Travis Mays
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Travis Cortez Mays (born June 19, 1968 in Ocala, Florida) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 1st round (14th overall pick) of the 1990 NBA Draft.
Mays went to High School at Vanguard where he was a scholastic All-America standout, and he then proceeded to play ball and study at University of Texas 1986-1990, where he earned a B.A. in psychology. Mays and teammates Lance Blanks and Joey Wright were known as the "BMW The Ultimate Scoring Machine" during the 1989-90 basketball season. That Longhorn team won the Southwest Conference tournament and advanced to the Elite Eight in the 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Travis Mays ranks second in UT men's basketball all-time scoring (2,279 points) and also is second in Southwest Conference all-time scoring. Mays' career scoring average was 18.4 ppg. He scored in double-figures in 100 of 124 career games, and is the only UT men's player in history to score more than 700 points in a season; he did that with 743 points as a junior and 772 as a senior. Mays helped lead Texas to the 1990 Final Eight, scoring 24.1 ppg.
During his rookie campaign for the Kings, He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, averaging 14.3 ppg in 64 games during his first pro season. He spent the next two seasons with the Atlanta Hawks, where he two games into his second season ruptured both tendons in his right ankle and was out for the season, before returning for his final NBA season the next year. Mays had a NBA career scoring average of 11.1 points per game.
Mays' pro career extended to European basketball as he played in Greece, Israel, Turkey and Italy. Highlights of his European career include selection to the European All-Star Game, leading Panionious (Greece) to the European Championship final eight with 27.5 ppg, and First Team All-Star selection (1999-2001) on Italy's Siena squad. He then retired as a player in 2001.
Mays spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons coaching and scouting for the WNBA San Antonio Silver Stars franchise.
He also coached AAU boys' basketball for the Tennessee/ Alabama "Pump" team in the summer of 2003.
Texas Athletics history, enters his third year as assistant coach. He joined Jody Conradt's staff in May of 2004. Mays' primary duties are working with UT's guard play and recruiting.
In his years of recruiting, he was instrumental in signing (among others) Erika Arriaran, Crystal Boyd, Earnesia Williams and Brittainey Raven.
