Description
Travis Cortez Mays is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 1st round of the 1990 NBA Draft.
Mays went to Vanguard High School 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 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 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 was the only UT men's player in history to score more than 700 points in a season at the end of his Longhorn career; he did that with 743 points as a junior and 772 as a senior. His single season scoring record was subsequently been broken by Kevin Durant. Mays helped lead Texas to the 1990 Final Eight, scoring 24.1 ppg.
Born
June 19th, 1968 in Ocala (Age 56)
Teams
Last Changes
2024/08/03
New Response (Success): Signed both cards
2024/08/03
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)
2024/07/16
New Response (Success): signed 2/2 Fleer ultra cards