Ronald Fred "Rony" Seikaly (Arabic: رونالد ﺼيقلي; born May 10, 1965) is a retired Lebanese-born American professional basketball player.
Seikaly was born in Beirut, Lebanon. At the age of 9, Rony moved from Beirut where he'd been attending elementary school at the Athenee de Beirut to Greece, where he spent the rest of his youth. He attended and graduated from the American Community School, also known as ACS Athens. Prior to playing basketball, ...
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Ronald Fred "Rony" Seikaly (Arabic: رونالد ﺼيقلي; born May 10, 1965) is a retired Lebanese-born American professional basketball player.
Seikaly was born in Beirut, Lebanon. At the age of 9, Rony moved from Beirut where he'd been attending elementary school at the Athenee de Beirut to Greece, where he spent the rest of his youth. He attended and graduated from the American Community School, also known as ACS Athens. Prior to playing basketball, he was a soccer player and accomplished track athlete. He was unable to attain Greek citizenship due to bureaucratic problems, but he later became a naturalized American citizen after attending college in the U.S. and playing in the NBA.
In 1984, he began attending Syracuse University in central New York. He played center for the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team. He was an All-American and was also named to the John R. Wooden All-American Team. He was chosen on the Orange's All Century Team and his number 4 jersey has been retired and...
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