Currently a shooting guard for the Seattle Supersonics, Ray Allen was the first player in the University of Connecticut (UConn) men's basketball history, to be honored with an All-American status, as only a sophomore. He was a contender in the nation's top ten pre-season, Naismith National Player of the year. Ray was the 1996 Big East Player of the Year, and a unanimous All-Big East First team pick, after averaging 23.4 ppg, 6.5 rpg and 3.3 apg.  He even was a consensus All-America First Team selection by the AP, UPI, The Sporting News and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) as a junior at Connecticut.   Allen scored 8 points in the Schick Rookie Game during the 1997 NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland and also competed in the Nestle Crunch Slam Dunk.  Ray was named to the 1996-97 NBA All-Rookie Second and was the first player to pass the 1000 point at the University of Connecticut (UConn) as a sophomore. Ray Allen helped lead the US to the gold medal at the World University Games in 1995.Ray was named honorary captain of the 25-member UCONN All-Century Basketball Team and with his 1,200th career free throw on December 23,2000, he qualified as the eighth-best free throw shooter in NBA history. 

Ray Allen won the 1800 CALL ATT Shootout during 2001 All-Star Weekend, led the Bucks in scoring and ranked 14th in the NBA with 22.1 points per game, and also ranked 2nd in the NBA in three-point field goals made (172), 5th in free-throw percentage (.887), and 11th in three-point field-goal percentage (.423) in 1999-2000.