H Waldman

H Waldman ('ולדמן אייץ; nickname: H;[1] born January 21, 1972) is an American-Israeli former basketball player.[2] He played the point guard and shooting guard positions.[2][3] Waldman played in the Israel Basketball Premier League from 1996 to 2001.

H Waldman
Personal information
Born (1972-01-21) January 21, 1972
Las Vegas, Nevada
NationalityAmerican / Israeli
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolClark (Las Vegas, Nevada)
College
NBA draft1995 / Undrafted
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard

Early life

Waldman was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is Jewish.[4][5] His father, an attorney, is Herb Waldman, and his mother is Sharon Waldman.[6][7] He is 6' 3" (1.88 meters) tall, and weighs 200 pounds (91 kg).[2][6][3]

Basketball career

He played basketball in Las Vegas at Clark High School for the Stars.[7][8][9][10] He was the Nevada high school basketball player of the year in 1990, as he scored 17.4 points per game and had 8.3 assists per game.[11] In December 1999, Sports Illustrated named him one of the top 50 Nevada sports figures in the 20th century.[11]

Waldman then attended and played basketball for two seasons for the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.[7][12] He holds UNLV's record for three-point percentage in one season, as he shot .523 (23 of 44) in 1991-92.[13]

He played two seasons at Saint Louis University (Finance; '95), for the Saint Louis Billikens.[7][14][15] For them, in 1993-94 Waldman was second in the Great Midwest Conference in assists (150), and fifth in steals (51), and in 1994-95 he was second in the conference in steals (74), and third in assists (145).[16] He received the 1995 Carl O. Bauer Award from the Missouri Athletic Club as the top amateur sports figure in the St. Louis area.[17]

Waldman played in the Israel Basketball Premier League from 1996 to 2001 for Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Ra'anana.[2] He said he did not encounter much of a language barrier in Israel, because “everyone spoke English.”[7]

He ultimately became a partner in a Las Vegas business.[7] Waldman partnered with Bob Schiffman in 2012 to create National Technology Associates, which designs and engineers audio-visual technology.[7]

See also

References
  1. Curtis, Jake. "DYNASTY: IS UNLV BEST TEAM EVER IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL? \ EVEN AS GOOD AS UNC'S '82 TEAM?". Greensboro News and Record.
  2. "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2000-01 Season | Maccabi Ra'ananna | H Waldman". basket.co.il.
  3. "H Waldman". The Draft Review.
  4. "H Waldman Basketball Player Profile, Avtodor Saratov, News, VTB, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards". Eurobasket LLC.
  5. Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9781602800137 – via Google Books.
  6. Mike Eisenbath (November 3, 1993). "Letterman for Slu Transfer Waldman, the H Stands for 'Hoops". St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO).
  7. "Ex-UNLV, Clark player H Waldman makes a name in business". Las Vegas Review-Journal. August 31, 2020.
  8. Mishak, Michael (August 7, 2006). "'It's not about basketball'". Las Vegas Sun Newspaper.
  9. Brewer, Ray (July 26, 2018). "Remembering Las Vegas' original all-star basketball squad". Las Vegas Sun Newspaper.
  10. "Rebels Just Revving Up". Los Angeles Times. April 4, 1990.
  11. "The 50 Greatest Sports Figures From Nevada". Sports Illustrated Vault. December 27, 1999.
  12. "A Rebel Boyhood: Growing Up Watching The Unstoppable Team". Nevada Public Radio. March 15, 2016.
  13. 2010-11 UNLV Men's Basketball Media Guide.
  14. "23 March 1994". Jewish Post.
  15. "The 10 greatest Billiken's of my lifetime". ksdk.com. November 9, 2017.
  16. "H Waldman College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  17. "Saint Louis' Evans, Crews to Receive Bauer Award". atlantic10.com. December 5, 2013.


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