Former UConn basketball star Doron Sheffer will hold a clinic at the Mandell JCC in West Hartford.

 Submitted by Larah Winn, Mandell JCC

Doron Sheffer. Submitted photo

Children in grades 1 through 8 can work with former UConn Basketball player Doron Sheffer, at a special basektball clinic Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the Mandell JCC, Zachs Campus, 335 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT. Participants will be grouped by grade level.

Israel born Doron Sheffer is highly recognized for his basketball career at UConn in the mid-1990s and then in Israel for Maccabi Tel-Aviv.

While under coach Jim Calhoun, Sheffer became the only player from UConn to score 1,000 points and add over 500 assists in his three varsity seasons. A former teammate of current UConn coach, Kevin Ollie, Sheffer would go on to be named to the UConn Basketball All-Century Team. After UConn, Sheffer would become equally successful at home in Israel on team Maccabi Tel-Aviv.

The cost of the clinic is $35 and $30 for Mandell JCC Members. To register for the Doron Sheffer Basketball Clinic, call the Member Services Center, 860-236-4571. There will be an additional fee of $5 if registered after Wednesday, December 3.

For questions and more information, contact Bonnie Hittleman-Lewis, [email protected], or visit www.mandelljcc.org.

The Mandell Jewish Community Center is open to everyone and supported by funds raised by the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, a recipient of funding from the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford, and a member of the JCC Association of North America. For updates, follow the Mandell JCC on Facebook and Twitter. All dates and programs subject to change.