Raymond Felton

Raymond Bernard Felton Jr. (born June 26, 1984 in Latta, South Carolina) is a point guard for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels. At 6'1", 198 pounds, he is one of college basketball's best guards. At high school, Raymond was named National High School Player of the Year in 2002, led his high school to two state championships and a high school career record of 104–9. He was named to the All-American Team and he set 2 South Carolina state records. In his freshman year, he was voted Carolina Player of the Year and ACC Freshman of the Week three times. He had 236 assists, and averaged 12.0 points a game. In his sophmore year, he was a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award and the Naismith Award, and had 213 assists. Raymond led the Tar Heels in steals (63) and free throw percentage (81%). Not only this, but he averaged 11.5 points per game. In his third and final season Carolina, Raymond lead his school, along with fellow juniors Rashad McCants and Sean May, to the 2005 National Championship over the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Fighting Illini on April 4, 2005 in St. Louis, the 4th Title in UNC's history. While averaging 12.9 points and 6.9 assists per game, Felton improved his shooting very much in his junior season and is considered a Top 10 pick in the 2005 NBA Draft.

Awards

• "#2" jersey soon to be honored in the rafters of the Dean Dome at UNC
• NCAA All-Tournament Team: 2005
• Associated Press Men's Basketball Third Team: 2004–05
• First Team All-ACC: 2004–05
• Voted Carolina's Most Valuable Player: 2002–03, 2004–05 (Shared with Sean May
• Winner of Bob Cousy Award: 2005
• First Team All-ACC: 2004–05
• Third Team All-ACC: 2002–03, 2003–04
• First Team All-ACC Tournament: 2003
• ACC All-Freshmen Team: 2002–03
• National High School Player of the Year: 2002

External links

• Player Profile on TarHeelBlue.com[1]