Education
He studied in Puerto Rico on Colegio San José and in the United States on Seton Hall University where he is a basketball legend.
He studied in Puerto Rico on Colegio San José and in the United States on Seton Hall University where he is a basketball legend.
Ramos began to play in 1983for the Indios de Canóvanas franchise, as a bench player. Eventually, he became an important key to the success of the Indios of the late 1980s. Ramos helped the Indios to the finals in 1988, where they lost to the Vaqueros de Bayamón, 4 games to 3.
That same year he played in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, of Korea.
In 1989, the Indios reached the quarterfinals. Ramos played for the Seton Hall University Pirates from the Big East Conference.
He was selected to the All-Big East First Team and awarded theBig East"s Scholar athlete during the 1988-1989 season and to the Big East All-Tournament FirstTeam during the 1988 and 1989 tournaments. In his last season in Seton Hall he led the Pirates to their first National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament title game ever, where they lost to the University of Michigan Wolverines by 1 point in overtime, 80-79
Ramos was not drafted in the 1989 National Basketball Association draft, but signed with the Portland Trail Blazers as a free agent.
Ramos made the Blazers roster but started the season on the injured list with a knee injury.
He was activated on December 5, 1989, but did not appear in any of the next six games. On December 16, 1989, however, all that changed drastically. After the Trail Blazers" game in Portland, against Golden State, Ramos"s car skidded off the freeway as he was driving home.
Ramos was injured badly, and he was in a coma for three months.
The news was covered by all newspapers, and television channels kept updates about Ramos"s condition. Some television entertainers asked the public to pray for Ramos.
A minute of silence and prayer was held at many activities throughout the island that day. While he waged a battle for survival, his National Basketball Association Finals-bound Blazers teammates dedicated their season to him.
His locker remained in place, complete with his game uniform, that season and for several seasons to follow.
Ramos was flown to Puerto Rico by an air-ambulance, alongside his close relatives. About one year later, he began to make progress, drifting in and out of his coma, but still being in a semi-vegetative state. He regained his speech, but, because of his condition, sometimes he would start to say profanities to news reporters that informed the public about him.
During the summer of 1991, more than 20,000 fans turned out to help the Trail Blazers raise $130,000 at Slam ‘North Jam, an outdoor basketball and music event in what is now Providence Park in Portland, Oregon for a trust fund to assist Ramon’s recovery.
Players from throughout the National Basketball Association came to play in the benefit game. His story has been shown several times on Puerto Rican and American television
Ramos was inducted into the Seton Hall University Athletics Hall of Fame in February 2006. This marked Ramos" first return to New Jersey since his graduation.