2011-12 | HONORS AND AWARDS | GOXAVIER.COM 145 XAVIER ALL-AMERICANS | 2011-12 JORDAN CRAWFORD BYRON LARKIN 2009-10 1984-85 Sporting News Third Team Basketball Weekly All-Freshman Second Team JAMIE GLADDEN Basketball Times All-Freshman Team 1992-93 1985-86 Associated Press Honorable Mention Associated Press Honorable Mention 1989-90 1986-87 Basketball Times Freshman Fifth Team Sporting News Honorable Mention 1987-88 United Press International Second Team BRIAN GRANT Scripps Howard Second Team 1990-91 Associated Press Third Team Basketball Times Freshman Seventh Team GARY MASSA 1993-94 1977-78 John R. Wooden Finalist Basketball Weekly All-Freshman Team Associated Press Honorable Mention ANTHONY HICKS Tu Holloway was named 2010-11 Third 1982-83 Team All-American by several major media Sporting News Honorable Mention Hank Stein, a 1957-58 Converse Second outlets. He was named AP Third Team All- Associated Press Honorable Mention Team and 1958-59 UPI Third Team All- American, joining David West as the only American, was the 1958 National Invita- XU players to make one of AP’s top three tion Tournament MVP as he led XU to the teams as an underclassman. TYRONE HILL title. LENNY BROWN 1988-89 Associated Press Honorable Mention JAMES POSEY 1996-97 1998-99 Basketball Weekly Honorable Mention 1989-90 Basketball Times Third Team College Hoops Insider “Top 15” 1998-99 Associated Press Honorable Mention John R. Wooden Finalist John R. Wooden Finalist BOB QUICK David West, Tu Holloway and Byron TU HOLLOWAY 1967-68 Larkin are the only Xavier players ever 2010-11 Associated Press Honorable Mention named to the post-season Associated Associated Press Third Team Press first, second or third teams. West Basketball Times Third Team ROMAIN SATO was the 2003 AP National Player of the FOXSports.com Third Team 2003-04 Year and was on the 2002 AP Second CBSSports.com Third Team Associated Press Honorable Mention Team. Holloway earned 2011 AP Third SI.com Third Team Team honors. Larkin earned 1988 AP Sporting News Third Team HANK STEIN collegeinsider.com All-American Third Team honors. Larkin, who is 1957-58 now the color analyst for Xavier radio Converse Second Team T.J. JOHNSON Steve Thomas, who averaged a school- broadcasts, stands number 20 on the 1958-59 1994-95 record 30.0 ppg. in the 1963-64 season, list of all-time scorers in NCAA Division United Press International Third Team Basketball Weekly Freshman Honorable earned 1964 First Team All-American I history with 2,696 career points. Mention honors from the Helms Foundation and Basketball News. 146 5 STRAIGHT A-10 TITLES | 2011-12 | XAVIER ALL-AMERICANS Third Team John R. Wooden First Team Sporting News Third Team ESPN.com First Team Basketball America Third Team Sporting News First Team Dick Vitale’s “Rolls Royce Super Five” Dick Vitale’s “Rolls Royce Super Five” collegeinsider.com All-American collegeinsider.com All-American & John R. Wooden Finalist collegeinsider.com National MVP NABC/Pete Newell Big Man of the Year 2002-03 Associated Press First Team & AP National Player of the Year United States Basketball Writers Association First Team & USBWA National Player of the Year Basketball Times First Team & BT National Player of the Year National Association of Basketball Coaches First Team Tyrone Hill, seen here battling Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo in XU’s 1990 NCAA Tournament win over George- town, earned Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America honors as a junior and Basketball Times Third Team All-America honors as a senior. STEVE THOMAS 1963-64 Basketball News First Team Helms Foundation First Team AP, United Press International and Sporting News Honorable Mention DAVID WEST 2000-01 Associated Press Honorable Mention 2001-02 Associated Press Second Team United States Basketball Writers Jordan Crawford earned All-America hon- Association Second Team David West, 2003 National Player of the Brian Grant earned national honors from ors following his first and only season Basketball Times Second Team Year, is the most decorated player in Xavi- Associated Press and Basketball Times and on Xavier’s active roster. Sporting News FOXSports.com Second Team er basketball history. He earned AP nation- was among the many former XU players to named Crawford as a 2009-10 Third Team National Association of Basketball Coaches al honors in each of his final three seasons. make the Wooden Award list of finalists. All-American. | GOXAVIER.COM 147 XAVIER ALL-STARS | 2011-12 XAVIER MVPS 1969-70 Jerry Helmers, Forward 1970-71 Jerry Helmers, Forward 1950-51 Bob Dean, Forward 1971-72 Conny Warren, Forward 1951-52 Gene Smith, Center 1972-73 Conny Warren, Forward 1952-53 Bob Heim, Guard-Forward 1973-74 Mike Plunkett, Forward 1953-54 Bob Heim, Guard-Forward 1974-75 Mike Plunkett, Forward 1954-55 Dave Piontek, Center-Forward 1975-76 