Raymond Cowels III (193 cm, Santa Clara’13) will begin his professional basketball career with The Bright Kings Den Helder from the Netherlands (Eredivisie) this 2013-14 season. The 22-year-old Cowels is said to be the last off-season acquisition of the team. Their roster is set and head coach Jean-Marc Jaumin can now begin planning for the upcoming season.

In Raymond’s senior year at Santa Clara (2012-13) he averaged 9.5 ppg and 4.3 rpg in 32 games. Santa Clara won the College Basketball Invitational postseason tournement by beating George Mason University (2-1) in the finals. In 2011-12 he averaged 10.2 ppg and 3.4 rpg.