Education
Bishop McDevitt High School.
Bishop McDevitt High School.
After playing high school basketball at Bishop McDevitt in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Panko played college basketball at Lebanon Valley College. Panko began his professional career in 1999 with the New Mexico Slam of the International Basketball League. He made his National Basketball Association debut with the Atlanta Hawks in 2001.
He was named the Spanish ACB League Most Valuable Player in 2012, while playing with San Sebastián Gipuzkoa.
In July 2012, he signed with the Greek Basket League / Euroleague club Panathinaikos. In December 2012, he was traded to Unicaja Malaga for James Gist.
At the end of the season he left Unicaja. On August 14, 2013, Panko signed with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada for the 2013-2014 season.
On July 29, 2014, he agreed with Fuenlabrada to play one more season.
On May 30, 2015, he signed with Vaqueros de Bayamón of Puerto Rico for the rest of the 2015 Bachelor of science in nursing season.