Ray Turner (basketball)
Turner in April 2017
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| No. 35 – Willetton Tigers | |
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| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | State Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
January 24, 1990 Houston, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Jones (Houston, Texas) |
| College | Texas A&M (2009–2013) |
| NBA draft | 2013 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013 | Apollon Limassol |
| 2014 | Rockhampton Rockets |
| 2015 | Perth Redbacks |
| 2015–2016 | Akita Northern Happinets |
| 2016 | Rockhampton Rockets |
| 2016 | Falco KC Szombathely |
| 2017–present | Willetton Tigers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Ray Lee Turner (born January 24, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Willetton Tigers of the State Basketball League (SBL). He played college basketball for Texas A&M University before playing professionally in Cyprus, Australia and Japan. During his three-year stint in Australia between 2014 and 2016, Turner won a QBL Championship in 2014 with the Rockhampton Rockets and was named the Most Valuable Player of the SBL in 2015 with the Perth Redbacks.
Growing up in South Park, Houston without a father and a sick mother, Turner had a rough childhood as he often got into trouble as an adolescent and his grades were not good due to missing a lot of school. Basketball, however, provided a positive outlet for Turner, as did faith in God which was invigorated by Keith Perry, Turner's guardian and father figure. Perry is the founder of the South Park BallCats, a basketball academy where Turner learned as a teen there was more to life than mean streets and familial plight. He also learned that an education via college basketball was a possibility.
Turner attended South Park's Jesse H. Jones High School where as a junior in 2007–08, he averaged 16.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game for the school's basketball team. As a senior in 2008–09, he averaged 16.5 points and earned district MVP honors in addition to being named to the all-state and all-region teams. He also played in THSCA All-Star Game as a senior and led his team to a 29–7 record and the district title.
After he was initially deemed ineligible to play college basketball by the NCAA to begin the 2009–10 season, Turner began practicing with the Aggies in December 2009 and appeared in the final 20 games of the season off the bench. He averaged 2.9 points and 2.6 rebounds per game while averaging just under 10 minutes per appearance. On February 3, 2010, he recorded four points and two offensive rebounds in a win over Missouri, including a slam dunk that made ESPN's top 10 plays list and was voted the Big 12 Play of the Week.
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