H Waldman (; nickname: H; born January 21, 1972) is an

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former basketball player. He played the

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and

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positions. Waldman played in the

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from 1996 to 2001.

Early life

Waldman was born in

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, and is Jewish. His father, an attorney, is Herb Waldman, and his mother is Sharon Waldman. He is tall, and weighs .

Basketball career

He played basketball in Las Vegas at Clark High School for the Stars. 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. In December 1999, ''

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'' named him one of the top 50 Nevada sports figures in the 20th century. Waldman then attended and played basketball for two seasons for the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. He holds UNLV's record for three-point percentage in one season, as he shot .523 (23 of 44) in 1991–92. He played two seasons at

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(Finance; '95), for the Saint Louis Billikens. For them, in 1993–94 Waldman was second in the

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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). He received the 1995 Carl O. Bauer Award from the Missouri Athletic Club as the top amateur sports figure in the

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area. Waldman played in the

from 1996 to 2001 for Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Ra'anana. He said he did not encounter much of a language barrier in Israel, because “everyone spoke English.” He ultimately became a partner in a Las Vegas business. Waldman partnered with Bob Schiffman in 2012 to create National Technology Associates, which designs and engineers

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technology.

References

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Early life

Basketball career

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