D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera (born December 20, 1992) is an American professional

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player who last played for

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. Born in

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, he played high school basketball for North Central of his hometown and Oak Hill Academy in

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. Having enrolled in Georgetown in 2012 he played for the Hoyas until 2016. After graduation from college Smith Rivera had a brief stint in the

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High school career

Smith-Rivera started high school at North Central High School in Indianapolis, and led his team to a state championship in his sophomore year. He transferred to the basketball specialty Oak Hill Academy in

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for his senior year, and he helped lead the team to the 2012 national championship. He was recruited by Xavier,

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, and Georgetown. He visited NC State, and verbally committed to Xavier, later revoked his pledge and signed a letter of intent with the Georgetown Hoyas on October 15, 2011.

College career

Smith-Rivera appeared in all 32 games his freshman year with the Hoyas, when the team won a share of the

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Regular Season Championship, and went to the 2013 NCAA Tournament. He was named to the Big East's All-Rookie team. In his sophomore year, he started all but one game, recorded two

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s, and led the team with a 17.6 points-per-game average. He was selected for the Big East Weekly Honor Roll five times during the season, and was named to the All-Big East Second Team at the end of the conference season. Prior to his junior year, Smith-Rivera was selected as the Big East Preseason Player of the Year, the sixth Georgetown player to receive the award. In March 2015, following Georgetown's Round of 32 knockout in the

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, Smith-Rivera announced he would declare for the

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. A week later, Smith-Rivera reversed his decision and announced that he would stay at Georgetown for his senior year. At the conclusion of the 2015–16 regular season, Smith-Rivera was selected to the second-team All-Big East.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the

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, Smith-Rivera signed with the

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for training camp on September 26, 2016. On October 21, 2016, he was waived by the Bulls after appearing in two preseason games. On November 1, 2016, he was acquired by the

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of the

as an affiliate player of Chicago. On December 5, he was waived by Windy City. In six games, he averaged 3.0 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 11.2 minutes. On December 28, 2016, Smith-Rivera was acquired by the

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. Three days later, he was waived by the Mad Ants after one game. On January 14, 2017, he signed with

of the

The Basketball Tournament

D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera played for Jack Attack in the 2018 edition of

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. He scored 24 points and had 7 rebounds in the team's first-round loss to Hall In.

Personal life

The son of Mateo and Kelana Rivera, he has two brothers, Mateo Jr. and Rogelio. He majored in business. D'vauntes also has a son.

References

External links

Georgetown Hoyas bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith-Rivera, D'Vauntes 1992 births Living people American men's basketball players Basketball players from Indianapolis Fort Wayne Mad Ants players Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball players Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia) alumni Shooting guards Windy City Bulls players 21st-century American sportsmen