Shon Abaev

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Shon Abaev
No. 10–Cincinnati Bearcats
Position Guard
League Big 12 Conference
Personal information
Born
Israel
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Miami Country Day
(Miami-Dade County, Florida)
Calvary Christian
(Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
College Cincinnati (2025–present)
Career highlights

Shon Abaev is an Israeli-American college basketball player for the Cincinnati Bearcats of the Big 12 Conference.

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Early life

Abaev was born in Israel and moved to Florida at age four. [1] [2] He first attended Miami Country Day School before transferring to Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Lauderdale. [3] In addition to playing basketball at Miami Country Day and Calvary Christian, Abaev was a member of team Fear of God Athletics in the Overtime Elite league. [4] As a senior at Calvary Christian, he averaged 20.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game while being named the co-4A-1A player of the year. [5] He led his team to a ranking of fifth nationally and a win in the Class 3A championship game. [6] He also averaged 24.1 points and 7.3 points while playing in the Overtime Elite league. [7] Abaev was ranked a five-star recruit and a consensus top-30 player nationally, earning selection to the McDonald's All-American Game. [7] He committed to play college basketball for the Cincinnati Bearcats. [8]

College career

In an exhibition game prior to the 2025–26 season against Michigan, Abaev scored 15 points for the Bearcats. [9]

References

  1. ↑ DiPasquale, Mike (February 24, 2025). "Calvary Christian's Shon Abaev is welcomed to McDonald's All American team". WSVN.
  2. ↑ "Shon Abaev". Cincinnati Bearcats.
  3. ↑ Jablonski, David (August 26, 2024). "Top-50 2025 recruit from Florida visits Dayton". Dayton Daily News .
  4. ↑ Heltman, Russ (March 18, 2025). "Look: Five-Star Cincinnati Bearcats Signee Shon Abaev Includes UC in High-School Season Wrap Up Post". Sports Illustrated .
  5. ↑ Curreri, Gary (March 28, 2025). "Broward 4A-1A boys basketball co-players of the year: Shon Abaev, Calvary Christian senior; Ricky Liburd, Sagemont senior; Christian Yeargin, Stranahan junior". Sun Sentinel – via archive.today.
  6. ↑ Fernandez, Andre (April 9, 2025). "Calvary Christian's Shon Abaev is Broward 3A-1A Boys' Basketball Player of the Year". The Miami Herald . p. A21 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  7. 1 2 Perkins, Chris (February 20, 2025). "Abaev and beyond". Sun Sentinel . p. B1, B2 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  8. ↑ Springer, Scott (November 28, 2024). "Cincinnati Bearcats basketball lands 4-star 2025 forward Shon Abaev". The Cincinnati Enquirer .
  9. ↑ Heltman, Russ (October 17, 2025). "Cincinnati Bearcats Basketball Topples Michigan 100-98 In Road Scrimmage During First Look At New Squad". Sports Illustrated .
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