Chavaughn Lewis
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| No. 40 – Zastal Zielona Góra | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard / small forward |
| League | PLK |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 1, 1993 Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | St. Mary's (Manhasset, New York) |
| College | Marist (2011–2015) |
| NBA draft | 2015: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
| 2015–2016 | Juventus Utena |
| 2016–2017 | Czarni Słupsk |
| 2017–2018 | Start Lublin |
| 2018–2019 | Kalev/Cramo |
| 2019 | Nizhny Novgorod |
| 2019–2020 | Enisey |
| 2020–2021 | Kalev/Cramo |
| 2021–2022 | Hapoel Galil Elyon |
| 2022–2025 | Ironi Kiryat Ata |
| 2025 | Brillantes del Zulia |
| 2025 | Astros de Jalisco |
| 2025–present | Zastal Zielona Góra |
| Career highlights | |
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Chavaughn Lewis (born February 1, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Zastal Zielona Góra in the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He played high school basketball at St. Mary's High School in Manhasset, New York, reaching the Class A state finals as a senior in 2011. He then played college basketball with the Marist Red Foxes; in four seasons with the team he obtained three All-MAAC selections and was included in the NABC All-District Second Team in his senior season. His 2,119 career points at Marist make him the top scorer in program history. After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Lewis played in the NBA Summer League for the Philadelphia 76ers before starting his professional career in Lithuania with Juventus Utena.
Lewis was born in the New York City borough of Queens to Edgar and Pansy Lewis, and attended St. Mary's High School in Manhasset, New York.[1] Lewis' father Edgar died on March 28, 2009.[2] Chavaughn Lewis established himself as one of the best players in the Long Island area, and in his senior year he averaged 24 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks per game.[2] His team amassed a 28–0 record on the way to the Class A state finals in the 2011 season, where they lost to Long Island Lutheran, 51–78.[3] St. Mary's ended the season with a 29–1 record, and Lewis was selected to the NYSSWA All-State First Team.[1]
Lewis received offers from several NCAA Division I programs, including Long Island, Marist, Loyola (Maryland) and Siena: he opted to play at Marist.[4]
College career
During his freshman season, Lewis earned MAAC All-Rookie Team honors, averaging 14.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game, shooting 32.9% on three-pointers. He had 460 points for the season, a record for a Marist freshman. Lewis posted a season-high 25 points against Iona on March 3, 2012.[1]
In his sophomore year, Lewis started all 31 games of the season, and posted averages of 16.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2 steals per game: he was twice named MAAC Player of the Week (February 25 and December 17), led the team in scoring and minutes, led the conference in steals per game, and scored a career-high 30 points against VMI on February 23, 2013; in the same game he also posted his career high in rebounds with 16.[1] At the end of the season he was named in the All-MAAC Third Team.[5]
Before the start of his junior season, Lewis was named in the preseason All-MAAC Second Team.[6] He was named team captain and played 31 games (29 starts) and averaged 17.5 points, 5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game: on November 10 he scored his 1,000th career point in a game against Elon; on February 16 he scored a season-high 28 points against Monmouth, and on March 6 he reached the 1,500 points milestone in the game against Niagara.[1] He led the team in minutes, scoring, assists and steals, and led the conference in steals;[1] he was included in the All-MAAC Second Team.[7]
Lewis was again a preseason All-MAAC Second Team selection before the start of his senior year at Marist, which was his second as team captain.[8] During the season, Lewis had 18 games with 20 or more points, and two 30-point games: he scored a career high 35 on February 2, 2015, in a game against Canisius.[1] He ended the season with 29 appearances (all starts) and led his team in scoring (20.6 points per game), assists (2.7) and steals (2.3); he reached 2,119 career points, the best mark in Marist history, passing Steve Smith's 2,077.[1] He was named in the All-MAAC Second Team and in the NABC All-District Second Team.[9]