Gary Payton II

Gary Payton II
No. 1 – Oregon State Beavers
Position Guard
League Pacific-12 Conference
Personal information
Born December 1, 1992
Seattle, Washington
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school Spring Valley (Clark County, Nevada)
Westwind Prep (Phoenix, Arizona)
College Salt Lake CC (2012–2014)
Oregon State (2014–present)
Career highlights and awards
  • Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year (2015)
  • First-team All-Pac-12 (2015)
  • Pac-12 Defensive Team (2015)

Gary Dwayne Payton II (born December 1, 1992) is an American college basketball player for the Oregon State Beavers. As a junior in 2014–15, the guard was named the Pacific-12 Conference Defensive Player of the Year.[1] He is the son of former National Basketball Association player Gary Payton.[2]

High school and college career

Payton was born in Seattle, Washington to Gary and Monique Payton. He attended Spring Valley High School where he lettered two years in basketball and one year in swimming before graduating in 2011. He then enrolled at Westwind Preparatory Academy for the 2011–12 season.

Salt Lake Bruins

Payton played two seasons at Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City, Utah. He averaged 9.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.9 steals per game as a freshman (2012-13) and led the Bruins to a 29-5 overall record and 14-1 mark in the Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC), where they won the Region 18 Championship and outright SWAC title in 2013. Payton was named First Team All-SWAC and made Region 18 All-Tournament Team as a freshman. In his sophomore year he averaged 14.1 points, 7.9 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game earning him Second Team NJCAA Division I All-American and was voted 2014 Region 18 Co-Player of the Year and Region 18 Tournament Most Valuable Player. The Bruins finished with a 27-7 overall record and won their second consecutive Region 18 Championship.[2]

Oregon State Beavers

During Payton's sophomore season at Salt Lake CC he signed a letter of intent to play for his father's alma mater Oregon State under men's head basketball coach Craig Robinson.[3] Robinson was fired before the start of the 2014-15 basketball season and was replaced by University of Montana head coach Wayne Tinkle.[4][5] Having lost their top five scorers from the previous season Pac-12 coaches picked Oregon State to finish a distant 12th in the 2014-15 season.[6] In their game against Grambling State Payton recorded 10 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists becoming only the second Beaver ever with a triple-double in a game. His father, Hall of Famer Gary Payton, is the other Beaver with a triple-double when he had 20 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists against the University of Portland in 1988.[7] Following a home sweep of the Los Angeles schools Payton was named the January 26, 2015 Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week.[8] During his first season at Oregon State Payton led his team in multiple categories: scoring, rebounds and steals. [9] On March 9, 2015 Pac-12 coaches voted Payton to the All Pac-12 First Team, All Pac-12 Defensive Team and named him the Defensive Player of the Year.[10]

College statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
† Pac-12 Conference Leader
* Team Leader
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 Oregon St. 30 * 29 36.3 * .487 .295 .677 7.5 * 3.2 3.1 † 1.2 13.3 *
Career 30 29 36.3 .487 .295 .677 7.5 3.2 3.1 1.2 13.3

References

  1. ↑ Letourneau, Connor (March 9, 2015). "Gary Payton II, Oregon State Beavers guard, named first team All Pac-12, Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Gary Payton II Bio". osubeavers.com.
  3. ↑ Oregonian Sports (November 18, 2013). "Oregon State basketball: Gary Payton II signs letter of intent with Beavers". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ Prince, Seth (May 5, 2014). "Craig Robinson fired as Oregon State Beavers men's basketball coach". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  5. ↑ Mizell, Gina (May 19, 2014). "Oregon State Beavers officially announce Wayne Tinkle hired as men's basketball coach". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ Letourneau, Connor (October 7, 2014). "OIn ESPN poll, Pac-12 coaches pick Oregon State men's basketball last in conference". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  7. ↑ Associated Press (December 15, 2014). "Gary Payton II joins dad as only Oregon St. players with triple-double". Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ Letourneau, Connor (January 26, 2015). "Gary Payton II, Oregon State Beavers guard, earns Pac-12 Player of the Week honors". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Oregon State Season Statistics". March 4, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  10. ↑ Pac-12 Conference (March 9, 2015). "2014-15 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Honors". Retrieved March 9, 2015.

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