Background
Lewis grew up in Northwest Washington, District of Columbia and developed a lot of his skills at the Jelleff"s Boys Club in Georgetown,under the tutelage of Joe Branzell.
Lewis grew up in Northwest Washington, District of Columbia and developed a lot of his skills at the Jelleff"s Boys Club in Georgetown,under the tutelage of Joe Branzell.
Saint John"s College High School.
He played in high school at District of Columbia"s Saint John"s College High School, playing for coach Joe Gallagher. In his junior year, Lewis averaged 25.4 ppg, scoring a season high 40 vs the Georgetown frosh, and was named first team All Metropolitan He averaged 27.4 points per game in 1966, the second-highest single-season average in University of North Carolina history.
On December 16, 1965, he scored 49 points against Florida State, the most ever for a University of North Carolina player.
He currently ranks tenth all time in scoring at University of North Carolina with 1,836 career points. He was an All-Administrative Committee on Company-ordination and All-America selection in 1966 and 1967.
Because of his national accolades, Lewis" number 22 was honored by the University of North Carolina and currently hangs in the rafters of the Dean Smith Center. He was selected by the San Francisco Warriors in the 4th round (39th pick overall) of the 1967 National Basketball Association Draft.
He was also selected by the Anaheim Amigos in the 1967 American Bar Association Draft.
He played for the Warriors in the National Basketball Association for three seasons and with the Cleveland Cavaliers for one. During his professional career, he averaged 5.8 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game.