Lee Cummard

Background

Cummard was born in Mesa, Arizona and attended high school at Mesa High School, where he played high school basketball.

Career

Cummard was not drafted in the 2009 National Basketball Association Draft. As of the 2012-2013 season, he is playing for the Okapi Aalstar in Belgium. He led his team to the 5A State Championship, averaging 20.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists as a senior in 2003-2004.

In his freshman year at Brigham Young University, he started 14 games, averaging 4.9 points while shooting.455 from the floor.395 on threes and.765 from the line in 14.8 minutes overall for the Cougars.

He also went 2-for-3 from three-point range against Texas Christian University to record 6 points while adding 4 rebounds and tying his career high with 4 assists in 19 minutes that season. In his sophomore year, Cummard started all 34 contests and averaging 9.4 points per game.

He also led Brigham Young University in rebounds eight times, assists eight times and scoring twice, helping the Cougars claim the outright MWC title and a 25-9 overall record. In his junior season, he led Brigham Young University in rebounds, assists, and scoring, helping the team claim the outright MWC title and a 25-9 overall record.

In his senior season, Cummard earned first-team All-MWC honors and was named a fourth-team All-American by FOXSports.com.

He received High-Major All-America Second Team honors from CollegeHoops.net. Cummard started the 2009-2010 season playing for Utah Flash in the Doctorate-League. Cummard played for the Sacramento Kings in the National Basketball Association Summer League in 2010.

In January 2010 he signed with the Fos Ouest Provence Basket in France, with whom he played the remainder of the season.

As of the 2012-2013 season, he is playing for Okapi Aalstar in Belgium.

Achievements

• There, he was named the 2004 Arizona Player of the Year and a McDonald"s All-America nominee. That season, he received the Male Athlete of the Year Award and the Dale McCann Spirit of Sport Award at the 2009 Y Awards. That same season, Cummard was named to Wooden Award and Naismith Award preseason watch lists led the team in scoring, blocked shots, free throw percentage and three-point percentage was second on the team in field goal percentage, assists, and rebounding.