Ashraf Amaya
Ashraf Omar Amaya is a retired American professional basketball player.Amaya attended Oak Park and River Forest High School for his freshman year, but he transferred to Walther Lutheran High School to finish his high school career. While at Walther, Amaya led the Broncos to a 3rd-place finish in the 1988 Illinois High School Association playoffs. Amaya's number 50 jersey is retired at Walther.College career
Amaya played college basketball for the Southern Illinois University.Professional career
After college, Amaya then would appear for the Vancouver Grizzlies in their inaugural season and Washington Bullets in the NBA, playing a total of 85 games in those two seasons.
Amaya last played professionally for the Apollon Patras club in Greece, in the Greek Basket League in 2004. He also played for the Dakota Wizards of the NBDL, Alpella Istanbul in Turkey, the Idaho Stampede in the CBA, and Maroussi Athens in Greece, with whom he won the Saporta Cup in 2001.International career
Amaya also played for the US national team at the 1998 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.
