William Henry Rayman (ויל ריימן; born April 1, 1997) is an American-Israeli basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for Colgate, for whom in his senior year he was Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and All-Patriot League First Team.[1][2]
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| No. 11 – Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
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| Position | Power forward / Small forward |
| League | Israeli Premier League EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born | April 1, 1997 New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | American/Israeli |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 222 lb (101 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | |
| College | Colgate (2016–2020) |
| NBA draft | 2020: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2020–present |
| Career history | |
| 2020 | Tartu Ülikool |
| 2020–2021 | BG Göttingen |
| 2021 | BK Ventspils |
| 2021–2023 | Hapoel Haifa |
| 2023–present | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 2023–2024 | → Saint-Quentin |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Early life
editRayman was born in New York City to Graham Rayman (a journalist and author) 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
editRayman had a four-year career at the Millbrook School, in Millbrook, 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, 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
editAs a freshman at Colgate University 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][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% field 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
editIn 2020, Rayman played for Estonian team Tartu Ülikool in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League.[10][11][12] In the 2020-21 season, he played for BG Göttingen in the German Basketball Bundesliga.[13][14][15]
Rayman has played for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League since 2021.[13][14][16]
On August 6, 2023, he signed a 3-year deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv and loaned to Saint-Quentin of the LNB Pro A for 2023–24 season.[17]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster; Will Rayman," Colgate Athletics.
- ^ a b c "Will Rayman Player Profile, Hapoel Next Urban Haifa, News, Stats". Eurobasket.
- ^ a b c Aleta Mayne (May 1, 2020). "Net Gains". Colgate Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ a b Fernandez., Roshan (November 2, 2019). "How Will Rayman became the center of Colgate's success". The Daily Orange. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ Herrmann, Mark (March 22, 2019). "NCAA Tournament: Colgate's Will Rayman's love of the game began in New York City". Newsday. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "Will Rayman '15 Named "Freshman Phenom" by Division I Colgate Men's Basketball Team". Millbrook School. January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Will Rayman College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ Neil Adler (July 1, 2020). "Syracuse Basketball: Will Rayman adds rebounding to Boeheim's Army". Inside the Loud House. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "CU's Rayman tabbed as Patriot League Rookie of the Year". The News Journal. April 12, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "Will Rayman moves from Tartu to Göttingen". Latest Basketball News. November 26, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "Will Rayman to Ventspils". Latest Basketball News. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "Colgate's Rayman to continue professional career in Europe". WKTV News. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ a b "Will Rayman", Global Sports Archive.
- ^ a b "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | Israel Basketball | 2021-22 Season | Hapoel B-Cure Laser Haifa | Will Rayman". Basket.co.il. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ 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. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "Jerusalem rolling in Europe and domestically". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "Will Rayman signs long-term contract with Maccabi, moves to France on loan". basketnews.com. August 6, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.