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Wayne Stevens (born June 19, 1936) is an American former professional basketball player.〔(Wayne Stevens ). basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2013.〕 Stevens grew up in Chillicothe, Ohio and attended Chillicothe High School, where he was a three-time All-Central Ohio League selection in basketball.〔http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Chillicothe_High_School_Uniotoan_Yearbook/1952/Page_44.html〕 As a junior in 1952-53, he was named Class A (big-school) second-team all-state by the Associated Press (AP). As a senior in 1953-54, he was again named second-team all-state, along with future basketball hall-of-famer Wayne Embry and baseball hall-of-famer Bill Mazeroski.〔http://www.crawfordcountybasketball.com/allohio.html〕 In track, he was also the state high-jump champion.〔http://southeasternohiopreps.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=43874〕 Stevens played college basketball for coach George Smith at the University of Cincinnati. As a sophomore starting forward in 1955-56, Stevens scored 10.3 points per game and grabbed a team-leading 13.9 rebounds〔http://bleacherreport.com/articles/878014-cincinnati-basketball-the-top-50-players-in-school-history#articles/878014-cincinnati-basketball-the-top-50-players-in-school-history/page/12〕 per game for the 17-7 Bearcats.〔http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cinn/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/1011UCMBKMEDIASUP.pdf〕 As a junior in 1956-57, Stevens averaged 13.0 points and 11.3 rebounds per game, both second on the team behind center Connie Dierking, for the 15-9 Bearcats.〔http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cinn/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/1011UCMBKMEDIASUP.pdf〕 As a senior in 1957-58, third-year starter Stevens and Dierking served as co-captains and Stevens averaged 10.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. The Bearcats, who welcomed sophomore starters Oscar Robertson and Ralph Davis to the team, went 25-3 and won the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) and advanced to the NCAA Tournament, where, in the Midwest Regional, they fell to Kansas State in overtime before defeating Arkansas.〔|〕 Stevens was selected in the seventh round (49th overall) of the 1958 NBA Draft by the Cincinnati Royals.〔http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/stevewa01.html〕 He played in eight games for the Royals during the beginning of the 1959–60 NBA season, and averaging 1.6 points and 2.0 rebounds per game.〔http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/stevewa01.html〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wayne Stevens (basketball)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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