Background
Gray was born in Merced, California but grew up in Dover, Delaware.
Gray was born in Merced, California but grew up in Dover, Delaware.
Polytech High School.
He played college basketball for Delaware State University from 2011 to 2015. Through March 9, he is the leading rebounder in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I with 12.4 rebounds per game. He earned three varsity letters while playing at Polytech High School in Woodside, Delaware.
In 2010 he led the team to a Henlopen Conference Southern Division Championship.
In Gray"s his senior season he averaged 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 blocks per game. He then committed to play for the Delaware State Hornets in college.
Although limited to just 17 games his freshman season, Gray still earned two Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Defensive Player of the Week awards. He was ninth in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I in blocks (54) when he went down with an injury.
He remained healthy for the final three seasons of his collegiate career and improved statistically in each successive year.
As a junior in 2013-2014 he averaged 11.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 2.7 blocks per game en route to a Second Team All-MEAC selection. In 2014-2015, Gray increased those averages to 12.3, 12.4, and 2.8, respectively. On March 5, 2015, Gray recorded a 33-point, 30-rebound game against Coppin State.
lieutenant was the most rebounds in a single game at the Division I level in 10 years, and he became just the seventh player in the last 40 seasons with at least 30 rebounds in a game.
He joined Kyle O"Quinn as the only two players in conference history to earn both awards in the same season.