Tai Wesley
July 23, 2020
Felix Von Hofe
- Nationality: AUS
- Date of Birth: 10/02/95
- Place of Birth: Melbourne (VIC)
- Position: FRD
- Height (CM): 196
- Weight (KG): 91
- Junior Assoc: VIC - Melbourne
- College: Eastern Washington (2013-17)
- NBL DEBUT: 14/10/17
- AGE AT DEBUT: 22
- LAST NBL GAME: 22/12/17
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 22
- NBL History: Melbourne 2018
- Championships: 1
- Melbourne (2018)
NICKNAME/S: Hoff
BIO: Felix Von Hofe was born in Melbourne (VIC) where he attended Wesley College.
Von Hofe played his junior basketball for the Melbourne Tigers and was a regular member of Victorian Junior State team’s and represented Australia in under 17 and under 19.
Won the McDonald’s National Junior Classic Tournament (2010) and the Victorian Junior Championship (2011) as a junior with the Melbourne Tigers. Additionally, Von Hofe was selected for the Victorian State U16, U18 and U20 team in 2010, 2011 and 2013.
Von Hofe received a scholarship to attend the Australian Institute of Sport (Canberra) in 2013. He spent one year there and played for the program’s state league team.
NBL EXPERIENCE
Felix Von Hofe made his NBL debut with the Melbourne United at 22 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.
In 2017/18 Von Hofe signed a development player deal with Melbourne United after graduating from University in the US.
He saw limited opportunities to play (15 minutes across four games), the majority of those coming when he was elevated into the roster to help cover the injury to import Casey Prather at the start of the season.
Von Hofe averaged 0.5 points, 1 rebounds, and 0.3 assists. United finished with a record of 20-8 and finished first during the regular season.
Felix Von Hofe played one season in the NBL. He averaged 0.5 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 0.2 assists in 4 NBL games.
Dan Boyce is a die-hard Sydney Kings fan who grew up in Melbourne during the roaring 90's of Australian Basketball and spent far too much time collecting Futera NBL Basketball cards.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 23 | Melbourne | 20-8 (1) | 4 | 15.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14% | 0 | 6 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 14% | 0% | 2 |
| Totals | 4 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14.3% | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 2 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 23 | Melbourne | 20-8 (1) | 4 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 14% | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% | 14% | 0% | 2 |
| Total | 4 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 14.3% | 0.0 | 0.0% | 1.5 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% | 2 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- AIS 2013 | Dandenong 2017 | Kilsyth 2018-19 | Melbourne 2021-22
FIBA EXPERIENCE
He played for the Australia U17 National Team, which won the silver medal at the 2012 World U17 Championships held in Kaunas, Lithuania.
In the summer of 2013, he helped lead Australia to a 4-5 record at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) U19 World Championships at Prague, Czech Republic. After finishing 3-3 in pool play, Australia registered a 87-76 victory in the first round of the medal round against Spain.
After a 63-58 loss to Serbia in which he made four 3-pointers and finished with 12 points, he scored 16 with four more triples in a 106-100 overtime loss to Lithuania in the Bronze Medal game on July 7.
In nine games in the tournament, Von Hofe averaged 23.8 minutes, 9.4 points and 2.8 rebounds while making a team-leading 24-of-63 3-point shots for 38 percent. Von Hofe scored in double figures five times, including a 17-point effort in a 94-51 loss to eventual champion USA when he made 5-of-9 3-pointers.
| Season | Team | PTS | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 10% | 28% | 0% | 0% | ||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 1 | 7 | 14.3% | 0 | 6 | 0.0% |
NBA TOTAL STATISTICS
| YEAR | AGE | TEAM | POS | GP | GS | MINS | PTS | TRB | AST | ORB | DRB | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FGA | FG% | 3P | 3PA | 3P% | FT | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 23 | Melbourne | 20-8 (1) | 4 | 15.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14% | 0 | 6 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 14% | 0% | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COLLEGE
Attended Eastern Washington University with fellow Australians Geremy McKay, Jesse Hunt, Michael Wearne, Mason Peatling and EWU all-time leading scorer Venky Jois.
Von Hofe finished as the winningest player in the school’s NCAA Division I history, set the school record for games played and broke EWU’s 3-pointers made record in the final game of his career. Eastern won 81 games during his time at Eastern, and his 128 games played was two ahead of the previous record of 126 set by his former EWU teammate Parker Kelly (2012-15).
Von Hofe was the 21st Eagle to join the 1,000-point club, finished his career ranked 18th with 1,058 career points. Von Hofe moved up to sixth in career 3-pointers in the Big Sky Conference with 262, and broke the previous school record of 260 set by his former teammate Tyler Harvey from 2013-15. He had five in a 17-point effort in the final game of his career versus Wyoming (3/15/17) in the College Basketball Invitational.
Von Hofe also holds the school record with 657 attempts (breaking Harvey’s record of 602), and his percentage of .399 was 12th. Von Hofe had 13 performances of at least 20 points in his Eastern career, including five in the 2016-16 season and seven as a junior in 2015/16 when he had the fourth-most 3-pointers in school history with 105. He has scored in double figures 16 times as a senior (42 times in his career), and led EWU in scoring twice in 2016-17 (11 in his career).
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