2011-12 Hofstra Men's Basketball Media Guide - GoHofstra.com
2011-12 Hofstra Men's Basketball Media Guide - GoHofstra.com
2011-12 Hofstra Men's Basketball Media Guide - GoHofstra.com
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Men’s <strong>Basketball</strong> Retired Jerseys<br />
Craig “Speedy” Claxton<br />
• Finished his career with 2,015 points, while setting <strong>Hofstra</strong> records<br />
for career assists and steals<br />
• Two-time America East Conference Player of the Year<br />
• Earned the Haggerty Award as a senior<br />
• First round draft pick of the Philadelphia 76ers<br />
• Member of the 2003 NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs<br />
All-Time<br />
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Rich Laurel<br />
• Finished his career with<br />
2,102 points<br />
• Averaged 30.3 points per<br />
game as a senior, a <strong>Hofstra</strong><br />
record which still stands<br />
• Earned the Haggerty Award<br />
in 1977<br />
• Led <strong>Hofstra</strong> to its first<br />
two NCAA Division I<br />
Tournament appearances<br />
• First round draft pick of the Portland Trail Blazers<br />
• 2009 <strong>Hofstra</strong> Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee<br />
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Steve<br />
Nisenson<br />
• Scored 2,222 points during his<br />
three-year career, which stood<br />
as the school record for 43<br />
years<br />
• Named to All-America Team<br />
in 1963 and 1964<br />
• 1965 fifth round draft choice<br />
of the New York Knicks<br />
• Inducted into the <strong>Hofstra</strong><br />
Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006<br />
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Bill Thieben<br />
• Ranks as <strong>Hofstra</strong> all-time<br />
leading rebounder (1,837) and<br />
is among the program’s scoring<br />
leaders (2,045)<br />
• Career scoring and rebounding<br />
averages of 26.9 and 24.2,<br />
respectively, are tops in<br />
program history<br />
• Was an All-America selection in<br />
1955 and 1956<br />
• Won the Haggerty Award in<br />
1956<br />
• Drafted by the Fort Wayne<br />
Pistons of the NBA in 1956<br />
• Inducted into <strong>Hofstra</strong> Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006<br />
Charles<br />
Jenkins<br />
• Finished his career as <strong>Hofstra</strong>’s<br />
all-time leading scorer with 2,513<br />
points<br />
• Just the 63rd player in NCAA<br />
history to score more than 2,500<br />
points<br />
• Finished his career second all-time<br />
in the CAA in scoring behind NBA<br />
legend David Robinson<br />
• All-America selection in 2010 and<br />
<strong>2011</strong><br />
• Won the Haggerty Award three consecutive years (2009, 2010, <strong>2011</strong>)<br />
• Named CAA Player of the Year as a junior and senior<br />
• Became the first <strong>Hofstra</strong> student-athlete to have his jersey retired<br />
while still an active player<br />
• Second round selection of the Golden State Warriors in the <strong>2011</strong><br />
NBA Draft<br />
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