LaVon Mercer (לבן מרסר; born January 13, 1959) is an American-Israeli former basketball player.

[1][2] As a high school senior, he averaged 37.6 points, 30.1 rebounds, and 12 blocked shots per game, and was named a Parade All-American.

[1][2][4] Shortly after he was born his mother left him, along with his father, leaving his grandmother to raise him.

"[5] Writing in The Atlantic Journal, Tom Tucker observed: "He can leap so high he hits his head on the rim.

He doesn't block shots, he pounds the rejected basketball into the cheering grandstands like a beach ball.

[2] In 1978–79 he averaged 13.4 points and 7.7 rebounds per game with a .643 field goal percentage, and was named All-Southeastern Conference – 3rd Team.

[2] In 1979–80 he averaged 11.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game with a .611 field goal percentage, playing alongside Dominique Wilkins, and was All-SEC – 3rd Team.

[2][12] Mercer is Georgia's all-time career-leader in blocks (327; fourth-highest in the SEC behind Jarvis Varnado, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kyle Davis; a 2.8 blocks per game average) and field-goal percentage (.602), and holds its single-season shooting percentage record (64.2%, in 1979).

[12][14] Mercer was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 3rd round (60th overall) of the 1980 NBA draft.

[4][6] After Mercer returned to the United States, in 1994 he completed his BA in Behavioral Sciences at National Louis University.

[22] Beginning in 2003, Mercer served as the women's varsity basketball coach and Associate Athletic Director at Spelman College in Georgia.