Nov. 8, 2011
• NCAA Silver Anniversary Award Winners
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The NCAA has named six former student-athletes as recipients of its Silver Anniversary Award that annually recognizes distinguished individuals on the 25th anniversary of the conclusion of their college athletics careers.
The 2012 recipients are Doris Burke, Tim Brown, Kevin Johnson, Sean Payton, Amy Perko and David Robinson. The awardees will be recognized at the Honors Celebration on Jan. 13 during the NCAA Convention in Indianapolis.
In four years in Annapolis (1984-87), Robinson sprouted eight inches and his court numbers swelled. He claimed a pair of national blocked shot titles, as well as a rebounding crown while scoring 2,669 points in his career, the 21st most in NCAA history. Over his final three years, Robinson scored 2,455 points, averaging 24.8 ppg from his sophomore to his senior season.
During his time at Navy, Robinson surpassed the 30-point barrier 30 times, including a remarkable 50 points in his final collegiate game, a 97-82 NCAA first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Michigan. The 50 points still ranks as the sixth-best scoring output in an NCAA Tournament game and is the most in an NCAA Tournament game since 1971.
In addition, Robinson still holds the NCAA record for double-doubles in a season with the 31 he recorded in the 1986 campaign.
Before Robinson, no player in NCAA history had scored 2,500 points, grabbed 1,300 rebounds (1,314) and shot better than 60 percent from the field (.613).
Robinson's lore continued to grow in the NBA, where he was named the league MVP in 1995, Defensive Player of the Year in 1992 and Rookie of the Year in 1990. He and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are the only two players to lead the league in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots, and Robinson is the only player in NBA history to be named to the All-NBA team as well as the All-Defensive team in each of his first seven years. Lastly, he was named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players of All-Time.
After a career that spanned 14 seasons in the NBA where he led the San Antonio Spurs to two world championships (1999, 2003), he was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2009 with Michael Jordan, C. Vivian Stringer, Jerry Sloan and John Stockton.
Robinson founded the Carver Academy in San Antonio and formed Admiral Capital Group to invest in opportunities that provide both financial and social returns. In 1998, Robinson made good on a promise to fifth-grade students in 1991 by awarding $8,000 scholarships to students who completed high school and enrolled in college.
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