Education
Hillhouse High School.
Hillhouse High School.
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he was listed at 6"3" and weighed 175 lbs. Mayes played collegiate ball with the Florida State University Seminoles (1986–1990). He participated in the National Basketball Association with brief stints with the Philadelphia 76ers (1991) and Los Angeles Clippers (1992), and also took his game overseas in Belgium for Castors Braine (1992–1993), the Philippines for Purefoods TJ Hotdogs (1993) and Formula Shell Zoom Masters (1996), Germany for Röhndofer television (1995–1996), Spain for Breogán Lugo (1994–1995), Covirán Sierra Nevada (1997–1998) and Recreativos Orenes Murcia (1998–1999), and Israel for Hapoel Tsfat (1996–1997) and Hapoel Holon (1999–2000).
After retiring, Mayes settled in Toronto and started a basketball camp.