Michael Blivens played for the Trojans during the 1999-2000 and
2000-2001 seasons and set several records in addition to leading the
Trojans to the NAIA National Tournament his senior season. The
Nashville Maplewood High School product set the Trevecca record for
three-point field-goal attempts in a season, career free-throw
percentage, steals in a game, and tied the record for free throws
attempted and made during a game. Blivens averaged 22.7 points per game
his senior year, fifth best in the NAIA.
Blivens was known for his scoring, but more impressive was his intense
desire and unwillingness to allow the team to lose, a trait evidenced
by his 326 rebounds in two seasons despite being a 6'1" guard.
During his senior year he scored 20 points or more in 17 games and
scored 30 points or more in seven games. He had five games with a
double-double. He finished his career at Trevecca with 1,377 points,
157 steals, 135 assists, and 326 rebounds. He reached the
1,000-point-career-scoring mark in a Trevecca- record 51 games.
He was named to the TranSouth Athletic Conference First Team as well as
to the NAIA All-American Third Team. As a junior he was named to the
All-TranSouth East Division Team. He was also named the TranSouth
Player of the Week on two occasions.
Blivens transferred to Trevecca from NCAA Division I Mississippi Valley
State University and started his college career by playing for Aquinas
College. 1999-2000
• Scored 19.1 points per game
• Scored a total of 650 points his junior year
• Had 83 steals
• Had a season record of 217 three-point field goal attempts
• Named to the TranSouth All Conference Team
2000-2001
• Scored 22.7 points pr game
• Scored a total of 727 points his senior year
• Fifth in NAIA scoring
• Eighth in NAIA field throw percentage
• Tied school record of 18 free throws in a game
• Tied school record of 20 attempted free throws in a game
• Set school record for free throw percentage (87.61%)
• Set school record for steals in a game (10)
• Named TranSouth Player of the Week
• Named to the TranSouth All Conference Team
• Named to the NAIA 3rd Team All American
Eleventh on the career leaders list for most points scored (1,377)
Ended his career with 157 steals, 135 assists, and 326 rebounds
After Graduation
Trojan Hall of Fame
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.