Morgan State Legend Marvin Webster to be Inducted in Small College Basketball Hall of Fame

BALDWIN CITY, Kansas-- Morgan State men's basketball great Marvin Webster will be inducted in the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame, it was announced on Monday afternoon. This year's class – the third in Small College Basketball Hall of Fame history – includes 12 members.

The 2018 Small College Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 2 at the Stoney Creek Inn and Conference Center in St. Joseph, Mo.

Dubbed "The Human Eraser," the late Marvin Webster was one of the most dominant big men in college basketball history. From 1971–75, Webster tallied an NCAA record 2,267 rebounds, and his 740 boards in 1974 and 650 in 1973 are the two highest single-season totals in Division II history. Webster was a three-time Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Year, and he holds Bears program records in rebounding, blocks, field goals made and free throws made. He averaged 21 points, 22.4 rebounds and eight blocked shots in 1973–74, leading Morgan to the Division II national title.

Webster was drafted in the first round by both the NBA and ABA in 1975 and played 10 professional seasons. He played for the Denver Nuggets in the ABA and for the Seattle Supersonics and the New York Knicks in the NBA. 

Criteria for selection into the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame

• Must have played, coached or contributed at the small college level (four-year, non-NCAA Division I)
• Focus is on accomplishments/contributions specifically at the collegiate level
• Players must be a minimum of five years removed from their final year of their collegiate career. Coaches must be a minimum of three years removed from their last season of their coaching career.  There is no such timetable for contributors.
• All players, coaches and contributors that have not been inducted into the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame will continue to be eligible for annual consideration, as long as they meet the above guidelines. There is no timetable whereby candidates rotate off/out of consideration.

The Hall of Fame class includes coach John Wooden, who led Indiana State to the 1948 NAIA title game, and playing greats Marvin Webster (Morgan State) ,Charles Oakley of Virginia Union, Leonard "Truck" Robinson (Tennessee State), ML Carr (Guilford), Pat Douglass (Cal State Bakersfield), Philip Hutcheson (Lipscomb), Earl Jones (District of Columbia), John Pierce (Lipscomb), Clarence Walker (Indiana State), John Barnhill (Tennessee A&I), and Terry Porter (Wisconsin-Stevens Point).
 
About Morgan
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution offering more than 100 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.