Garry Whitfield, Guard; 1955-56 Jim Boothe, Guard Nick Daniels, Guard; 1956-57 Corny Freeman, Forward Dale Haarman, Forward 1957-58 Joe Viviano, Forward 1976-77 Dale Haarman, Forward 1958-59 Joe Viviano, Forward 1977-78 Nick Daniels, Guard 1959-60 Jack Thobe, Center-Forward 1978-79 Nick Daniels, Guard 1960-61 Bill Kirvin, Guard; 1979-80 Gary Massa, Forward; Jack Thobe, Center-Forward David Anderson, Center 1961-62 Bill Kirvin, Guard; 1980-81 Anthony Hicks, Guard Jack Thobe, Center-Forward 1981-82 Anthony Hicks, Guard 1962-63 Bob Pelkington, Center 1982-83 Anthony Hicks, Guard; 1963-64 Steve Thomas, Guard Jeff Jenkins, Center-Forward Brian Thornton, who is now an 1964-65 Steve Thomas, Guard 1983-84 Jeff Jenkins, Center-Forward assistant coach at Furman Uni- 1965-66 Bob Quick, Forward 1984-85 Richie Harris, Forward; versity, earned the distinction of 1966-67 Bob Quick, Forward Ralph Lee, Guard Academic All-American at Xavier. He was voted as a 2005-06 Second 1967-68 Bob Quick, Forward Note: No Player Named MVP Team ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA 1968-69 Luther Rackley, Center Since 1985 Academic All-American. THE RETIRED JERSEYS NUMBER “23” BYRON LARKIN (‘88), Xavier’s all-time leading scorer with 2,696 career points, had his jersey number retired in a ceremony that was held at Cincinnati Gardens on Feb. 8, 1990. Larkin won two Midwestern Collegiate Conference Player of the Year awards and three MCC Tournament MVP awards. Larkin was a 1987-88 Scripps Howard and UPI Second Team All-American and a 1987-88 AP Third Team All-American. NUMBER “42” TYRONE HILL (‘90), Xavier’s all-time leading rebounder with 1,380 career rebounds and fourth all-time leading scorer with 2,003 career points, was the second Xavier player to have his jersey number retired. The ceremony was held at the Gardens on Feb. 4, 1996. Hill, Xavier’s first-ever NBA Draft “lottery pick” in 1990, won the MCC Player of the Year award as a senior and the MCC Tournament MVP Award as a junior. NUMBER “30” DAVID WEST (‘03), is Xavier’s second all-time leading scorer with 2,132 career points and third all-time leading rebounder with 1,308 career boards. The ceremony was held before the 2002-03 season’s regular season home finale at Cintas Center on March 8, 2003. West, the first player to have his jersey number retired while still an active Musketeer player, was the 2002-03 Associated Press, United States Basketball Writ- ers Association and Basketball Times National Player of the Year. Xavier’s first-ever National Player of the Year and consensus First Team All-American, West won a conference-record three straight Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Year awards. David West is seen here with numerous awards, including the NUMBER “33” BRIAN GRANT (‘94), a two-time MCC player of the Year, is Xavier’s fourth all-time leading Adolph Rupp Trophy as 2003 AP Player of the Year, The Senior rebounder (1,080) and ninth all-time leading scorer (1,719). His career field goal percentage (.594) is a school CLASS Award, the USBWA National Player of the Year Award and record for players who have played more than two seasons. Grant is XU’s highest NBA Draft pick ever at eighth copies of the Basketball Times 2003 Player of the Year edition. in 1994. The ceremony was held last season during halftime of the Temple game on Jan. 22, 2011. 148 6 STRAIGHT NCAAS | 2011-12 | P. DOUGLAS O’KEEFE ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME While there will be no additions to the Xavier University Athletic Hall of Fame during the 2011-12 school year, basketball fans are still talking about last year’s event and inductees. Xavier’s impressive 2010 Athletic Hall of Fame class included two of the brightest stars from Xavier’s basketball history: the late George E. “Skip” Prosser, who enjoyed a 15-year career at Xavier as a head basketball coach and assistant coach. David M. West (’03) was the 2003 National Player of the Year and a three-time selection as Atlantic 10 Confer- ence Player of the Year. The 2010 inductees brought the total to 108 individuals that are honored in the P. Douglas O’Keefe Athletic Hall of Fame at Cintas Center. These honorees and many others are hon- ored in the displays at Cintas Center. The Cintas Center display, which opened in 2005, is the result of a gift from 1959 graduate P. Douglas O’Keefe. The hall was constructed on the Cintas Center concourse. The hall includes display cases with a variety of memorabilia and trophies, video monitors and much more. HALL OF FAME MEMBERS Arthur A. Hauser (’54) ------------------------------------------- football Jason A. Parker (’96) ------------------------------------------------ rifle Anthony J. Hicks (’83) ---------------------------------------- basketball Hal Pennington (’34) ------------------------------- football, basketball Daniel S.