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Who Is Cameron Sheffield? Former Rice Guard Who Is Transferring To Duke To Play For Head Coach Jon Scheyer Following Playing Junior Season For Former Rice Head Coach Scott Pera

Who is Cameron Sheffield?

Former Rice guard who is transferring to Duke to play for Head Coach Jon Scheyer following playing junior season for former Rice Head Coach Scott Pera.

Scott Pera was dismissed following Rice’s season where they finished with a record of 11-21.

Following Scott Pera being dismissed as Rice Head Coach Rice Director Of Athletics Tommy McClelland had this to say!

Over the course of this season, it became apparent to me that a change in the leadership of our men’s basketball team was needed for it to become a championship-caliber program,”

President DesRoches and the Board of Trustees have shown a great desire for this program to take its place among the best in the AAC and agreed with my assessment that a coaching change was the appropriate step towards reaching that goal.”

Following Scott Pera being dismissed as Rice Head Coach Scott Pera had this to say!

​​I am extremely grateful for my time [at Rice],” he wrote in a text message to the Thresher. “I loved the kids I coached and the relationships I made. I will miss it.”

According to Anderson Pickard, Riya Misra article ttps://www.ricethresher.org/article/2024/03/pera-dismissed-as-mens-basketball-coach

As a junior playing for former Rice Head Coach Scott Pera Cameron Sheffield averaged 7.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists while shooting 43%

According to espn app

Following former guard announcing he is transferring to Duke to play for Head Coach Jon Scheyer following playing junior season for former Rice Head Coach Scott Pera Cameron Sheffield shared his thoughts on X formally twitter with a picture of him in a white Duke jersey saying The Brotherhood with devil horns as the caption.

According to https://x.com/Cam5Sheff/status/1791157586277888501/photo/1