Ray Woods

Ray Woods

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Career highlights and awards
Helms National Player of the Year (1917) 3× Helms All-American (1915–1917) 3× First-team All-Big Ten (1915–1917) Jersey retired by the University of Illinois

Ray James Woods (February 2, 1895 – October 1965) was an American college basketball standout for

), in guiding the school to their first era of basketball dominance.

Honors

• 1917 - Helms National Player of the Year
• 1915, 1916, 1917 - First Team All-American
• 1915, 1916, 1917 - First-team All-Big Ten
• 2004 - Elected to the "Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team"
• September 13, 2008 - Honored as one of the thirty-three honored jerseys which hang in the State Farm Center to show regard for being the most decorated basketball players in the University of Illinois' history.

Statistics

Season	Games	Points	PPG	Big Ten Record	Overall Record	Postseason
1914–15	16	58	3.6	12–0	16–0	Big Ten Conference Champions
1915–16	16	52	3.25	9–3	13–3	–
1916–17	16	38	2.4	10–2	13–3	Big Ten Conference Champions
Totals	48	148	3.1	31–5	42–6

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