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Robbie Weingard (born May 15, 1963) is an American former basketball player known for his college career at
Hofstra University Hofstra University is a private university in Hempstead, New York. It is Long Island's largest private university. Hofstra originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University (NYU) under the name Nassau College – Hofstra Memorial of N ...
. Between 1981 and 1985, Weingard played point guard for the
Hofstra Pride The Hofstra Pride (formerly the Hofstra Flying Dutchmen) are composed of 17 teams representing Hofstra University in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women’s basketball, cross-country running, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis and tra ...
. He set still-standing program records for assists in a game (16) and season (228). As a
senior Senior (shortened as Sr.) means "the elder" in Latin and is often used as a suffix for the elder of two or more people in the same family with the same given name, usually a parent or grandparent. It may also refer to: * Senior (name), a surname ...
in 1984–85, Weingard averaged an NCAA Division I-leading 9.50 assists per game, en route to becoming only the fourth officially recognized NCAA assists leader at that point. After graduating, Weingard played for Team USA in the
1985 Maccabiah Games The 12th Maccabiah Games brought over 4,000 athletes to Israel from 38 nations to compete in 28 sports. History The Maccabiah Games were first held in 1932. In 1961, they were declared a "Regional Sports Event" by, and under the auspices and supe ...
, helping them to win a gold medal. He never played professionally.


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List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season assists leaders In basketball, an assist is a pass to a teammate that directly leads to a score by field goal. The National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I assist title is awarded to the player with the highest assists per game average in a ...


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1963 births Living people Maccabiah Games medalists in basketball Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States Hofstra Pride men's basketball players Jewish men's basketball players Point guards Basketball players from Brooklyn Competitors at the 1985 Maccabiah Games American men's basketball players 21st-century American Jews {{collegebasketball-stub