Oregon's Wilkins named to Hall of Fame
The Pac-10 Conference will honor former student-athletes, including Oregon's Kenya Wilkins, during the 2010 Men's basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony during the Pac-10 Tournament. A four-year starting point guard, Kenya Wilkins was the floor general that changed the reputation of Oregon basketball. As the school's career assist (614) and steal (213) leader, he led the Ducks to their first NCAA tournament in 34 years (1995) and the NIT tournament the following season. He started and played in every game of his career (112) and averaged 13.3 points. Starting with the 1993-94 season, Wilkins led the Ducks to three-straight winning seasons after Oregon had just four winning seasons in the previous 16 years. Wilkins later played professional basketball in Europe and South American before starting his coaching career. As an assistance coach of California State University, Northridge, he helped the Matadores to a third-place finish in the Big West Conference in 2002. Wilkins will be joined in the Pac-10 basketball Hall of Fame class of 2010 by: Mike Bibby (Arizona), Jeremy Veal (Arizona State), Earl Robinson (California), KeDave Gambee (Oregon State), John Arrillaga (Stanford) Reggie Miller (UCLA), John Block (USC), Eldridge Recasner (Washington) and Paul Lindemann (Washington State). The induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 13 during the Pac-10 Hall of Honor luncheon.
