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LeVelle Moton, a native of Raleigh, NC (Enloe High School), capped his historic NCCU hardwood career (1992-96) by being named the 1996 CIAA Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, becoming the first Eagle to earn the honor.
He is currently the school’s third all-time leading scorer with 1,714 points, just 31 points shy of Boston Celtics great and NBA Hall of Famer Sam Jones.
During his junior and senior seasons, Moton was voted All-CIAA First Team, NCAA Division II South Atlantic All-Region First Team and NCAA Division II All-America Honorable Mention. As a junior (1994-95), he topped the CIAA and was No. 16 in the NCAA Division II in scoring with an average of 23.5 points per game, while also establishing a new single-season standard at NCCU by scoring 611 points. As a senior (1995-96), he placed second in the CIAA with 21.3 points per game and ranked among the conference’s top 10
statistical leaders in assists, free throw percentage and 3-point field goal percentage.
Moton played on three CIAA Southern Division Championship teams and made
two trips to the NCAA playoffs, including an NCAA Division II South Atlantic Regional Championship title in 1993.
After NCCU, he played professional basketball in Indonesia, Germany and Israel. He is currently the head boys basketball coach at Sanderson High School in Raleigh, N.C.
(bio from program at the time of induction)
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