Ryan Boatright

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Ryan Boatright
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Ryan Boatright in 2010
Free agent
Position Point guard
Personal information
Born (1992-12-27) December 27, 1992 (age 31)
Aurora, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican / Armenian
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school East Aurora (Aurora, Illinois)
College UConn (2011–2015)
NBA draft 2015: undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2016 Grand Rapids Drive
2016 Orlandina Basket
2016 Guangzhou Long-Lions
2016–2017 Cedevita
2017–2018 Beşiktaş
2018 Agua Caliente Clippers
2018–2019 Texas Legends
2019 Unicaja
2019–2020 Cedevita Olimpija
2020 BC Avtodor
2020–2021 Rytas Vilnius
2021–2022 Paris Basketball
2022-2023Avtodor Saratov
2023 BC Parma
2023–2024 Bnei Herzliya
2024 Apollon Patras
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Ryan Jamar Boatright (born December 27, 1992) is an American-born naturalized Armenian professional basketball player who last played for Apollon Patras of the Greek Basket League. He has also represented the Armenian national basketball team in international competition. He completed his college career at University of Connecticut in 2015. Boatright was a key player for the Huskies' 2013–14 NCAA Championship team, as he earned 2014 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team honors.

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High school career

Boatright, an Aurora, Illinois native, averaged 31.2 points per game as a senior at East Aurora High School and was named Illinois Co-Mr. Basketball with Chasson Randle. [1] [2]

As a senior, he scored 63 points in a game against Proviso West, and another outing scoring 55 against St. Charles North. [3] Boatright also led the charge in defeating and upsetting the undefeated Benet Academy Redwings in the Sectional Semifinals 60–52. Benet was ranked #1 in the state of Illinois, 7th in the nation with a team that featured Wisconsin-bound Frank Kaminsky. Boatright finished with 29 points and 6 assists. He had originally committed to West Virginia, but changed his mind when the Mountaineers signed another point guard just a day later. [4] He then went on and decided to commit to the University of Connecticut.[ citation needed ]

College career

Freshman year

Upon arriving at Connecticut, his eligibility was challenged. [5] After he missed the first three games, the National Collegiate Athletic Association ruled that he would have to serve an additional three-game suspension to bring his total to six games served due to "receiving improper benefits", consisting of more than $8,000 in cash and other impermissible benefits that he and his mother had received. [6] [7] Upon further review, Boatright's suspension was increased to a total of nine games. [8] Nonetheless, as a freshman he averaged 10.4 points, 4.0 assists and 3.3 rebounds in 30.1 minutes per game.[ citation needed ]

Sophomore year

Following his return, Boatright along with backcourt teammate Shabazz Napier both rose to the national spotlight as they were highlighted as one of the nation's best backcourts, as they both averaged a combined 33 points and 9 assists per game, outplaying nearly every opponents' backcourt they have played. He kept the momentum up in his sophomore season of 2012–13, raising his scoring average to 15.4. He was named to the USBWA All-District first-team at the conclusion of the season. [1]

Junior year

On April 26, 2013, Boatright opted to return to the team for his junior year along with teammates Shabazz Napier and DeAndre Daniels. Boatright played 39 of UConn's 40 games, starting 38 of them, averaging 12.1 points, 3.4 assists, 1.6 steals and a career-best 3.5 rebounds. He averaged 13.5 points and 5.0 rebounds in the Final Four and was named to the All-Final Four team. He was one of four Huskies to average double-digit point totals in the inaugural American Athletic Conference Tournament. Boatright scored in double-figures in 27 of 39 games and in all six of UConn's NCAA tournament games. He was second on the team this year with 61 steals, which were the most ever for him in a season. [1]

Boatright's defense was a key factor in the Huskies' drive to the 2014 Final Four. He was named to the 2014 All-Final Four team and UConn won the national championship. [9]

Senior year

Boatright defending Chris Chiozza of Florida in January 2015 Ryan Boatright Chris Chiozza.jpg
Boatright defending Chris Chiozza of Florida in January 2015

Upon the preseason of the 2014–15 season, Boatright was named the preseason All-American Athletic Conference player of the year and was selected to the preseason first team. Boatright was a unanimous first-team All-American Athletic Conference team selection in 2015.[ citation needed ]

College statistics

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2011–12 Connecticut 25830.1.421.377.6903.34.01.2.210.4
2012–13 Connecticut 303036.3.429.333.7852.94.41.5.115.4
2013–14 Connecticut 393832.4.391.376.7983.53.41.6.212.1
2014–15 Connecticut 343435.8.423.411.8504.13.81.4.217.4
Career12811033.8.416.380.7943.53.81.4.214.0

Professional career

Grand Rapids Drive (2015–2016)

After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Boatright signed with the Brooklyn Nets on July 2 and joined the team for the 2015 NBA Summer League. [10] In nine Summer League games for the Nets, Boatright averaged 14.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. [11] On October 20, 2015, he was waived by the Nets after appearing in four preseason games. [12]

On October 23, he signed with the Detroit Pistons. [13] He was waived two days later. [14]

On October 31, he was acquired by the Grand Rapids Drive of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of the Pistons. [15] On January 21, 2016, he was waived by the Drive. [16]

Orlandina Basket (2016)

On January 26, Boatright signed with Orlandina Basket of the Italian Serie A. [17]

Guangzhou Long-Lions (2016)

On July 30, 2016, Boatright signed with Guangzhou Long-Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association. [18]

Cedevita Zagreb (2016–2017)

On November 21, 2016, Boatright signed with Cedevita Zagreb of the Croatian League after leaving China. [19]

Beşiktaş (2017–2018)

On July 21, 2017, Boatright signed a 1+1 deal with Turkish club Beşiktaş. [20]

Agua Caliente Clippers (2018)

For the 2018–19 season, Boatwright signed with the Agua Caliente Clippers of the NBA G League.[ citation needed ]

Texas Legends (2018–2019)

On December 16, 2018, the Texas Legends announced that they had acquired Boatright from the Agua Caliente Clippers. [21]

Unicaja (2019)

On January 8, 2019, Unicaja announced that they had acquired Boatright. [22] On May 27, 2019, he left the team. [23]

Cedevita Olimpija (2019–2020)

On July 30, Boatright signed with Cedevita Olimpija of the ABA League. [24] On January 20, 2020, he left the team. [23]

BC Avtodor (2020)

On January 29, 2020, Boatright signed with BC Avtodor of the VTB United League. [25] He averaged 16 points per game.

Rytas Vilnius (2020–2021)

On November 8, 2020, Boatright signed with BC Rytas of the Lithuanian Basketball League. [26] On February 27, 2021, he left the team. [23]

Paris Basketball (2021–2022)

On March 1, 2021, Boatright signed with Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A. [27]

Second stint with Avtodor Saratov (2022–2023)

On August 31, 2022, he has signed with Avtodor Saratov of the VTB United League. [28]

Bnei Herzliya (2023–2024)

On August 10, 2023, Boatright signed with Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. [29]

Apollon Patras (2024)

On January 29, 2024, Boatright signed with Greek club Apollon Patras for the rest of the season, replacing Rashad Vaughn.

Personal life

Boatright is the son of Mike McAllister and Tanesha Boatright. He has one brother Michael and two younger sisters, Dasia and Deahjay. [1]

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