Kendall Lamar Gray (born May 5, 1992) is an American-born Rwandan basketball player for Patriots BBC of the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL). He played college basketball for Delaware State University, being named the 2014–15 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year, becoming the fourth selection in school history to earn the honor.
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| Position | Center |
| League | Rwanda Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1992-05-05) May 5, 1992 (age 30) Merced, California |
| Nationality | American / Rwandan |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Polytech (Woodside, Delaware) |
| College | Delaware State (2011–2015) |
| NBA draft | 2015 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
| 2015–2016 | Bayreuth |
| 2016–2017 | Dąbrowa Górnicza |
| 2017–2018 | Long Island Nets |
| 2018 | Soles de Santo Domingo Este |
| 2018–2019 | Long Island Nets |
| 2019–2020 | Gießen 46ers |
| 2021–2022 | JS Kairouan |
| 2022–present | Patriots |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Gray was born in Merced, California but grew up in Dover, Delaware.[1] He earned three varsity letters while playing at Polytech High School in Woodside, Delaware.[1] In 2010, he led the team to a Henlopen Conference Southern Division Championship.[1] In Gray's his senior season he averaged 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 blocks per game.[1] He then committed to play for the Delaware State Hornets in college.
Although limited to just 17 games his freshman season, Gray still earned two Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Defensive Player of the Week awards.[1] He was ninth in NCAA Division I in blocks (54) when he went down with an injury.[1] He remained healthy for the final three seasons of his collegiate career and improved statistically in each successive year. As a junior in 2013–14 he averaged 11.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 2.7 blocks per game en route to a Second Team All-MEAC selection.[1][2] In 2014–15, Gray increased those averages to 12.3, 12.4, and 2.8, respectively.[2] On March 5, 2015, Gray recorded a 33-point, 30-rebound game against Coppin State.[3] It was the most rebounds in a single game at the Division I level in 10 years, and he became just the seventh player in the last 40 seasons with at least 30 rebounds in a game.[3] The next day, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference named Gray their Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.[4] He joined Kyle O'Quinn as the only two players in conference history to earn both awards in the same season.[4]
After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Gray signed with Medi Bayreuth of the Basketball Bundesliga on July 23, 2015.[5] On January 18, 2016, he parted ways with Medi Bayreuth.[6] On March 31, he was acquired by the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League[7] but didn't play for them.
On August 23, 2016, Gray signed with MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza of the Polish League.[8]
On June 6, 2018, Gray signed with Soles de Santo Domingo Este of the Dominican League.[9] Gray rejoined the Long Island Nets for the 2018–19 season.[10]
On September 16, 2019, he signed with Gießen 46ers of the Basketball Bundesliga.[11] Gray averaged 3.3 points and 1.9 rebounds per game. On October 11, 2021, he signed with JS Kairouan of the Championnat National A.[12]
In August 2022, Gray joined Patriots BBC on a short-term contract to play in the playoffs of the Rwanda Basketball League (RBL).[13] He was selected to play in the RBL All-Star Game.[14]
Gray joined the Rwanda national basketball team in 2022.[15]
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