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Damon Bailey is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Damon Bailey's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was in the spotlight of the nation when his name was spotted in Indiana as a student in the eighth grade.
When he was a high school senior, He was named his school’s USA Today and Naismith Prep High School Player of the Year. He also was voted being Mr. Basketball USA.
Damon Bailey (born October 21, 1971) is a retired American basketball player. Bailey rose to national prominence after being recruited by Indiana coach Bob Knight as an 8th grader, an unusual event at the time. Bailey went on to become Indiana’s all-time high school leading scorer and would earn All-America honors playing for the Indiana Hoosiers. He became a cult figure during the late 1980s and early 1990s in Indiana. Bailey was an assistant coach of the Butler University’s women’s basketball team from 2014-2017.
As a senior Bailey led his team to the 1990 Indiana state championship. Their opponent, Concord High School, was undefeated and led by future University of Nebraska standout Jamar Johnson. Before a crowd of more than 41,000 people at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis – the most people to ever attend a high school basketball game – Bailey scored 30 points, including his team’s final 11, in a 63-60 come-from-behind win. Bailey told Sports Illustrated, “The greatest thrill in winning was proving to people that we could. We didn’t walk out on the floor and scare anybody. We just had a lot of heart.”
In his senior season, 1993–94, with many of the team’s previous stars having graduated, Bailey served as the team’s leader. In a game on December 4, 1993 in the Indiana–Kentucky rivalry, UK was ranked number one in the nation, but Indiana upset the Wildcats. Bailey hit 16-of-19 free throws (record for a single game) to score 29 points. Bailey’s performance in the upset earned him a spot on the cover of Sports Illustrated, which has since become an iconic image among Indiana fans. The Hoosiers finished the season 21–9 overall, 12-6 in the Big Ten (3rd), and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16.
