2016 Men’s Basketball Class DICK SNYDER, DAVIDSON Snyder led Davidson to its fi rst Southern Conference basketball championship and NCAA playoff bid in 1966. That same year he was fi rst 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 fi rst 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 fi fth 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 1985. 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 1981. The 6-8 center was one of two players to fi nish 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 fi eld 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 1982. Atkins currently resides in Pittsburgh. 2016 Men’s Basketball Class KENNY CHARLES, FORDHAM Charles was a three-year varsity letterman with Fordham, playing on the Digger Phelps squad that went 26-3 and fi nished 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 fi eld 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 fi eld goals made (271). An NBA draft pick, Charles played for the Buff alo Braves and Atlanta Hawks. “K.C.” led all NBA guards in blocks in the 1975-76. 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 2011. 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 fi rst Final Four in school history. Lewis earned conference honors in each of his four seasons, beginning with his All- Rookie selection in 2003. 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 fi eld 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 diff erent countries. Lewis earned a Health, Fitness and Recreation degree in 2006 and currently works as a behavior interventionist at Halstead Academy in Baltimore. CHRIS MONROE, GEORGE WASHINGTON Monroe came to GW from Good Counsel High School in Hyattsville, Md., in 1999. When he fi nished 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 fi gure scoring 107 times, including 60 games with 20-or- more 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 2013. He was enshrined in the GW Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012. 2016 Men’s Basketball Class WILLIAM “SPEEDY” MORRIS, LA SALLE William “Speedy” 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 1992. Morris is a member of the La Salle Hall of Athletes and Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame. His 1989-90 team fi nished 30-2 and was ranked #12 in the fi nal AP poll. He was La Salle’s women’s basketball coach for two seasons (1984-86), going 43-17 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 was 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 fi rst-team All-American that season, leading the A-10 with 20.5 points. A two-time All-District and fi rst-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 1994. 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 diff erent NBA teams in a 17-year career. Named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year during 2006-07, 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 fi nished 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, and led the team to a 25-9 record, earning 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 2008. He retired from the NBA in December, 2008. 2016 Men’s Basketball Class KENNY WOOD, RICHMOND Wood was a starter on three men’s basketball 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 fi nish, 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 1993. 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 1992. The four Spider teams on which he played posted an 81-40 record, with two appearances in the NCAA Tournament and one in the NIT. He was inducted into the Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011. SAM STITH, ST. BONAVENTURE The catalyst of St. Bonaventure’s “nervous defense,” Sam 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.