Hargrave Postgraduate Basketball recently celebrated it’s 30th season. To commemorate the sustained excellence of the program, we are proud to announce our All-Decade teams from the 1990’s, 2000’s (released tomorrow), and 2010’s (released Friday). The teams were selected by a panel of Hargrave insiders and are comprised of five players and one coach, all of whom had a tremendous impact on the Hargrave Basketball program.
All-Decade Team: 1990’s
Josh Howard (’98-’99): Howard averaged a double-double for the Tigers with 19.9 points and 10.1 rebounds per game while leading his team to a 27-3 record. He continued his career at Wake Forest University where he was the ACC Player of the Year, an AP All-American, and a Wooden Award Finalist. He would then be drafted in the First Round of the NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks. Howard enjoyed an 11-year NBA career that included an All-Star appearance in 2007. For his NBA career, Howard averaged 14.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. Howard is a member of the Hargrave Basketball Hall of Fame and is currently the Head Coach at the University of North Texas at Dallas.
James Thomas (’99-’00): Thomas was a standout for a Hargrave team that went 23-2 and climbed as high as #2 in the national rankings. He went on to play at the University of Texas and averaged a double-double in the 2002-03 season with 11.1 points and 11 rebounds per game. Thomas then had a 10-year professional career that included time with four different NBA teams and Thomas also played for some of the top European League teams as well.
Lonnie Baxter (’97-’98): Baxter starred for the 1997-98 Hargrave team that went 23-1 and earned a #1 national ranking. He averaged a double-double at Hargrave with 21 points and 11 rebounds per game, including a massive 28-point, 15-rebound game against arch-rival, Fork Union. He then had a decorated career at the University of Maryland where he earned All-ACC honors three times. Baxter particularly left his mark in Maryland folklore with his performances in the NCAA Tournament, earned All-Region honors twice while helping lead the Terps to a Final Four appearance in 2001 and a National Championship in 2002. He was drafted in the Second Round of the NBA Draft in 2002 and had an 11-year professional career, spending time with six NBA teams.
David West (’98-’99): West was a star on the 1998-99 Hargrave team that ended with a 27-3 record while advancing all the way to the National Championship game. West would go on to have one of the most decorated careers of any athlete at Xavier University, earning a bevy of recognition. He was a 3-time All-Atlantic 10 selection, a 3-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Year choice, a consensus AP All-American, the Oscar Robertson Award winner and the AP National Player of the Year in 2003. He became only the second player in Xavier history to score 2,000 points and collect 1,000 rebounds. West was a First Round draft pick of the New Orleans Hornets in 2003 and continued his success at the NBA level. He averaged 13.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game over a 15-year NBA career that included All-Star selections in 2008 and 2009. In 2017 and 2018, he was a member of the Golden State Warriors teams that won NBA Championships. West is a member of the Hargrave Basketball Hall of Fame, the Xavier University Athletics Hall of Fame, and has his #30 jersey retired at Xavier as well.
Korleone Young (’97-’98): Young holds a special place in Hargrave’s history as he was the Academy’s first McDonald’s All-American selection and the only Tiger to be selected in the NBA Draft directly out of high school. Young was ranked as one of the top recruits in his class and was a huge draw for crowds all across the country in his year at Hargrave. Additionally, he earned 1st Team Parade All-American honors twice. Young was selected in the Second Round of the 1998 NBA Draft and had a 7-year professional career between the NBA, Australia, and Russia.
Scott Shepherd (Coach; ’94-’99): Shepherd manned the sidelines for the Tigers from the 1994-95 season to the 1998-99 season. He compiled an overall record of 127-18 (87.6% winning percentage) and had multiple teams ranked in the top 3 nationally. He sent over fifty players to NCAA Division 1 schools in his time as head coach. Shepherd moved on from Hargrave to accept a position as an Assistant Coach at the University of Virginia for the 1999-2000 season.
