H Waldman

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]

• Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball statistical leaders