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Shon Abaev
	Abaev in 2025
Florida State Seminoles
Position	Small forward
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born	February 26, 2006 (age 20); Israel
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Miami Country Day; (Miami-Dade County, Florida); Calvary Christian; (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
College	Cincinnati (2025–2026); Florida State (2026–present);
Career highlights
	McDonald's All-American (2025);

Shon Abaev (born February 26, 2006)^[1] is an Israeli college basketball player for the Florida State Seminoles of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He previously played for the Cincinnati Bearcats.

Early life

Abaev was born in Israel and moved to Florida at age four.^[2]^[3] He first attended Miami Country Day School before transferring to Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Lauderdale.^[4] In addition to playing basketball at Miami Country Day and Calvary Christian, Abaev was a member of team Fear of God Athletics in the Overtime Elite league.^[5] He was teammates with Cayden Daughtry at Calvary Christian and on Fear of God, who was two years below him academically. In November 2024, he committed to play college basketball for the Cincinnati Bearcats before the start of his senior season.^[6] As a senior at Calvary Christian, Abaev averaged 20.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. He was awarded the Broward County Co-Class 4A-1A Player of the Year by the Sun Sentinel and the outright Broward Class 3A-1A Player of the Year by the Miami Herald after he led his team to a No. 5 national ranking and a Florida Class 3A state championship.^[7]^[8] He also averaged 24.1 points and 7.3 rebounds while playing in the Overtime Elite league.^[9] Abaev was ranked as a five-star recruit and a consensus top-30 player nationally, earning him a selection to the 2025 McDonald's All-American Game.^[9]

College career

In an exhibition game prior to the 2025–26 season against Michigan, Abaev scored 15 points for the Bearcats.^[10] At the end of the season, Abaev entered the transfer portal.^[11]

Personal life

Abaev's older brother is Eli Abaev.^[12]

References

↑ "Shon Abaev () - Basketball Stats, Height, Age". FIBA Basketball. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
↑ DiPasquale, Mike (February 24, 2025). "Calvary Christian's Shon Abaev is welcomed to McDonald's All American team". WSVN.
↑ "Shon Abaev". Cincinnati Bearcats.
↑ Jablonski, David (August 26, 2024). "Top-50 2025 recruit from Florida visits Dayton". Dayton Daily News.
↑ Heltman, Russ (March 18, 2025). "Look: Five-Star Cincinnati Bearcats Signee Shon Abaev Includes UC in High-School Season Wrap Up Post". Sports Illustrated.
↑ Springer, Scott (November 28, 2024). "Cincinnati Bearcats basketball lands 4-star 2025 forward Shon Abaev". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
↑ Curreri, Gary (March 28, 2025). "Broward 4A-1A boys basketball co-players of the year: Shon Abaev, Calvary Christian senior; Ricky Liburd, Sagemont senior; Christian Yeargin, Stranahan junior". Sun Sentinel – via archive.today.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ Fernandez, Andre (April 9, 2025). "Calvary Christian's Shon Abaev is Broward 3A-1A Boys' Basketball Player of the Year". The Miami Herald. p. A21 – via Newspapers.com.
1 2 Perkins, Chris (February 20, 2025). "Abaev and beyond". Sun Sentinel. p. B1, B2 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Heltman, Russ (October 17, 2025). "Cincinnati Bearcats Basketball Topples Michigan 100-98 In Road Scrimmage During First Look At New Squad". Sports Illustrated.
↑ "Former McDonald's All American Shon Abaev intends to enter the portal". 247Sports. Retrieved 2026-04-09.
↑ DiPasquale, Mike (24 February 2025). "Calvary Christian's Shon Abaev is welcomed to McDonald's All American team". WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale. Retrieved 24 November 2025.

External links

[1] "Shon Abaev () - Basketball Stats, Height, Age". FIBA Basketball. Retrieved 25 October 2025.

[2] DiPasquale, Mike (February 24, 2025). "Calvary Christian's Shon Abaev is welcomed to McDonald's All American team". WSVN.

[3] "Shon Abaev". Cincinnati Bearcats.

[4] Jablonski, David (August 26, 2024). "Top-50 2025 recruit from Florida visits Dayton". Dayton Daily News.

[5] Heltman, Russ (March 18, 2025). "Look: Five-Star Cincinnati Bearcats Signee Shon Abaev Includes UC in High-School Season Wrap Up Post". Sports Illustrated.

[6] Springer, Scott (November 28, 2024). "Cincinnati Bearcats basketball lands 4-star 2025 forward Shon Abaev". The Cincinnati Enquirer.

[7] Curreri, Gary (March 28, 2025). "Broward 4A-1A boys basketball co-players of the year: Shon Abaev, Calvary Christian senior; Ricky Liburd, Sagemont senior; Christian Yeargin, Stranahan junior". Sun Sentinel – via archive.today.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[8] Fernandez, Andre (April 9, 2025). "Calvary Christian's Shon Abaev is Broward 3A-1A Boys' Basketball Player of the Year". The Miami Herald. p. A21 – via Newspapers.com.

[auto-9] 1 2 Perkins, Chris (February 20, 2025). "Abaev and beyond". Sun Sentinel. p. B1, B2 – via Newspapers.com.

[10] Heltman, Russ (October 17, 2025). "Cincinnati Bearcats Basketball Topples Michigan 100-98 In Road Scrimmage During First Look At New Squad". Sports Illustrated.

[11] "Former McDonald's All American Shon Abaev intends to enter the portal". 247Sports. Retrieved 2026-04-09.

[12] DiPasquale, Mike (24 February 2025). "Calvary Christian's Shon Abaev is welcomed to McDonald's All American team". WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale. Retrieved 24 November 2025.

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