Meet the Basketball Cats: Travion McCray

Welcome to our annual meet the Catamount Men's Basketball Team.

During the countdown, we'll highlight each player on the official roster, starting with the freshmen, then moving up class by class, countdown the days until "Tip-Off". 

It's 23 days until the Cats tip off the season on November 9th against the Bowling Green Falcons in the Ramsey Center.

Today, we meet another junior:

#1 Travion McCray

POSITION Guard

HEIGHT 6-1
WEIGHT 181
CLASS Junior
HOMETOWN Timmonsville, S.C.
HIGH SCHOOL Village Christian






2020-21 (Sophomore): Saw action in 13 games…Started the first nine games of the season…Finished in double figures in six games with a career-high 26 points against Newberry, making a career-best nine field goals and going a perfect 5-for-5 at the free throw line…His double-digit games came in sets of three consecutive games…Tied a career-high with six rebounds in the season-opener against UNCW and duplicated the feat against Piedmont…Equaled career-best six assists against Newberry and at ETSU.

2019-20 (Freshman): Competed in all 31 games with seven starts including the final four games…Averaged 4.7 points and 2.4 rebounds…Finished in double figures in six games including five straight from Feb. 15-Feb. 29…Scored a career-high 15 points at ETSU…Grabbed six rebounds against The Citadel and at ETSU…Dished out a career-best six assists against The Citadel…Swiped a career-high three steals against Samford.

Prior to Western Carolina: Attended Village Christian in Fayetteville, N.C... Helped lead Village Christian to a runner-up finish in the NCISAA 3-A state tournament and earned a spot on the NCISAA 3-A All-State Team...Also claimed a spot on the Fayetteville Observer's Best of 910Preps All-Star team... As a junior, McCray was named the Sandhills Athletic Conference Player of the Year and a member of the NCISAA 3-A All-State Team