Chavaughn Lewis

Lewis was born in the New York City borough of Queens to Edgar and Pansy Lewis, and attended St. Mary's High School in Manhasset, New York. Lewis' father Edgar died on March 28, 2009. Chavaughn Lewis established himself as one of the best players in the Long Island area, and in his senior year he averaged 24 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks per game. St. Mary's ended the season with a 29–1 record, and Lewis was selected to the NYSSWA All-State First Team. == College career ==

During his freshman season, Lewis earned MAAC All-Rookie Team honors, averaging 14.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game, shooting 32.9% on three-pointers. He had 460 points for the season, a record for a Marist freshman. Lewis posted a season-high 25 points against Iona on March 3, 2012. Before the start of his junior season, Lewis was named in the preseason All-MAAC Second Team. He was named team captain and played 31 games (29 starts) and averaged 17.5 points, 5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game: on November 10 he scored his 1,000th career point in a game against Elon; on February 16 he scored a season-high 28 points against Monmouth, and on March 6 he reached the 1,500 points milestone in the game against Niagara. Lewis was again a preseason All-MAAC Second Team selection before the start of his senior year at Marist, which was his second as team captain. During the season, Lewis had 18 games with 20 or more points, and two 30-point games: he scored a career high 35 on February 2, 2015, in a game against Canisius. == Professional career ==

2015-20 After the end of his collegiate career, Lewis was invited to participate in the 2015 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament as part of the Mike Duman Auto Sales team. After pre-draft workouts with the Toronto Raptors and the Philadelphia 76ers, Lewis was undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft; he was included in the 76ers roster for the 2015 NBA Summer League in Salt Lake City, Utah, during which he played 3 games averaging 1 point and 1 rebound in 6.2 minutes of average playing time. He then started his professional career in Lithuania with Juventus Utena, playing in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL), the top tier of Lithuanian basketball: he played 36 regular season games, averaging 10.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists, and 11 playoff games, with averages of 13.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game. He also appeared in 14 FIBA Europe Cup games, posting averages of 11.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.2 steals per game. In the summer of 2016 he was part of the Detroit Pistons roster for the 2016 NBA Summer League in Orlando, Florida: Lewis played 4 games and averaged 4.3 points, 1 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 12.7 minutes per game. He also played 5 LEBL playoff games, and 3 VTB playoff games with Kalev/Cramo. On July 8, 2019, Lewis signed with Nizhny Novgorod and played in the first part of the season, participating in 5 games during the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League (2 in the qualifying round, 3 in the regular season) and in 6 games of the 2019–20 VTB United League; he then left the team in late November and signed with BC Enisey, another VTB United League team. In 2021-22 he averaged 11.6 points, 3.3 assists, and 1.2 steals per game. In the summer of 2022, Lewis signed with Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. On November 30, 2025, he signed with Zastal Zielona Góra of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). == References ==