2016 Men s Basketball Class

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1 DICK SNYDER, DAVIDSON Snyder led Davidson to its first Southern Conference basketball championship and NCAA playoff bid in That same year he was first team All-American, Southern Conference Athlete of the Year and Basketball Player of the Year. Snyder also starred in baseball for the Wildcats. He was chosen high in the NBA draft and played 13 professional seasons. Snyder ranked 17th in NBA career scoring when he retired. In 1990, Snyder was inducted into the Davidson Athletic Hall of Fame. JIM PAXSON, DAYTON Paxson is the only Dayton men s basketball player to be named an All-American (USBWA, 1979) and an Academic All-American (CoSIDA, 1979). An NBA All-Star, Paxson played nine seasons with the Portland Trailblazers and Boston Celtics. A former General Manager and Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Cleveland Cavaliers, he was the first Portland player to score 10,000 career points and was recently inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. A four-year starter, Paxson is fifth on UD s all-time scoring list (1,945 points). The Kettering, Ohio native is also fourth in both career assists (515) and steals (168). He averaged an amazing 37.7 minutes a game for his career, the Dayton record. In 2004, he was named to UD s All-Century Team and in 1985 he was inducted into the UD Athletic Hall of Fame in He currently lives in Arizona. BRUCE ATKINS, DUQUESNE The only two-time First Team All-Conference player in Duquesne history, Atkins helped the Dukes to a share of the A-10 regular season title in 1980 and The 6-8 center was one of two players to finish his career with over 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds (1,533/1,147) and he was one of seven Dukes to average double-digit scoring for four seasons. His.557 career field goal percentage is the second-best in school history. Atkins started all 111 games he played in, posting a school record 58 double-doubles. He led the conference in rebounding in 1981 and 1982, and led the Dukes in rebounding all four years on the Bluff. The 1979 A-10 Rookie of the Year won six career conference Player of the Week honors, tied for most in school history. A native of Wilkinsburg, Pa., he was drafted in the fourth round by the Philadelphia 76ers in Atkins currently resides in Pittsburgh.

2 KENNY CHARLES, FORDHAM Charles was a three-year varsity letterman with Fordham, playing on the Digger Phelps squad that went 26-3 and finished ranked seventh nationally. He averaged 21.2 points per game as a junior, tying the school record with 46 points in a game and earning All-America honors. His 24.3 points per game as a senior set school single season records for most points (679) and most field goals (275). He graduated as the third all-time leading scorer at Fordham with 1,697 points and is second in the scoring average (20.0) and career field goals made (271). An NBA draft pick, Charles played for the Buffalo Braves and Atlanta Hawks. K.C. led all NBA guards in blocks in the A native of Brooklyn, Charles was inducted into the Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980 and the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame in JAI LEWIS, GEORGE MASON Lewis was the inside force during the Patriots historic 2006 NCAA tournament run. The Aberdeen, Md., native was a senior leader on that Mason team that reached the first Final Four in school history. Lewis earned conference honors in each of his four seasons, beginning with his All- Rookie selection in A 6-7 forward, he averaged 12.2 points and 7.2 rebounds in his 125 games played, starting 101. He currently stands 12th in points (1,519), ninth in field goals made (588), seventh in rebounds (895), eighth in steals (140) and ninth in blocks (91) at Mason. Signed as an undrafted free agent by the NFL s New York Giants in 2006, he decided to pursue basketball, playing professionally overseas in several different countries. Lewis earned a Health, Fitness and Recreation degree in 2006 and currently works as a behavior interventionist at Halstead Academy in Baltimore. CHRISTOPHER MONROE, GEORGE WASHINGTON Monroe came to GW from Good Counsel High School in Hyattsville, Md., in When he finished his career in 2003, the power guard was the greatest GW scorer ever and one of the top players in A-10 history. In 118 career games, Monroe reached double figure scoring 107 times, including 60 games with 20-ormore points, setting a GW record with 2,249 career points. His career point total ranks third in A-10 history, and he also is 10th all-time in rebounding at GW with 712 boards, making him one of just four Colonials to be in the career top 10 in scoring and rebounding. Named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team in 2000, he followed with Team MVP and All-Conference honors each season. His professional career spanned the Ukraine, Austria, Hungary, France, Greece, Italy, Iran and Russia, where he won a SuperLeague championship in He was enshrined in the GW Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.

