Caylin Raftopoulos

Caylin Raftopoulos (born 19 October 1992) is a British professional basketball player for the Surrey Scorchers in the British Basketball League.

Caylin Raftopoulos

No. 10 – Surrey Scorchers
Position	Point guard
League	British Basketball League
Personal information
Born	(1992-10-19) 19 October 1992 (age 32) London, England
Nationality	British
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Career information
High school	Arlington Country Day (Jacksonville, Florida) Althoff Catholic (Belleville, Illinois)
College	Worcester (2013–2015) Southampton Solent (2016–2017)
NBA draft	2014: undrafted
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–2013	Surrey Heat
2013–2015	Worcester Wolves
2016–2017	Solent Kestrels
2017–present	Surrey Scorchers
Career highlights
BBL champion (2014) BBL Trophy winner (2014)

Early life

Raftopoulous took part in the London Towers programme before playing youth basketball with the Spelthorne Atoms and London United-Richmond College.^[1] In 2010, he moved to the United States to attend Arlington Country Day High School and later transferred to Althoff Catholic High School.^[1]

Professional career

Raftopoulous began his professional career with the Surrey Heat, a team coached by his father, Creon Ratfopoulous.^[2] He played 35 times during the 2012–13 season and averaged 5.3 points per game.^[3]

After relocating for university, he joined the Worcester Wolves in 2013.^[4] Spending two years with the British Basketball League team, he averaged 1.5 and 2.3 points per game.^[3] In October 2015, Raftopoulous was named the Wolves' second team head coach but would continue to train with the first team squad.^[5]

Relocating again for the 2016–17 season, he represented Team Solent Kestrels in the National Basketball League while studying at Southampton Solent University.^[6]

In September 2017, he rejoined his father to play for the renamed Surrey Scorchers in the British Basketball League.^[7][8] Raftopoulous re-signed with the team in September 2020.^[9]