Makai Mason

Makai Mason
Makai Mason in 2009
No. 11 – Baylor
Position Point guard
League Big 12
Personal information
Born (1995-05-04) May 4, 1995
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Nationality American / German
Listed height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Listed weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Career information
High school Hotchkiss School
(Lakeville, Connecticut)
College Yale (2014–present)
Career highlights and awards

Makai Mason (born May 4, 1995) is an American-German basketball player, who plays for the Baylor Bears men's basketball team.[1]

Career

A Greenfield, Massachusetts, native, Mason attended The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. He garnered NEPSAC Class A Player of the Year honors as a senior and enrolled at Yale University in 2014.[2] In his first year in college, Mason appeared in 31 games for the Bulldogs with per-game averages of 6.2 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists, earning him the John C. Cobb Outstanding Freshman Award.

His sophomore campaign in 2015-16 was his breakout year. Mason took home All-Ivy League First Team honors,[3] along with a NABC District 13 Second Team selection.[4] He was also recognized with the Bill Madden Toughness Award and was the co-recipient of the Dutch Arnold Most Valuable Player Award (alongside his teammate Justin Sears).[5] Mason emerged as Yale’s leading scorer (16.0ppg) and assist man (3.8apg),[6] while guiding the Bulldogs to their first ever NCAA Tournament victory, hitting on 9-of-18 from the field and netting a career-high 31 points in Yale’s 79-75 upset win over heavily favored Baylor.[7] Yale fell short to Duke in the second round.[8]

Mason declared for the 2016 NBA draft, but later withdrew his name.[9]

On November 8, 2016, it was announced that Mason would miss the entire 2016-2017 College Basketball season with a broken right foot.[10] He suffered a stress fracture in his left foot in November 2017.[11]

International career

Mason has dual citizenship in the United States and Germany, his mother was born in Mainz, Germany.[12] In 2016, Mason was selected for the German national basketball team, to play in the qualification rounds for the EuroBasket 2017.[13][14] He played his first official game for Team Germany on July 30 against Ukraine.[15]

References

  1. ↑ RealGM.com profile
  2. ↑ "Meet The Class of 2018 – Makai Mason - Yale Bulldogs". www.yalebulldogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  3. ↑ "Men's Basketball All-Ivy, Postseason Awards Announced - Ivy League". www.ivyleaguesports.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  4. ↑ "National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2015-16 Division I All-District Teams and Coaches" (PDF). National Association of Basketball Coaches. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  5. ↑ "Celebration Of Championship Season - Yale Bulldogs". www.yalebulldogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  6. ↑ "Yale - Yale Bulldogs". yalebulldogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  7. ↑ "Cinderella Strikes, Bulldogs Shock Baylor 79-75 In NCAA Tournament - Yale Bulldogs". yalebulldogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  8. ↑ "Yale's Comeback Falls Short in NCAA Men's Basketball Second-Round Thriller in Providence - Ivy League". www.ivyleaguesports.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  9. ↑ Yesselman, Tessa (2016-06-01). "With Mason back, Yale poised for another Ivy run". Mid-Major Madness. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  10. ↑ "Yale leading scorer Makai Mason out for season with broken foot". espn.com. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  11. ↑ Conner, Desmond. "Injury Bug Stings Yale's Makai Mason Again; Big Man Jordan Bruner Out For Season". courant.com. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  12. ↑ TheDBBTV (2016-08-03), DBB-TV 2016 Interview Makai Mason, retrieved 2016-08-03
  13. ↑ Makai Mason stößt zum Nationalteam
  14. ↑ "Lo, Mason get chance to shine with Germany as Schroder pulls out". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  15. ↑ "DBB-Herren unterliegen der Ukraine « Deutscher Basketball Bund". www.basketball-bund.de. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
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