| H Waldman | |
| Position: | Point guard / shooting guard |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lb: | 200 |
| Birth Date: | 21 January 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Nationality: | American / Israeli |
| High School: | Clark (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
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| Draft Year: | 1995 |
H Waldman ('ולדמן אייץ; nickname: H;[1] born January 21, 1972) is an American-Israeli former basketball player.[2] He played the point guard and shooting guard positions.[2] [3] Waldman played in the Israel Basketball Premier League from 1996 to 2001.
Waldman was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is Jewish.[4] [5] His father, an attorney, is Herb Waldman, and his mother is Sharon Waldman.[6] [7] He is 6' 3" (1.88 meters) tall, and weighs 200 pounds (91 kg).[2] [6] [3]
He played basketball in Las Vegas at Clark High School for the Stars.[7] [8] [9] [10] He was the Nevada high school basketball player of the year in 1990, as he scored 17.4 points per game and had 8.3 assists per game.[11] In December 1999, Sports Illustrated named him one of the top 50 Nevada sports figures in the 20th century.[11]
Waldman then attended and played basketball for two seasons for the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.[7] [12] He holds UNLV's record for three-point percentage in one season, as he shot .523 (23 of 44) in 1991-92.[13]
He played two seasons at Saint Louis University (Finance; '95), for the Saint Louis Billikens.[7] [14] [15] For them, in 1993-94 Waldman was second in the Great Midwest Conference in assists (150), and fifth in steals (51), and in 1994-95 he was second in the conference in steals (74), and third in assists (145).[16] He received the 1995 Carl O. Bauer Award from the Missouri Athletic Club as the top amateur sports figure in the St. Louis area.[17]
Waldman played in the Israel Basketball Premier League from 1996 to 2001 for Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Ra'anana.[2] He said he did not encounter much of a language barrier in Israel, because “everyone spoke English.”[7]
He ultimately became a partner in a Las Vegas business.[7] Waldman partnered with Bob Schiffman in 2012 to create National Technology Associates, which designs and engineers audio-visual technology.[7]