UDC basketball legend Earl Jones is honored by then school president, Robert Green, before his final home game at UDC. Jones was the first two-time NABC Division II Player of the Year.
Aug 13, 2018
BALDWIN CITY, Kan. – University of the District of Columbia men's basketball great Earl Jones will be inducted in the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame on November 2 at the Stoney Creek Inn and Conference Center, St. Joseph, Missouri.
This year's class, the third in Small College Basketball Hall of Fame history, includes 12 members.
Jones was the first two-time National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II Player of the Year in 1983 and 1984, a three-time First Team NABC All-American from 1982-84, and he led the Firebirds to an NCAA Division II championship in 1982 and a runner-up finish in 1983.
The imposing, seven-foot tall center was a two-time NCAA Championship All-Tournament team selection in 1982 and 1983. He remains second on the school's all-time scoring list with 2,256 career points for a 20.7 per-game average over 109 total games. He still holds the school's all-time record for rebounds with 1,168 (10.7 average per-game), and he shot a career average of 54.1 percent from the field and 77.6 from the free throw line.
Jones will be inducted along with the following inductees: John Barnhill (Tennessee A&I), ML Carr (Guilford), Pat Douglass (Cal State Bakersfield), Philip Hutcheson (Lipscomb), Charles Oakley (Virginia Union), John Pierce (Lipscomb), Terry Porter (Wisconsin-Stevens Point), Leonard "Truck" Robinson (Tennessee State), Clarence Walker (Indiana State), Marvin Webster (Morgan State) and John Wooden (Coach).
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