played with the basketball team of the NAIA Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 2002–03 season.[6] At Aquinas, Fernandez also played long jump with the indoor track and field team in his freshman season (2000–01),[7]

Fernandez playing defense for the Campeche Bucaneros

Playing career

And 1 Mixtape Tour
A one hand slam by Fernandez
Fernandez shooting a long range jumper for the Campeche Bucaneros
Fernandez with the two hand slam with the Campeche Bucaneros
Fernandez with his signature mid range jumper

In 2005 shortly before Fernandez became a professional, he had a brief stint with the And 1 Mixtape Tour. After winning the dunk contest offered by And 1 in the summer of 2005 in Detroit, Fernandez got offered a tryout with the And 1 Mixtape Tour. He then proceeded to make the team. Two months after he joined And 1 he signed his contract with the Campeche Bucaneros thus leaving And 1.

Campeche Bucaneros

Starting in August 2005, Fernandez became a member of the Campeche Bucaneros, a professional basketball team in Campeche, Mexico. Fernandez ended up playing a total of five years for the Bucaneros before retiring from professional basketball in 2010.

Post playing career

In 2013, Fernandez began serving as an advisor to a Detroit startup company called 6th Man Apps. The company develops software for sports teams to help them calculate advanced statistics typically only found on professional levels of play. In a 2013 Crains Detroit Article by Amy Haimerl,[8] one of 6th Man Apps products HoopMetrics, which is a basketball statistics program for the iPhone and iPad has nearly 750 monthly subscribing teams using the app. According to the article the purpose of HoopMetrics is to try to replicate the effect SaberMetrics had for baseball.

Currently, Fernandez remains an advisor and board member to 6th Man Apps. In 2013, he also became an advisor to Mattoon and Lee Equipment, an engineering company in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Personal life

In 2008, Fernandez married Anaid Gabriela. Since then, Tony and Anaid have had three children. Tony Jr, Natalia, and Shia.

References
  1. Anthony Hilario Fernandez, 2009-10 game log Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  2. California birth index search
  3. Aquinas roster, 2002-2003
  4. http://www.runmichigan.com/results/99/reg26dhsxcb103099.html
  5. "Anthony Fernandez".
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.aquinas.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "AQ TRACK & FIELD: Men's Roster". www.aquinas.edu. Archived from the original on 6 March 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  8. "Sabermetrics for basketball launches from Detroit". 18 December 2013.
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