Trae Bell-Haynes ( born September 5 , 1995 ) is a Canadian basketball player . He currently plays for the Niagara River Lions of the Canadian Elite Basketball League . He played college basketball for the Vermont Catamounts . Bell-Haynes played at Bill Crothers Secondary School , just outside his Toronto home , where he was a team captain as a senior and led the team in scoring and assists on the way to a 36-6 record . He was also named the MVP of the 2014 Ontario Prep Championships Tournament . Bell-Haynes starred as a freshman for Vermont , earning America East All-Rookie Team honors in 2014-15 , averaging 8.8 points a contest . In his sophomore season , Bell-Haynes took on a larger role , becoming the Catamount 's leading scorer with 12.2 points per game , and garnering All-America East Third Team honors , as well as All-Tournament Team after the Catamounts reached the America East Basketball Championship game , falling to Stony Brook . As a junior , Bell-Haynes was named America East Player of the Year and First-Team All-Conference as he guided the Catamounts to a 29-6 overall record and perfect 16-0 mark in conference play along with a 21-game win streak en route to its sixth America East men 's basketball title in 2017 , securing the automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament . Bell-Haynes followed up his senior season repeating as America East Player of the Year , becoming the third Catamount in Vermont history to repeat as the conference 's top player , joining Taylor Coppenrath and Marqus Blakely , and the eighth player to repeat in America East history
America East Basketball Championship game
2016 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
Trae Bell-Haynes