Lee Mayberry

Lee Mayberry
Personal information
Born	June 12, 1970 (age 51); Tulsa, Oklahoma
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	172 lb (78 kg)
Career information
High school	Will Rogers (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
College	Arkansas (1988–1992)
NBA draft	1992 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23rd overall
	Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career	1992–1999
Position	Point guard
Number	11
Career history
1992–1996	Milwaukee Bucks
1996–1999	Vancouver Grizzlies
Career highlights and awards
	Third-team All-American – AP, NABC (1992); 2× First-team All-SWC (1990, 1991); First-team All-SEC (1992); 2× Fourth-team Parade All-American (1988, 1989);
Career NBA statistics
Points	2,546 (5.1 ppg)
Rebounds	642 (1.3 rpg)
Assists	1,767 (3.6 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Men's basketball
Representing United States
FIBA World Championship
Goodwill Games

Orva Lee Mayberry Jr. (born June 12, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA)^[1]

Early career[]

Mayberry played high school basketball at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, where he led them to a state championship in 1988.

Mayberry played collegiately at the University of Arkansas and scored 1,940 points for the Razorbacks. Mayberry was a teammate of Todd Day and Oliver Miller, who also had lengthy NBA careers, and helped lead Arkansas to the 1990 Final Four in Denver, Colorado, where they lost in the national semifinals to Duke.

Professional career[]

Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 1992 NBA Draft, Mayberry played from 1992 to 1999 for the Bucks and Vancouver Grizzlies, averaging 5.1 points per game. For the first four years of his career, he played in 328 consecutive games, never missing a regular season game.

Mayberry also played for the US national team in the 1990 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.^[2]

Post NBA[]

In 2012 Mayberry was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame.^[3] In an interview posted on January 10, 2012 Mayberry reviewed his playing days with the Razorbacks.

The article also disclosed that Mayberry was currently "...living in Tulsa, scouting for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA"

In 2014, Mayberry was hired by the University of Arkansas as an assistant coach for the men's basketball team, for head coach Mike Anderson, who was an assistant coach during Mayberry's playing days at Arkansas. After the 2017 season, Mayberry left the University of Arkansas, and accepted an assistant head coaching position at Watson Chapel High School, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Mayberry was appointed as assistant coach for Oral Roberts University's women’s basketball team in 2018.^[4]

Personal life[]

Mayberry's daughter, Taleya Mayberry, played college basketball for Tulsa University and professionally in Europe.^[5]

References[]

^ "VHS tape provided education on Hogs". Arkansas Online. August 14, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
^ 1990 USA Basketball Archived June 7, 2002, at the Wayback Machine
^ Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame
^ TJ Eckert (July 4, 2018). "ORU Women's Basketball Hires a Local Legend". KTUL.
^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (January 2, 2015). "Dóttir fyrrum NBA-leikmanns spilar með kvennaliði Vals". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved December 28, 2017.

External links[]

Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com

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[1] "VHS tape provided education on Hogs". Arkansas Online. August 14, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.

[2] 1990 USA Basketball Archived June 7, 2002, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame

[4] TJ Eckert (July 4, 2018). "ORU Women's Basketball Hires a Local Legend". KTUL.

[5] Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (January 2, 2015). "Dóttir fyrrum NBA-leikmanns spilar með kvennaliði Vals". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved December 28, 2017.

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