Greg Somogyi

Hungarian basketball player

Greg Somogyi
Personal information
Born	(1989-10-01) October 1, 1989 (age 34) Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Listed height	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Listed weight	242 lb (110 kg)
Career information
High school	Woodside Priory School (Portola Valley, California)
College	UC Santa Barbara (2008–2012)
NBA draft	2012: undrafted
Playing career	2012–2016
Position	Center
Career history
2012	Santa Barbara Breakers
2012–2013	Coruña
2013–2014	Alba Fehérvár
2014	Latina Basket
2014–2016	Szolnoki Olaj

Career highlights and awards
Hungarian League champion (2016) Hungarian League champion (2015) Hungarian Cup winner (2015) WCBL champion (2012) WCBL Defensive Player of the Year (2012) All-WCBL First Team (2012) NCAA Big West Conference Champion (2011) NCAA Big West Conference Champion (2010)

Gergely István "Greg" Somogyi (born October 1, 1989)^[1] is a Hungarian former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Professional career

Following his graduation from UCSB, Somogyi joined the Santa Barbara Breakers for the 2012 WCBL season. On April 16, 2012, he recorded a 30-30 game for the Breakers. With 33 points and 33 rebounds, he led the Breakers to a 108-89 victory over the Hollywood Beach Dawgs.^[2]

After going undrafted in the 2012 NBA draft, Somogyi joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On September 5, 2012, he signed with the Lakers.^[3] However, he was waived by the Lakers on October 22, 2012.^[4] In December 2012, he signed with Básquet Coruña of Spain for the rest of the 2012–13 season.

In August 2013, Somogyi signed with Alba Fehérvár of Hungary for the 2013–14 season.^[5]

In July 2014, Somogyi joined the Utah Jazz for the 2014 NBA Summer League.^[6] On October 1, 2014, he signed with Latina Basket of Italy for the 2014–15 season.^[7] On November 18, 2014, he parted ways with Latina after appearing in eight games.^[8] On December 22, 2014, he signed with Szolnoki Olaj of Hungary for the rest of the season.^[9] He returned to Szolnoki for the 2015–16 season after helping the team claim the league championship in 2014–15.