Samuel José Mejía (born February 7, 1983) is a Dominican-American professional basketball coach and former player. He is the current assistant for JL Bourg of the French LNB Élite. retired professional basketball player. He played college basketball at DePaul University. Standing at , he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions.
Amateur career Mejía attended Theodore Roosevelt High School in the Bronx. He was there from 1997 to 2000 and led the Rough Riders basketball team to the PSAL's "B" division championship in 2000.ROOSEVELT’S MEJIA CAN’T HIDE
Mejía left there to attend the Storm King School, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, from which he graduated. He was coached there by Kevin Houston who led the nation in scoring in 1986–87.
Professional career Mejía was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the 2007 NBA draft, with the 57th overall pick.Pistons Sign Second-Round Pick Sammy Mejia The Pistons waived Mejía on October 29, 2007.Pistons waive Sammy Mejia In 2007–08, he briefly played with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA D-League.Sammy Mejia D-League Stats On January 30, 2008, he signed with the Italian club Pierrel Capo d'Orlando, for the rest of the season.Sammy Mejia sbarca lunedì a Capo d'Orlando
Mejía signed with the Greek League club AEL 1964 GS for the 2008–09 season,AEL is aiming for Sammy Mejía where he averaged 14.3 points and 3.4 rebounds in 20 Greek League games.CHOLET BASKET signs Mejia, Eitutavicius
On September 29, 2009, Mejía moved to France and signed a one-year deal with Cholet Basket. On July 1, 2010, he re-signed with Cholet for one more season.Cholet brings back Mejia, Falker & Robinson During the 2010–11 EuroLeague, Meija was named the EuroLeague MVP of the 5th week games.Sportingbet Week 5 MVP: Sammy Mejia, Cholet Basket He was named the 2011 French League Foreign MVP, and was selected to play at the 2010 LNB All-Star Game, as a forward in the starting line-up of the "Foreign" team, at Paris-Bercy, representing Cholet Basket.Les sélections
On June 22, 2011, he signed a two-year contract with the Russian club CSKA Moscow.CSKA brings aboard scorer Mejia On June 22, 2012, he parted ways with CSKA.CSKA Moscow and Sammy Mejia part ways The next day, he signed a contract with the Turkish club Banvit.Banvit BK lands Mejia
On January 7, 2015, in a EuroCup away game against Budućnost Podgorica, he was involved in an incident. With two minutes of game remaining, a hooligan ran onto the court and hit him from the back, after which his teammate Rowland punched the hooligan. Mejía later joined Rowland in the brawl. Referees later ejected both players from the court. He was fined by the Euroleague Basketball organization for taking part in the incident, with three games of suspension, and a 30,000-euro fine. On April 16, 2015, he was named to the All-EuroCup First Team.2014-15 All-Eurocup first, second teams announced
On August 13, 2015, Mejia signed with Tofaş.
On July 17, 2020, he announced his retirement from professional basketball.
Coaching career On July 22, 2025, he began his coaching career and signed with JL Bourg of the French LNB Élite as an assistant coach responsible for player development.
National team career Mejía has been a member of the senior Dominican Republic national basketball team. He played at the 2007 CBC Championship.Sammy MEJIA (DOM).
References
External links Sammy Mejía at euroleague.net Sammy Mejía at fiba.com Sammy Mejía at nba.com Sammy Mejía at tblstat.net