Hall of Fame
Scheyer was a 2006 Inductee into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Jonah Keri wrote for ESPN in 2007: "Scheyer, is an honest-to-goodness M.O.T. If he continues to develop his Redick Lite repertoire, he could eventually become one of the all-time great Jewish basketball stars, right there with Dolph Schayes ..."
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Tonight it doth inherit
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