Avery
Patton joined the TNU Hall of Fame elite in 1994 after four successful
seasons with the Trevecca men's basketball team from 1983-1987. Patton
helped the 1986-87 Trojans earn their first ever bid to the NAIA
Tournament and holds at least three current school records. Patton
ranks second all-time with 2,424 career points and 613 career assists.
Avery is the first Trojan to be drafted in professional basketball.
Avery was drafted by the Albany Patrons in 1987. That team was coached
by George Carl.
Avery Patton Career & Season - Statistics and Records
1983-84 (Freshman) All-TCAC
1984-85 (Sophomore) All-District 24 All-TCAC NAIA District 24 Player of the Week
1985-86 (Junior) NAIA All-American Honorable Mention All-District 24 All-TCAC NAIA District 24 Player of the Week
1986-87 (Senior) 1.215 minutes played (school record) NAIA All-American First Team NAIA District 24 Player of the Year All-District 24 All-TCAC NAIA District 24 Player of the Week
Career Notes 613 career assists (second all-time) 2.424 career points (second all-time) Held several school records upon graduation including: Three pointers in a game assists in a game assists in a season field goals made in a season field goals made in a career points in a game (43)
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Trevecca Nazarene
University is pleased to announce its 2011 Athletic Hall of Fame Class.
Michelle Arend Plummer, Lindsey Fly Strickland, Jami Toomey Warren, and
Mauricio Azevedo Dos Santos will be inducted during Trevecca's annual Homecoming
weekend on Saturday, November 5.
This year's class has a multi-sport
flair, with volleyball (Plummer), basketball (Strickland), softball (Warren),
and soccer (Dos Santos) represented. The selection of Dos Santos marks
the first time a soccer player has been inducted into the Trevecca Athletic Hall of Fame.
Plummer is the fourth volleyball
player to be introduced and the first since 1999 when Brenda Steen Gray was
chosen for the Hall of Fame. Others selected in the sport of volleyball are
Allison Hendershot Stark and Carol Ernest Schneidmiller.
Fly is the fifth to be chosen in women's basketball. She joins fellow women's basketball honorees Carol
Ernest Schneidmiller, Hilary Howard Montgomery, Molly Schoenberg Harned, and
Jennifer Wilson in the Hall of Fame.
Warren is the third softball player
to be selected for the Hall of Fame. She joins Brandy Barnett Brown and Wendy
Allen Apanco as softball players in the TNU Athletic Hall of Fame.
With these inductions, 51
individuals are now members of the Trevecca Athletic Hall of Fame. Begun in
1993, the Athletic Hall of Fame honors individuals who have made outstanding
contributions within the Trevecca intercollegiate athletic program, which
started in 1969.
All four of the 2011 members have
agreed to be on hand for induction into the Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday,
November 5, 2011. The official presentation and induction will take place
during halftime of the women's Homecoming basketball game in Moore Gym.
Both Trojan basketball teams will
open regular season play at Homecoming. The women's team will host Point Loma
Nazarene at 3:00, and the men will host Michigan-Dearborn at 5:00 p.m. The Hall
of Fame Induction will occur Saturday shortly after the first half of the
women's basketball game.