HIGH SCHOOL / PRIOR TO PURDUE
• Omer Mayer enters his freshman season after a season of playing with Maccabi Tel Aviv, being a teammate of former Purdue great Trevion Williams, being just 18 years old and playing in arguably the second-best league in the world and Europe's top professional league.
• Will play with Team Israel in the 2019 FIBA U19 World Championships in Switzerland, beginning in late June.
• Mayer averaged 2.6 points and 2.0 assists per game, but finished with an 11-point, three-assist performance against Bayern Munich in his last contest, competing against former Purdue All-American Carsen Edwards.
• In April Earlier, Mayer traveled to Portland, Oregon, for the prestigious Nike World Hoop Summit. The event brought together 15 of America's and 15 top international prospects for a week of training, capped off by a game between the two squads. In the final game, Mayer had seven assists in 19 minutes of action.
• In 13 Israeli Premier League games, he averaged 5.5 points and 2.1 assists per game.
• Mayer also played the 2023-24 season with Maccabi Tel Aviv, and has been in their program since he was eight years old. During the 2023-24 season, Mayer became the youngest player in club history to score at 17 years old.
• He had a dominating performance last summer in the FIBA U18 EuroBasket Championships, averaging 18.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.1 assists, including a 16-point, 9-rebound, 8-assist effort against Slovenia in the third-place game. In a quarterfinal win over France, Mayer went for 31 points (6-of-11 from 3-point range) with six rebounds and four assists, then followed that up with another 31-point, 8-assist showing in a semifinal loss to Serbia.
PERSONAL
• Majoring in exploratory studies.
• Born Oct. 8, 2006.
• Omer Mayer enters his freshman season after a season of playing with Maccabi Tel Aviv, being a teammate of former Purdue great Trevion Williams, being just 18 years old and playing in arguably the second-best league in the world and Europe's top professional league.
• Will play with Team Israel in the 2019 FIBA U19 World Championships in Switzerland, beginning in late June.
• Mayer averaged 2.6 points and 2.0 assists per game, but finished with an 11-point, three-assist performance against Bayern Munich in his last contest, competing against former Purdue All-American Carsen Edwards.
• In April Earlier, Mayer traveled to Portland, Oregon, for the prestigious Nike World Hoop Summit. The event brought together 15 of America's and 15 top international prospects for a week of training, capped off by a game between the two squads. In the final game, Mayer had seven assists in 19 minutes of action.
• In 13 Israeli Premier League games, he averaged 5.5 points and 2.1 assists per game.
• Mayer also played the 2023-24 season with Maccabi Tel Aviv, and has been in their program since he was eight years old. During the 2023-24 season, Mayer became the youngest player in club history to score at 17 years old.
• He had a dominating performance last summer in the FIBA U18 EuroBasket Championships, averaging 18.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.1 assists, including a 16-point, 9-rebound, 8-assist effort against Slovenia in the third-place game. In a quarterfinal win over France, Mayer went for 31 points (6-of-11 from 3-point range) with six rebounds and four assists, then followed that up with another 31-point, 8-assist showing in a semifinal loss to Serbia.
PERSONAL
• Majoring in exploratory studies.
• Born Oct. 8, 2006.