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.
Personal information | |
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Born | Las Vegas, Nevada | January 21, 1972
Nationality | American / Israeli |
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Clark (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
College |
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NBA draft | 1995 / Undrafted |
Position | Point 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]
References
- Curtis, Jake. "DYNASTY: IS UNLV BEST TEAM EVER IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL? \ EVEN AS GOOD AS UNC'S '82 TEAM?". Greensboro News and Record.
- "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 2000-01 Season | Maccabi Ra'ananna | H Waldman". basket.co.il.
- "H Waldman". The Draft Review.
- "H Waldman Basketball Player Profile, Avtodor Saratov, News, VTB, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards". Eurobasket LLC.
- Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9781602800137 – via Google Books.
- Mike Eisenbath (November 3, 1993). "Letterman for Slu Transfer Waldman, the H Stands for 'Hoops". St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO).
- "Ex-UNLV, Clark player H Waldman makes a name in business". Las Vegas Review-Journal. August 31, 2020.
- Mishak, Michael (August 7, 2006). "'It's not about basketball'". Las Vegas Sun Newspaper.
- Brewer, Ray (July 26, 2018). "Remembering Las Vegas' original all-star basketball squad". Las Vegas Sun Newspaper.
- "Rebels Just Revving Up". Los Angeles Times. April 4, 1990.
- "The 50 Greatest Sports Figures From Nevada". Sports Illustrated Vault. December 27, 1999.
- "A Rebel Boyhood: Growing Up Watching The Unstoppable Team". Nevada Public Radio. March 15, 2016.
- 2010-11 UNLV Men's Basketball Media Guide.
- "23 March 1994". Jewish Post.
- "The 10 greatest Billiken's of my lifetime". ksdk.com. November 9, 2017.
- "H Waldman College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- "Saint Louis' Evans, Crews to Receive Bauer Award". atlantic10.com. December 5, 2013.