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Revision as of 09:34, 12 January 2022

Will Rayman
Hapoel Haifa
PositionPower forward
LeagueIsraeli Basketball Premier League
Personal information
Born (1997-04-01) April 1, 1997 (age 27)
New York City, New York
NationalityAmerican/Israeli
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school
CollegeColgate University
Playing career2020–present
Career highlights and awards
  • Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year (2020)
  • Patriot League All-Defensive Team (2019, 2020)
  • All-Patriot League First Team (2020)
  • All-Patriot League Second Team (2018, 2019)
  • Patriot League Rookie of the Year (2017)
  • Patriot League All-Rookie Team (2017)

William Henry Rayman (born April 1, 1997) is an American-Israeli basketball player who plays the power forward position for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Colgate University, for whom in his senior year he was Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and All-Patriot League First Team.[1][2]

Early life

Rayman was born in New York City to Graham Rayman (a career newspaper reporter) and Bronwen Hruska (a novelist and head of Soho Press), and grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.[3][1][4][5] He has one brother.[1] He is 6' 8" (203 cm), and weighs 222 pounds (101 kg).[2]

High school

Rayman had a four-year career at the Millbrook School ('15), in Millbrook, New York, in Dutchess County, New York.[1][2][6] He was named the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Class B Player of the Year after averaging 22 points, nine rebounds, and three assists per game as a senior at the Millbrook School.[1][4] He was named All-Conference both his junior and his senior seasons.[1] He finished his career with averages of 15 points and six rebounds per game.[1]

He then played a season at New Hampton School ('16), in New Hampton, New Hampshire.[1] Rayman earned Region All-Star and All-Conference honors following his post-graduate year at New Hampton.[1]

College

As a freshman at Colgate University ('20; Educational Studies) in Hamilton, New York, in 2016-17, playing for the Colgate Raiders basketball team Rayman scored 14.6 points per game (9th in the Patriot League; while leading all Patriot League freshmen with 14.9 points per league game), set a Colgate first-year season record with 65 three-pointers, had a .691 free throw percentage (9th), and had 4.6 rebounds per game.[1][7][8][1][3] He also set a Colgate first-year single-game scoring record that (breaking one previously held by Raider All-American and NBA player Adonal Foyle) with 34 points against Lafayette College.[1] He was named Patriot League Rookie of the Year, to the Patriot League All-Rookie Team, and Colgate Athletics Male Rookie of the Year.[1][9]

As a sophomore in 2017-18 Rayman scored 14.6 points per game (10th in the league), pulled down 6.7 rebounds per game (4th), with 0.8 blocks per game (9th), and had a 41.8% three-point shooting percentage, a 44.7% filed goal percentage, and an 80.7% free throw percentage (4th in the league).[1][7] He was named to the All-Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament team, Second Team All-Patriot-League, and National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District Second Team.[1]

As a junior in 2018-19 he scored 13.1 points per game, and had 6.5 rebounds (6th in the league), 0.8 blocks (10th), and 1.5 assists per game.[1][7] Rayman had a 42.9% three-point percentage, a 42.5% field goal percentage, and a 68.1% free throw percentage.[1] He was named Second Team All-Patriot-League, and was named to the Patriot League All-Defensive Team, and to the Patriot League All-Tournament First Team.[1][7]

As a senior in 2019-20, Rayman had 12.6 points, 9.0 rebounds (leading the league), 1.0 blocks (4th), and 1.7 assists per game, with a 44.4% field goal percentage, a 35.9% three-point percentage, and an 80.0% free throw percentage.[1][7] He was named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year, to the Patriot League All-Defensive Team and All-Patriot League First Team, and 2020 NABC District 13 second team.[1][3]

Professional career

In 2020 Rayman played for Estonian team Tartu Ülikool in the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League.[10][11][12] From 2020-21 he played for BG Göttingen in the Basketball Bundesliga.[13][14][15]

Rayman has played with Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League since 2021.[13][14][16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster; Will Rayman," Colgate Athletics.
  2. ^ a b c "Will Rayman Player Profile, Hapoel Next Urban Haifa, News, Stats". Eurobasket.
  3. ^ a b c Aleta Mayne (May 1, 2020). "Net Gains". Colgate Magazine.
  4. ^ a b Roshan Fernandez. "How Will Rayman became the center of Colgate’s success", The Daily Orange.
  5. ^ "NCAA Tournament: Colgate's Will Rayman's love of the game began in New York City," Newsday.
  6. ^ "Will Rayman '15 Named "Freshman Phenom" by Division I Colgate Men's Basketball Team". Millbrook School. January 24, 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Will Rayman College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  8. ^ Neil Adler (July 1, 2020). "Syracuse Basketball: Will Rayman adds rebounding to Boeheim's Army".
  9. ^ "CU's Rayman tabbed as Patriot League Rookie of the Year". The News Journal.
  10. ^ "Will Rayman moves from Tartu to Göttingen". Latest Basketball News. November 26, 2020.
  11. ^ "Will Rayman to Ventspils". Latest Basketball News. January 27, 2021.
  12. ^ "Colgate's Rayman to continue professional career in Europe". WKTV News.
  13. ^ a b "Will Rayman", Global Sports Archive.
  14. ^ a b "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | Israel Basketball | 2021-22 Season | Hapoel B-Cure Laser Haifa | Will Rayman". basket.co.il.
  15. ^ Schmidt-Scheuber, Miles (January 10, 2021). "The Miles Basketball Minute: The Ex Coach Scouting Report Michael Jordan(Drexel) Vs Will Rayman(BG Goettingen)". German Hoops.
  16. ^ "Jerusalem rolling in Europe and domestically". The Jerusalem Post.


Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:American expatriate basketball people in Estonia Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany Category:American expatriate basketball people in Israel Category:American men's basketball players Category:Basketball players from New York (state) Category:Hapoel Haifa B.C. players Category:Israeli American Category:Israeli Basketball Premier League players Category:People from New York City Category:People from the Upper West Side Category:Colgate Raiders men's basketball players Category:Forwards (basketball) Category:Sportspeople from New York City

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