Tyrone Hopkins (2012) - Hall of Fame - University of Central Oklahoma Athletics

Hall of Fame

Tyrone Hopkins

Induction

2012
Sport(s)

Men's Basketball

Tyrone Hopkins put together an amazing two-year career at UCO in the mid-1990s as an inside scoring and rebounding force, finishing his career with 1,233 points. That ranks 22nd on the school's overall scoring list and is the fourth-best among two-year players.

Tyrone averaged a Lone Star Conference-leading 23.4 points a game as a junior in 1996-96 while adding 8.5 rebounds, 3.3 steals and 2.0 assists to win LSC Player of the Year honors and earn All-America accolades and he came back with a better season as a senior.

Hopkins missed the first six games of the 1996-97 campaign to injury, but returned to lead the conference in both scoring (24.0) and rebounding (11.0) -- ranking among the Division II leaders in both categories -- to repeat as LSC Player of the Year and claim first-team All-America honors. He led UCO to a 24-5 record, the regular season and LSC Tournament titles and a berth in the national tournament with a No. 4 ranking in the final poll.

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