Jaye Andrews

Jaye Andrews is an American former basketball player known for his college career at Bucknell University during the 1980s. He was a two-time all-conference performer and the 1985 East Coast Conference Player of the Year as a senior.

Jaye Andrews
Personal information
BornBethesda, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolLandon School
(Bethesda, Maryland)
CollegeBucknell (1981–1985)
NBA draft1985 / Round: 7 / Pick: 159th overall
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career1985–1987
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
Career history
1985Wildwood Aces
1986–1987Bracknell Pirates
Career highlights and awards

College career

Andrews is a native of Bethesda, Maryland,[1] where he attended the Landon School.[2] He had a strong senior season campaign in 1980–81 and was offered the opportunity to play for the Bucknell Bison in college.[2] He played the small forward position.[1]

In 1981–82, Andrews' freshman season at Bucknell, he averaged 8.2 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.[3] As a sophomore, he averaged 13.7 and 3.1 per game, respectively.[3] Then, as a junior, Andrews led the Bison to win the East Coast Conference regular season title, and came within an ECC Tournament championship game away from earning a berth into the NCAA Tournament.[4] Andrews was honored as First Team All-ECC member.[4]

In 1984–85, Andrews' senior season, he averaged 16.8 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game.[3] The Bison repeated as ECC regular season champions and lost a second ECC Tournament championship game. Andrews earned his second consecutive First Team All-ECC honor.[4] He was also named the ECC Player of the Year, which was the first and only time a Bucknell player ever won that award. At the time of his graduation, his 1,535 points stood fourth all-time in school history.[4] In 1991, Bucknell inducted Andrews into their athletics hall of fame.[4]

Professional career and later life

The Philadelphia 76ers selected Andrews in the ensuing 1985 NBA draft's seventh round (159th overall).[5][6] He was released after their rookie camp and never made a roster spot.[2] Andrews believes the 76ers discovered him earlier in the summer while playing for the USBL's Wildwood Aces, where he led the team in scoring at 17.4 points per game.[2][5]

Andrews was living in Chicago after that.[2] About a year later he received a phone call from the general manager of the Bracknell Pirates of the British Basketball League (BBL).[2] He thought it was a prank call at first but soon realized it was legitimate.[2] He joined the Pirates for the 1986–87 season before walking away from professional basketball to enter a non-basketball career, a decision he later claimed he regrets.[2]

In his non-professional basketball life, Andrews worked as a schoolteacher and served as a basketball coach at Greenhill School in Addison, Texas.[2] As of 2021, he works for Greenhill middle school as one of two Equity and Inclusion (E&I) coordinators.[2]

References
  1. "Jaye Andrews". TheDraftReview.com. 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  2. Joseph, Remi (May 17, 2021). "Eighth-grade Teacher Jaye Andrews' Global Life Before Greenhill". evergreen.greenhill.org. The Evergreen Online. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  3. "Jaye Andrews College Stats". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  4. "Jaye Andrews – Hall of Fame". BucknellBison.com. Bucknell University. 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  5. "Bison guard Andrews selected by Philly". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pennsylvania. June 19, 1985. p. 19. Retrieved April 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Jaye Andrews". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
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