Kendall Gray

Kendall Lamar Gray (born May 5, 1992) is an American basketball player for the Gießen 46ers of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball for Delaware State University, being named the 2014–15 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year, becoming the fourth selection in school history to earn the honor.

Kendall Gray
No. 28 – Gießen 46ers
PositionCenter
LeagueBasketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1992-05-05) May 5, 1992
Merced, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)
Listed weight168 lb (76 kg)
Career information
High schoolPolytech (Woodside, Delaware)
CollegeDelaware State (2011–2015)
NBA draft2015 / Undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2016Bayreuth
2016–2017Dąbrowa Górnicza
2017–2018Long Island Nets
2018Soles de Santo Domingo Este
2018–2019Long Island Nets
2019–presentGießen 46ers
Career highlights and awards

Early life

Gray was born in Merced, California but grew up in Dover, Delaware.[1] He earned three varsity letters while playing at Polytech High School in Woodside, Delaware.[1] In 2010, he led the team to a Henlopen Conference Southern Division Championship.[1] In Gray's his senior season he averaged 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 blocks per game.[1] He then committed to play for the Delaware State Hornets in college.

College career

Although limited to just 17 games his freshman season, Gray still earned two Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Defensive Player of the Week awards.[1] He was ninth in NCAA Division I in blocks (54) when he went down with an injury.[1] He remained healthy for the final three seasons of his collegiate career and improved statistically in each successive year. As a junior in 2013–14 he averaged 11.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 2.7 blocks per game en route to a Second Team All-MEAC selection.[1][2] In 2014–15, Gray increased those averages to 12.3, 12.4, and 2.8, respectively.[2] On March 5, 2015, Gray recorded a 33-point, 30-rebound game against Coppin State.[3] It was the most rebounds in a single game at the Division I level in 10 years, and he became just the seventh player in the last 40 seasons with at least 30 rebounds in a game.[3] The next day, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference named Gray their Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.[4] He joined Kyle O'Quinn as the only two players in conference history to earn both awards in the same season.[4]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Gray signed with Medi Bayreuth of the Basketball Bundesliga on July 23, 2015.[5] On January 18, 2016, he parted ways with Medi Bayreuth.[6] On March 31, he was acquired by the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League[7] but didn't play for them.

On August 23, 2016, Gray signed with MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza of the Polish League.[8]

On June 6, 2018, Gray signed with Soles de Santo Domingo Este of the Dominican League.[9] Gray rejoined the Long Island Nets for the 2018–19 season.[10]

On September 16, 2019, he signed with Gießen 46ers of the Basketball Bundesliga. [11]

See also

References
  1. "Kendall Gray bio". DSUHornets.com. Delaware State University. 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  2. "Kendall Gray college statistics". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  3. Bieler, Des (March 5, 2015). "Delaware State's Kendall Gray has 30-30 game against Coppin State". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  4. "MEAC announces men's basketball all-conference honors". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  5. "medi bayreuth verpflichtet Center Kendall Gray". Medi-Bayreuth.de (in German). July 23, 2015. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  6. "Medi Bayreuth part ways with Kendall Gray and Jeffrey Xavier". Sportando.com. January 18, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  7. "NBA D-League Transactions". NBA.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  8. "Kendall Gray (ex Bayreuth) signs at MKS Dabrowa Gornicza". Eurobasket.com. August 23, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  9. Martínez, Franklin (June 6, 2018). "Soles SDE contratan al refuerzo Kendall Gray para torneo LNB 2018". BasketDominicano.com (in Spanish). Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  10. "Long Island Nets Finalize Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  11. "Veränderte Centerrotation in Gießen: Kendall Gray ersetzt jungen Big Man Duke Shelton" (in German). easycredit-bbl.de. September 16, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
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