 Wayman
Britt
2004 Greater Flint
Afro-American Hall of Fame Inductee
Category: BASKETBALL
Parent: Oscar Britt (father)
Wife: Dinah
Daughters: Raven, Desirae, Tia, Ean, Ariel
Sons: Eric, Ron
Wayman arrived in Flint as a sophomore at Flint Northern and after
graduating from Northern, he received a basketball scholarship to
the University of Michigan.
While at Flint Northern Wayman was the teams top all around player
at 6'1 ", with a 16.6 average and was the top rebounded under
coach Bill Frieder. Wayman played on two back to back city championship
teams and two state championship teams with a 25-0 season.
In 1971 and 1972 Wayman was a unanimous selection on the All Saginaw
Valley conference first team. In the game against Saginaw Arthur Hill,
Wayman had the top individual effort scoring 24 points. When Wayman
received his scholarship to the University of Michigan, his team mate
Terry Furlow received a scholarship to Michigan State. Wayman was known
for his defensive skills and Terry was known for his offensive scoring.
This was the start of a new rivalry between the two.
Wayman lettered all four years he attended the University of Michigan
from 1973-1976. During his four years stint, he scored 1000 points
to put him in the University of Michigan's 1000 point club. He had
a total of 469 rebounds and a 10.3 point average. He was the first
recipient of the University of Michigan's Defensive Player Award in
1976.
He served as team captain leading his team to second place in the NCAA
tournament finals. At 6 feet 2 inches, Wayman was one of the shortest
men ever to play forward for the Wolverines in the modern era. Coach
Johnny Orr said "Wayman was the most underrated player in the
country." In 1976 Wayman was drafted by the L.A. Lakers in the
fourth round #60.
Wayman and his family live in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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