William Henry Rayman (born April 1, 1997) is an

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basketball player who plays the

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position for

Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Haifa Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל חיפה, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Haifa'') is an Israeli football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one championship (1998–99) and 4 Israeli cups ( ...

in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

. He played college basketball for Colgate, for whom in his senior year he was

Patriot League The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States. Outside the Ivy League, it is among the most selective gr ...

Defensive Player of the Year and All-Patriot League First Team."2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster; Will Rayman,"
Colgate Athletics.

Early life

Rayman was born in New York City to Graham Rayman (a journalist and author) and Bronwen Hruska (a novelist and head of

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), and grew up on the

Upper West Side The Upper West Side (UWS) is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Central Park on the east, the Hudson River on the west, West 59th Street to the south, and West 110th Street to the north. The Upper West ...

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

. He has one brother. He is 6' 8" (203 cm), and weighs 222 pounds (101 kg).

High school

Rayman had a four-year career at the

Millbrook School Millbrook School is a private, coeducational preparatory boarding school located in Stanford, New York, United States. History Millbrook School was founded in 1931 by Edward Pulling. Pulling was a graduate of both Princeton University and Cam ...

, in

Millbrook, New York Millbrook is a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States. Millbrook is located in the Hudson Valley, on the east side of the Hudson River, north of New York City. Millbrook is near the center of the town of Washington, of which it is a ...

. He was named the

New England Preparatory School Athletic Council The New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) is an organization that serves as the governing body for sports in preparatory schools and leagues in New England. The organization has 169 full member schools as well as 24 associate ...

Class B Player of the Year after averaging 22 points, nine rebounds, and three assists per game as a senior at the Millbrook School. He was named All-Conference both his junior and his senior seasons. He finished his career with averages of 15 points and six rebounds per game. He then played a season at

New Hampton School New Hampton School is an independent college preparatory high school in New Hampton, New Hampshire, United States. It has 305 students from over 30 states and 22 countries. The average class size is eleven, and the student-faculty ratio is five t ...

, in

New Hampton, New Hampshire New Hampton is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,377 at the 2020 census. A winter sports resort area, New Hampton is home to George Duncan State Forest and to the New Hampton School, a private prepara ...

. Rayman earned Region All-Star and All-Conference honors following his post-graduate year at New Hampton.

College

As a freshman at

Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...

Hamilton, New York Hamilton is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 6,690 at the 2010 census. The town is named after American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. The Town of Hamilton contains a village also named Hamilton, the s ...

, in 2016-17, playing for the Colgate Raiders basketball team Rayman scored 14.6 points per game (9th in the

; 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. 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 Adonal David Foyle (born March 9, 1975) is a Vincentian-American former professional basketball center. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the eighth overall selection of the 1997 NBA draft. Foyle played ten seasons with the Warri ...

) with 34 points against

Lafayette College Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter and other citizens in Easton, the college first held classes in 1832. The founders voted to name the college after General Laf ...

. He was named Patriot League Rookie of the Year, to the Patriot League All-Rookie Team, and Colgate Athletics Male Rookie of the Year. 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). He was named to the All-

Patriot League men's basketball tournament The Patriot League men's basketball tournament is held at the conclusion of each regular season. The winner of the tournament is awarded an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Tournament finals results Sources: C ...

team, Second Team All-Patriot-League, and

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(NABC) All-District Second Team. 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. Rayman had a 42.9% three-point percentage, a 42.5% field goal percentage, and a 68.1% free throw percentage. 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. 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. 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.

Professional career

In 2020, Rayman played for

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n team Tartu Ülikool in the

Latvian-Estonian Basketball League The Latvian-Estonian Basketball League is the highest professional men's club basketball league in Latvia and Estonia; it has been organised since 2018, run by the Latvian Basketball Association and the Estonian Basketball Association. History ...

. In the 2020-21 season, he played for

BG Göttingen Basketballgemeinschaft Göttingen ( eng, Basketball Association Göttingen) is a German basketball club based in Göttingen, Germany. In 2010, the club won the EuroChallenge against Krasnye Krylya Samara from Russia. The team had played in Germa ...

in the German

Basketball Bundesliga The Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) (English language: ''Federal Basketball League''), for sponsorship reasons named easyCredit BBL, is the highest level league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season ...

."Will Rayman"
Global Sports Archive. Rayman has played for

in the

since 2021.

References

External links

Colgate Raiders bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rayman, Will 1997 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Estonia American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Israel American men's basketball players Basketball players from New York City Colgate Raiders men's basketball players Hapoel Haifa B.C. players Israeli American Israeli Basketball Premier League players People from New York City People from the Upper West Side Power forwards (basketball) Tartu Ülikool/Rock players New Hampton School alumni