{"id":5209,"date":"2016-11-09T16:10:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T16:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=5209"},"modified":"2016-11-13T14:16:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T14:16:13","slug":"al-rayes-named-preseason-all-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=5209","title":{"rendered":"Al-Rayes Named Preseason All-American"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caltech men&#8217;s basketball senior Nasser Al-Rayes (Doha, Qatar \/ American School of Doha) has been named preseason All-America Honorable Mention by the Sporting News.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-10 Al-Rayes earned Second Team All-SCIAC honors last season, in which he averaged a team-high 11.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and program-record 2.6 blocks per game, ranking 16th in the nation. 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