Kay Felder

Kay Felder

Felder in a 2014 game against Youngstown State
Personal information
Born (1995-03-29) March 29, 1995
Nationality American
Listed height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight 176 lb (80 kg)
Career information
High school Pershing (Detroit, Michigan)
College Oakland (2013–2016)
Position Point guard
Career highlights and awards

Kahlil (Kay) Ameer Felder, Jr. (born March 29, 1995) is an American basketball point guard, most recently for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team. Felder, who is 5'9" tall, declared for the NBA Draft at the conclusion of his junior year. Felder is the Horizon League career assists leader.

High school

Felder attended Pershing High School in Detroit, Michigan where he was named Public School League MVP his senior season.[1] His senior year, he finished fourth in Mr. Basketball of Michigan voting.[2]

He was not heavily recruited by high-major colleges and was noticed by Oakland assistant coach Saddi Washington.[2] Felder was also recruited by Akron, Southern Illinois and St. Bonaventure.[3] Oakland offered Felder a scholarship when he was a sophomore and he committed prior to his senior season. To show their commitment to him, Oakland did not recruit a point guard the season before he arrived so Felder knew there would be no competition.[4]

College

Freshman season

Felder won the Horizon League's Freshman of the Year Award.[4]

Sophomore season

His sophomore season, Felder finished second in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) with 7.6 assists per game,[1] two assists behind the leader, Jalan West of Northwestern State.[5] He was also a finalist for the Lou Henson Award, given to the "Mid-Major Player of the Year".[6]

Junior season

In December against Power Seven Conference schools Washington, then-No. 1 Michigan State Spartans and then-No. 5 Virginia, Felder averaged 35.0 points, 7.0 assists and made 47.9% of his field goals.[7] Oakland led at halftime of each of those games, beating Washington, but losing to Michigan State and Virginia. Felder scored 37 points with nine assists against Michigan State in a 99–93 overtime loss at The Palace of Auburn Hills.[2]

Felder was named a top-five finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, given to the top male point guard in Division I.[8] He was also named the mid-season recipient of the Lute Olson Award, given annually to the most outstanding non-freshman men's college basketball player in NCAA Division I.[6] He was placed on the mid-season watch list for the Naismith College Player of the Year.[9]

Felder won the NCAA Player of the Week award on February 9, 2016.[10] He also won six Horizon League Player of the Week awards during the season. This tied the Horizon League record.[11]

Despite using currently only three of his four years of college eligibility, Felder broke the Horizon League career assists mark of 699, set by Ralph Lee of Xavier in 1986.[12]

Felder set the Oakland school record for consecutive free throws made, making 46 in a row with his last miss on January 29.[13]

Felder was named conference player of the year and first team all-league.[14]

He is being evaluated as a National Basketball Association draft prospect and professional scouts have attended Oakland's games.[2][4] At the conclusion of the season, he hired an agent and declared for the NBA Draft.[15][16]

Statistics

[17][18]

Year Team GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% REB RPG AST APG STL BLK PTS PPG
2013–14 Oakland 33 33 32.4 102 254 .402 20 62 .323 90 119 .756 129 3.9 212 6.4 29 4 314 9.5
2014–15 Oakland 33 33 38.5 183 434 .422 47 139 .338 185 224 .826 158 4.8 252 7.6 66 8 598 18.1
2015–16 Oakland 35 35 36.7 269 612 .440 76 214 .355 239 282 .848 149 4.3 324 9.3 69 7 853 24.4
Career 101 101 35.9 554 1,300 .426 143 415 .345 514 625 .822 436 4.3 788 7.8 164 19 1,765 17.5

Bold italics indicates led NCAA Division I

Personal

Felder's father, Kahlil Felder Sr, played basketball at Eastern Michigan from 1990–92.[4][19]

References

  1. 1 2 "20 Kay Felder". Oakland University. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Gerstner, Joanne C. (January 27, 2016). "Key Measure of a 5-9 College Star: 25.3 Points a Game". New York Times. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ Paul, Tony (February 9, 2016). "Kay Felder is Oakland’s big little man". Detroit News. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Medcalf, Myron (February 4, 2016). "Kahlil Felder might be only 5-foot-9, but he could do something unprecedented in college basketball". ESPN. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ "2014-15 Leaders". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Mid-Season Player of Year Honors". January 7, 2016. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  7. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/kahlil-felder-1/gamelog/2016/
  8. ↑ "Final Five Candidates Announced for 2016 Bob Cousy Award". Basketball Hall of Fame. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ Payne, Terrence (February 11, 2016). "Naismith Trophy midseason list announced". Fox Sports. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Men's Basketball: Kay Felder named Player of the Week". NCAA. February 9, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Oakland University's Kay Felder named Horizon League Men's Player of the Week for 6th time". WXYZ. February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  12. ↑ "OU's Felder sets assist record in loss; UDM falls". Detroit Free Press. Associated Press. February 12, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Oakland beats Wright State 89-73 for 2nd place in Horizon". The News Tribune. Associated Press. February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  14. ↑ Jahnke, James (March 1, 2016). "Horizon League basketball awards: OU's Kay Felder player of the year". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  15. ↑ Snyder, Mark (April 5, 2016). "Oakland's Kay Felder declares for NBA draft". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  16. ↑ https://twitter.com/TonyPaul1984/status/718527820138422275
  17. ↑ "Kay Felder Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Individual Career History" (PDF). Oakland University. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
  19. ↑ "2015-16 Eastern Michigan men's basketball media guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University. Retrieved February 13, 2016.

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