Carmelo Travieso

Carmelo Travieso
Personal information
Born (1975-05-09) 9 May 1975
Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolThayer Academy
(Braintree, Massachusetts)
CollegeUMass (1993–1997)
NBA draft1997: undrafted
PositionGuard
Career highlights

Carmelo Travieso (born 9 May 1975) is a Puerto Rican basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]

Travieso was born in Puerto Rico but moved with his mother and four siblings to Dorchester, Boston at four years old after his parents divorced. Growing up, the family was extremely poor and sometimes had to choose between food and heat. As a teenager, he earned a $44,000 scholarship to attend Thayer Academy and play basketball.[2] He was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for Massachusetts in 1992–93.[3] He went on to play for the very successful UMass Minutemen basketball teams of the 1990s, for whom he was described by the N.Y. Times News Service as the team's "best pure shooter" and "a skilled surgeon."[4] After college, he played basketball professionally in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and became a mortgage broker.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carmelo Travieso Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Hudson, Maryann (13 March 1996). "Minuto-Men : Born on the Same Day in Puerto Rico, UMass Guards Travieso and Padilla Overcame Obstacles to Success". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Gatorade 1992 - 1993: Player of the Year". Gatorade. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  4. ↑ Smith Jr., Timothy W. (26 March 1996). "Lean on me". South Coast Today. N.Y. Times News Service. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Carmelo Travieso". The Money Store. Retrieved 1 April 2026.


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