Donatas Zavackas

Who is Donatas Zavackas?

Donatas Zavackas is a professional basketball player from Klaipėda, Lithuania. According to ESPN Zavackas is 6' 8", and weighs 238 pounds. Zavackas had played at the University of Pittsburgh for 4 years on scholarship before moving on to EuroLeague. Zavackas played under the number 5 while playing for the Pitt Panthers.

During his successful career at Pitt, Zavackas was known as one of the most intelligent, hardworking team players in the Big East. Zavackas was a key component in Head Coach Ben Howland's transformation of the Panthers into a level of league elite status. The season before Zavackas arrived, Pitt finished the Big East season in 11th place with a 5–13 record. During Zavackas' four years the Panthers captured two regular season Big East Titles, played in three Big East Tournament Championship games and captured one BET Championship. Pitt also played in one NIT and two NCAA Tournaments with Zavackas at Power Forward.

Zavackas scored 1,099 points for the Panthers which currently places him 31st on Pitt's All Time scoring list. His .807 FT percentage is good enough for 5th place in Panther history.