De'Mon Brooks

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = De'Mon Brooks

| image = De'Mon Brooks.jpg

| caption =

| position = Power forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 230

| league = P. League+

| team = TSG GhostHawks

| number = 4

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|5|28}}

| birth_place = Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.

| high_school = Hopewell
(Huntersville, North Carolina)

| college = Davidson (2010–2014)

| draft_year = 2014

| career_start = 2014

| years1 = 2014–2015

| team1 = Azzurro Napoli

| years2 = 2015

| team2 = Hapoel Gilboa Galil

| years3 = 2015–2016

| team3 = Orsi Derthona

| years4 = 2016–2019

| team4 = Medi Bayreuth

| years5 = 2019–2020

| team5 = Ryukyu Golden Kings

| years6 = 2020–2021

| team6 = Shimane Susanoo Magic

| years7 = 2021–2024

| team7 = Levanga Hokkaido

| years8 = 2024–present

| team8 = TSG GhostHawks

| highlights =

2× SoCon Player of the Year – Coaches (2012, 2014)
SoCon Player of the Year – Media (2014)
2× AP Honorable Mention All-American (2012, 2014)
3× First-team All-SoCon (2012–2014)

}}

De'Mon Brooks (born May 28, 1992) is an American basketball player for TSG GhostHawks of the Taiwanese P. League+. He completed his college career at Davidson College after the 2013–14 season. In the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, he was named Southern Conference player of the year and an All-American by the Associated Press.

High school career

Brooks, a 6'7" forward born in the U. S. state of Georgia, played high school basketball at Hopewell High School in Huntersville, North Carolina. As a senior, he averaged 20 points and 10.2 rebounds per game for his school.{{cite web|title=De'Mon Brooks Davidson profile|publisher=Davidson Wildcats|url=http://www.davidsonwildcats.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2807&path=mbball |access-date=April 7, 2015}}

College career

He committed to coach Bob McKillop at Davidson and started his college career in the 2010–11 season. That year, he averaged 9.0 points and 5.1 rebounds per game and was named a freshman All-American by Collegeinsider.com. As a sophomore, Brooks increased his output to 15.7 points and 6.2 rebounds and led the team to regular season and tournament championships in the Southern Conference.

In the 2012 Southern Conference tournament, Brooks scored 19 points in the Wildcats' double overtime championship game win and was named tournament MVP.{{cite web|title =Davidson outlasts W. Carolina in 2 OTs to win Southern Conference championship|publisher=ESPN|date=March 5, 2012 | url =http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320652166 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20141207022843/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320652166 | url-status =dead | archive-date =December 7, 2014 | access-date = November 13, 2012}} At the conclusion of the season, Brooks was named Southern Conference Player of the Year by the league's coaches (his teammate, Jake Cohen won the same award from the league's media – the first time two players from the same school split the honor).{{cite web| last = Gignac | first = Mark | title =Cohen Named SoCon Player of the Year in Media Vote | publisher = Davidson Wildcats | date = February 29, 2012 | url =http://www.davidsonwildcats.com/news/2012/2/29/MBB_0229121712.aspx?path=mbball | access-date = November 13, 2012}} He was also named an honorable mention by the Associated Press.{{cite web| title =Brooks Earns All-America Honorable Mention Honors | publisher = Southern Conference | date = March 27, 2012 | url =http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=205404536 | access-date = November 13, 2012}}

Brooks returned to Davidson for his junior year in 2012–13 and was named the preseason conference player of the year.{{cite web|title=Davidson and Brooks top SoCon preseason polls |publisher=Davidsonnews.net |date=October 25, 2012 |url=http://davidsonnews.net/sports/2012/10/25/davidson-and-brooks-top-socon-preseason-polls/ |access-date=November 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014182750/http://davidsonnews.net/sports/2012/10/25/davidson-and-brooks-top-socon-preseason-polls/ |archive-date=October 14, 2013 }} In four season with the Wildcats, Brooks appeared in 125 games averaging 14.2 points per game and 6.1 rebounds per game.{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer|title=De'Mon Brooks Career Statistics|publisher=NCAA|access-date=April 7, 2015}}

Professional career

On July 2, 2014, Brooks was named to the Charlotte Hornets summer league team. On July 11 he signed with Azzurro Napoli in Italy.{{cite web|title=Colpi di Mercato: arriva De'Mon Brooks |publisher=Azzurro Napoli |date=July 11, 2014 |url=http://www.napolibasket.com/news-e-comunicati-stampa/21-comunicati-stampa/600-colpo-di-mercato-arriva-de-mon-brooks |language=it |access-date=July 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714143145/http://www.napolibasket.com/news-e-comunicati-stampa/21-comunicati-stampa/600-colpo-di-mercato-arriva-de-mon-brooks |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}

On February 11, 2015, he signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/151891/de-mon-brooks-tweets-he-has-signed-with-gilboagalil.html De'Mon Brooks tweets he has signed with Gilboa/Galil] Brooks played for Medi Bayreuth from 2016 to 2019. He averaged 12.2 points and 5 rebounds per game during the 2018–19 season. Brooks parted ways with the team on May 28, 2019.{{cite web |title=De'Mon Brooks leaves Medi Bayreuth |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/demon-brooks-leaves-medi-bayreuth/ |website=Sportando |access-date=July 28, 2020 |date=May 28, 2019}} He spent the 2019–20 season with Ryukyu Golden Kings in Japan, averaging 16.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2 assists per game. On June 25, 2020, Brooks signed with Shimane Susanoo Magic.{{cite web |title=Shimane Susanoo Magic signs De'Mon Brooks, agreed to terms with Reid Travis |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/shimane-susanoo-magic-signs-demon-brooks-agreed-to-terms-with-reid-travis/ |website=Sportando |access-date=July 28, 2020 |date=June 25, 2020}}

On August 6, 2024, he signed with TSG GhostHawks of the P. League+.{{cite web |title=翟蒙加盟獵鷹與總教練柯納再聚首 |url=https://tw.sports.yahoo.com/news/tpbl-%E7%BF%9F%E8%92%99%E5%8A%A0%E7%9B%9F%E7%8D%B5%E9%B7%B9-%E8%88%87%E7%B8%BD%E6%95%99%E7%B7%B4%E6%9F%AF%E7%B4%8D%E5%86%8D%E8%81%9A%E9%A6%96-040015277.html |publisher=TSNA |access-date=17 August 2024 |date=6 August 2024}}