page_title: Jon Scheyer
section_title: Maccabi Tel Aviv
hierarchical_section_title: Jon Scheyer / Professional career / Maccabi Tel Aviv
caption_attribution_description: English: Maccabi Tel Aviv VS. Barak Netanya 31/10/11
context_page_description: Jonathan James Scheyer is an American-Israeli former basketball player, currently an associate head coach of the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team. Scheyer led his high school team to an Illinois state basketball championship as a high school All-American, and was one of the starters on the 2009–10 Duke Blue Devils that won the 2010 NCAA Basketball Championship, as a college All-American. He was a prolific high school scorer, and later an Atlantic Coast Conference leader in numerous statistical categories, ranging from free throw percentage and three point shots/game to assists/turnover ratio.
  In high school, he once scored 21 points in a game's final 75 seconds of play in an attempt to spark a comeback. The 4th-leading scorer in Illinois high school history, he led his team to a state championship in 2005, and was named Illinois Mr. Basketball in 2006. Also in 2006, Scheyer was voted as one of the 100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament, a group of former players and coaches in honor of the 100 anniversary of the IHSA boys basketball tournament.
context_section_description: In June 2011, Scheyer signed a two-year contract worth a reported $450,000 with Euroleague contender Maccabi Tel Aviv, the European league's 2011 runner-up and five-time champion. Maccabi Tel Aviv was 26–1 in 2010–11, and included NBA guard Jordan Farmar and former American college players Richard Hendrix (Alabama), Shawn James (Duquesne), and David Blu (University of Southern California).  He began playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv when its season started on October 1, 2011.
  The team is limited to no more than four players who are non-Israeli, but because Scheyer has a Jewish father he had the ability to obtain Israeli citizenship relatively quickly, and did so in September 2011.  As an Israeli citizen, Scheyer does not count towards that limit.  "I am really excited to take the next step in my basketball career and go play for Maccabi Tel Aviv," said Scheyer. "I am looking forward to the opportunity to play for a team with such great tradition."
caption: Scheyer with Maccabi Tel Aviv, October 2011
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