David Blanford

Inducted in 2004
In the Category of Student Athlete
M Basketball
As a Trojan
David Blanford, had a all-American career while playing for Trevecca from 1993-1997. Blanford joins his former high school coach and fellow Mount Juliet High School alum Tim Bell in the Trevecca Hall of Fame.

Blanford scored 1,762 points (14.6 per game), dished out a school record 712 assists (5.88 per game), and is still tied for a school-record 15 assists in one game. Blanford was key part of the rebuilding of the Trojan basketball program in the mid '90s. His final two years at Trevecca saw winning records which broke a string of five consecutive losing seasons.

He started his career averaging 13.97 ppg and 5.97 apg in his freshman season, 1993-1994. In his sophomore season he shot 47.7% from three-point range and dished out another 173 assists. In his junior (1995-1996) year Blanford led Trevecca to its first winning season (17-16) since the 1990-91 season by averaging 16.2 ppg, shooting 53% from the field and 42.9% from three-point range. He also dished out 165 assists. In his senior season (1996-97) Blanford led Trevecca to a 19-14 record by averaging 18.5 points per game and by shooting 87.4% from the foul line and 42.3% from three-point range. Blanford was also honored with an NAIA Player of the Week Award during his career.

Blanford still holds the career record for assists and is tied for the most assists in a game. He remains fifth on the all-time scoring list. At the completion of his career in 1997, he also held the record for free-throw percentage in a season with 87.43%. In the fall of 2004 Blanford will begin his third season as assistant men's basketball coach.

Career & Season - Statistics and Records
Records are based on statistics through 2002-03 season

1993-94 (Freshmen)
13.2 ppg
397 points
5.97 apg
28 steals
31.2 3PT%

1994-95 (Sophomore)
9.41 ppg
173 assists
254 pts
47.7 3PT %
80.2 FT %

1995-96 (Junior)
16.2 ppg
501 pts
 165 assists
 53 FG%
42.9 3PT%

1996-97 (Senior)
18.5 ppg
610 points
195 assists
87.4 FT%
42.3 3PT%

Career Numbers
Career Records
712 Career assists 1st - 5.88 Assists Per Game
1,762 Career Points 5th - 14.62 Points Per Game
NAIA National Player of the Week
NAIA All American - 3rd team

Season Records
87.43 FT% - record at time of graduation

Game Records
15 assists
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.

YearInducteeSport(s)Category InductedGrad Date
1993Mary Lee FielderMeritorious ServiceMeritorious Service1948
1993Dick JohanssonM TennisStudent Athlete1985
1993Alan SmithTennisCoach
1993Melvin TaylorM BasketballStudent Athlete1983
1994Ulf DahlstromM TennisStudent Athlete
1994Avery PattonM BasketballStudent Athlete1987
1994Arthur "Toby" WilliamsMeritorious ServiceMeritorious Service
1995Tim BellBaseball/M BasketballStudent Athlete1987
1995Deborah Ann Lore CoachMeritorious Service / Coach
1996Allison Hendershot StarkVolleyballStudent Athlete
1997Carol Ernest SchneidmillerW Basketball, V-ball, TennisStudent Athlete1979
1997Mac HeaberlinM BasketballStudent Athlete1988
1997J. Dwight RagsdaleMeritorious ServiceMeritorious Service1967
1997David SuddethM BasketballStudent Athlete1992
1997Todd WelchMeritorious ServiceMeritorious Service
1999Roger CostaMeritorious ServiceMeritorious Service
1999Brenda Steen GrayVolleyballStudent Athlete
2002Fred HarrisM BasketballMeritorious Service / Coach / Student Athlete
2002Blanchard HowardM BasketballStudent Athlete1978
2002Ken StegallMeritorious ServiceMeritorious Service1983
2002Brad StuartBaseball1990
2002Charles TorainM Basketball, BaseballStudent Athlete1973
2003Charles "Popcorn" ThompsonBaseballStudent Athlete1988
2003Magnus BerglundM TennisStudent Athlete1990
2003Roger BrownBaseballStudent Athlete1995
2003Randy BurgettBaseballStudent Athlete1980
2004David BlanfordM BasketballStudent Athlete2001
2004Troy HaydelBaseballStudent Athlete1985
2004Calvin HolmesM BasketballStudent Athlete1982
2004Sandy McClainM BasketballStudent Athlete1988
2005Brandy Barnett BrownSoftballStudent Athlete1997
2005Clay BooneBaseballStudent Athlete1990
2005Juan GaratM TennisStudent Athlete1992
2005Jeremy ToddBaseballStudent Athlete2001
2007Michael BlivensM BasketballStudent Athlete2001
2007Bill GreenBaseballCoach
2007Kenny ThomasBaseballStudent Athlete1978
2008Jim HendershotMeritorious ServiceMeritorious Service1967
2008Scott JonesVolleyballCoach
2009Wendy Allen ApancoSoftballStudent Athlete2003
2009Kevin BrownBaseballStudent Athlete1995
2009Hilary Howard MontgomeryW BasketballStudent Athlete2003
2009Elliot JohnsonBaseballCoach
2009Molly Schoenberg HarnedW BasketballStudent Athlete2002
2010Will PartinM BasketballStudent Athlete2003
2010Jennifer WilsonW BasketballStudent Athlete2003
2010Frank WilsonM BasketballCoach
2011Michelle Arend PlummerVolleyballStudent Athlete2002
2011Mauricio Azevedo Dos SantosM SoccerStudent Athlete2004
2011Lindsey Fly StricklandW BasketballStudent Athlete2004
2011Jami Toomey WarrenSoftballStudent Athlete2005