3 BILL SPEEDY MORRIS, LA SALLE Morris is the winningest head coach in La Salle men s basketball history with 238 wins. He led the team to NCAA Tournaments and MAAC Championships in 1988, 1989, 1990 and Morris is a member of the La Salle Hall of Athletes and Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame. His team finished 30-2 and was ranked #12 in the final AP poll. He was La Salle s women s basketball coach for two seasons ( ), going and leading the team to the 1986 NCAA Tournament and MAAC Championship. Morris has won over 950 games in his college and high school coaching career, which has included stops at Penn Charter, Roman Catholic, St. Joseph s Prep and La Salle University. MARCUS CAMBY, MASSACHUSETTS One of the most decorated athletes in UMass history, Camby won the 1996 John R. Wooden Award and Naismith National Player of the Year in leading the Minutemen to the Final Four and a 35-2 record. He was a first-team All-American that season, leading the A-10 with 20.5 points. A two-time All-District and first-team All-Conference selection, UMass won the Atlantic 10 in each of his three seasons and he was named A-10 Freshman of the Year in He left Amherst with the most blocks in a career (336) and single-season (128) while scoring 1,387 points to rank in the top 10. The highest NBA Draft Pick in Atlantic 10 history, he played with six different NBA teams in a 17-year career. Named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year during , he is a four-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team, and is 12th among all-time blocks leaders. CUTTINO MOBLEY, RHODE ISLAND Mobley finished his career as one of the best guards in Rhode Island history, guiding the Rams to the Elite Eight of the 1998 NCAA Tournament. That season, the Philadelphia native scored 586 points, the eighth-best single season mark in school history, led the team to a 25-9 record, and earned the A-10 Player of the Year honor. Over his 93-game career, Mobley, nicknamed the Cat, tallied 1,334 points, ranking 22nd on the all-time scoring list. He ranks second on URI s career free throw percentage list (.821). Mobley earned his communications studies degree in 1998 and was drafted in the 1998 NBA Draft second round by the Houston Rockets. In 1999, he was named to the NBA s All-Rookie Team. In over 10 years in the NBA, Mobley played with the Rockets, the Orlando Magic, Sacramento Kings, and Los Angeles Clippers and the New York Knicks in He retired from the NBA in December of 2008.

4 KENNY WOOD, RICHMOND Wood was a starter on three post-season teams, including the 1991 squad that beat second-seeded Syracuse in the NCAA tournament. He scored 1,427 career points, and is 14th on UR s all-time scoring list. He scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the victory over Syracuse. From start to finish, Wood posted impressive numbers and earned deserving accolades. He was an All-Rookie and an All-Tournament Team honoree in 1990, earning Second Team honors in 1991 and 1992 and First Team honors his senior season in He captained the Spiders and led the team in scoring at 16 points per game in that senior season. He was also named Second Team All-State in The four Spider teams on which he played posted an record, with two appearances in the NCAA Tournament and one in the NIT. He was inducted into the Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame in SAM STITH, ST. BONAVENTURE The catalyst of St. Bonaventure s nervous defense, Stith was the savvy point guard for a defense that led to the development of the zone press and led the Bonnies to national prominence. Over his career, which spanned three seasons, Stith scored 1,112 points and grabbed 620 rebounds. Along with his younger brother Tom, who also starred for the Bonnies, Sam led St. Bonaventure to three straight NIT appearances from As a senior in , he helped lead Bona to a 21-5 record, including 18 straight wins and a fourth-place NIT finish, averaging 20.5 points per game. Following graduation, Sam was selected by the Cincinnati Royals in the 1960 NBA Draft. He played for the Royals and then his hometown New York Knicks. Sam was inducted into St. Bonaventure s Athletics inaugural Hall of Fame class in 1969, and his number 22 is retired at St. Bonaventure. MARVIN O CONNOR, SAINT JOSEPH S O Connor was among the most prolific scorers in Saint Joseph s history during his three seasons with the Hawks. He averaged double figures each year, including a 22.1 average as a junior, with a schoolrecord 706 points. That year, he scored a careerhigh 37 points at La Salle, with 18 points in the final 57 seconds, and then matched that personal best with 37 points versus Stanford in the 2001 NCAA Second Round. O Connor was a three time All-Atlantic 10 selection, and earned first-team honors in With 1,678 career points, he ranks 14th on the Hawks all-time scoring list, and is third in 3 point field goals made with 231. O Connor played professionally in Europe, and was inducted into the Saint Joseph s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame in He currently owns a medical transportation company in the Philadelphia area.

5 BOB FERRY, SAINT LOUIS One of three Billikens who has his jersey retired, Ferry is the 20th leading scorer in school history after accumulating 1,128 points in his three-year SLU career. A center, Ferry claimed five different All-American honors in 1959 USBWA first team, Converse second team, AP third team, NABC third team and UPI third team. He helped the Billikens to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 1957 and an NIT appearance in Ferry averaged 21.8 points per game his senior year, the third highest scoring average in a single SLU season. He earned second-team All-Conference honors his junior year and was a first-team All- Conference pick as a senior. A St. Louis native, Ferry went on to the play 10 years in the NBA for the St. Louis Hawks, Detroit Pistons and Baltimore Bullets. He was a longtime general manager of the Washington Bullets and won the NBA Executive of the Year Award in 1979 and DOMONIC JONES, VCU The 2004 Conference Player of the Year and honorable mention All-America, Jones was named the Most Outstanding Player of 2004 CAA Tournament. He led Rams to their first conference title and NCAA Tournament berth in eight years in He ranks eighth in school history with 1,616 career points and is one of only four Rams in the past 30 years to average more than 33 minutes as a sophomore and a junior. A Chesterfield, Va., native, Jones scored 516 points as a sophomore, one of only six Rams in school history to score more than 500 points during sophomore campaign. An All-Rookie selection in 2001, he was First Team All-Conference as a sophomore and second team as a junior. Named All-Tournament in 2002, he scored career-high 28 points against Hofstra on Jan. 2, 2003 and played 50 minutes in double-overtime game at William & Mary on Jan. 18, 2003.