Sandy
McClain, was an all-conference performer for the Trojans and played on
Trevecca's first men's basketball national tournament team during his
two-year career, 1986-1988.
He finished his career with the best per
game scoring average (19.01) in school history. McClain, a Nashville
native, held six Trevecca records after just two years in a Trojan
uniform and helped lead the 1986-1987 team to the NAIA Elite 8 with a
program best 30-4 record.
McClain, a graduate of Nashville Stratford
high school was known for his beautiful and accurate three-point
shooting, but his contributions to the team did not stop there. During
the 1986-1987 season he averaged 17.7 ppg and scored 606 points. He
averaged 6.7 rebounds per game, hit 46 three-point baskets and dished
out 119 assists. During his senior season (1987-1988) McClain averaged
20.7 ppg, 47.2% field goal shooting, and 6.1 rpg. He also added 114
assists and made 51 three-point baskets. For his efforts he was named
to the all-conference team.
In his career McClain scored 1,160 points,
hit 97 three-point baskets, shot 36.6% from three-point range, and
averaged 6.4 rpg and 3.81 assists per game. His point total was tenth
best at the time, and his scoring average per game is still third best
all-time. His two teams combined for a 49-12 record.
Sandy McClain Career & Season - Statistics and Records
Career Numbers 1,160 pts (tenth at the time) 394 Rebounds 233 Assists 97 career 3PT FG (school record) 265 career 3PT FG attempts (school record) Held 5 School records in just 2 years.
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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.