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Mr. Roy Ebron (Deceased)
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Home Phone: -- Oct. 2, 2014 Matt Sullivan, Sports Information LAFAYETTE – Roy Ebron, who helped lead the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns basketball team to unprecedented heights in the early 1970’s and finished as the school’s all-time leading rebounder, died Sunday at his home in St. Rose, La. He was 63. A three-year letterwinner for head coach Beryl Shipley from 1970-73, the 6-foot-9, 220-pound Ebron was an honorable mention All-American selection in 1972 and was a two-time, first-team All-Southland Conference pick. Ebron, who teammed with Dwight “Bo’ Lamar during the Ragin’ Cajuns’ incredible run on the court, also earned All-Gulf States Conference honors during his career and was a two-time All-Louisiana selection. He helped lead the Ragin’ Cajuns to two straight NCAA Division I Tournament appearances and a third-place finish in the NCAA Division II Tournament. Ebron averaged 15.6 points and 10.2 rebounds in 1971 before posting career-highs with 23.0 points and 14.2 rebounds in 1972. He closed out his career with a 19.5 scoring and 12.3 rebounding average for the Ragin’ Cajuns before becoming a fourth-round selection by the New York Knicks in the 1974 NBA Draft. He played one season with the ABA’s Utah Stars. He finished his career as the fourth-leading scorer (currently is seventh) with 1,683 points and is the Ragin’ Cajuns all-time leading rebounder with 1,064. His 19.4 career scoring average ranks sixth in school history, his 12.2 career rebounding average is second and his career 57.9 percent field goal accuracy is third. Ebron was enshrined in the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame in May, becoming the sixth player and ninth overall member of the program to be inducted. Ebron joined Lamar (1969-73) in the Louisiana Hall of Fame along with former Dean Church (1960-65), Marvin Winkler (1966-70), Jerry Flake (1965-69) and Andrew Toney (1976-80). Shipley, a 1986 inductee into the Hall of Fame, is one of three coaches enshrined along with legendary coach J.C. “Dutch” Reinhardt (1931-57) and Bobby Paschal (1978-86). A memorial service for Ebron will be conducted at a later date. * * * * * BATON ROUGE — A 1970s era star from University of Louisiana at Lafayette, a highly successful coach at the University of New Orleans and a long-time Baton Rouge area high school coach were the major honorees at Saturday’s 40th Annual Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Awards Banquet. Inducted into the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame were University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Roy Ebron and University of New Orleans’ Tim Floyd. The other major honoree was East Ascension High School coach Kenny Almond, who received the LABC’s Mr. Louisiana Basketball award. This award is given annually to someone who has made a significant, long-term contribution to the game of basketball at any level in the State of Louisiana. Also honored at the banquet were Louisiana’s major college, small college, junior college and high school basketball players and coaches of the year, along with the top pro player from the state. Ebron played for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana) from 1970 to 1973, where he was an honorable mention All-American in 1972 and a two-time first team All-Southland Conference selection. He finished his three-year career as the fourth leading scorer and leading rebounder in Ragin Cajun history, with career averages of 19.3 points and 12.2 rebounds, which included six games of 20 or more rebounds. He also had a 57.9% career field goal percentage. Ebron averaged 19.5 points and 12.3 rebounds in 1973; 23.0 points, 14.2 rebounds and shot 61.0% from the field (ranking 7th in the nation) in 1972; and 15.6 points and 10.2 rebounds in 1971. He helped lead UL-Lafayette to two straight regional semifinal finishes in the NCAA Division I Tournament and a third place finish in the NCAA Division II Tournament. Floyd coached at the University of New Orleans from 1988 to 1994, where he won 126 games and lost only 59, for a 68% career winning percentage. He was a two-time conference Coach of the Year and Louisiana Coach of the Year, leading the Privateers to four conference regular season championships and one conference tournament championship. Floyd’s UNO teams made two NCAA Tournament appearances and three NIT appearances, advancing to the NIT quarterfinals in 1990 and the second round in 1994. He posted four 20-win seasons, including seasons of 26-4, 23-8, 21-11, 20-10 and 19-11. During his 38 seasons of coaching high school basketball in the Baton Rouge area at East Ascension, Woodlawn, Lee and Central, Almond has compiled an 876-388 record and earned three state championships along with four state runner-up finishes and 14 district championships. His career win total ranks 7th nationally among all active high school coaches. Almond has been a three-time state high school coach of the year and his 2003 Woodlawn squad finished the season 39-0 and ranked sixth in the nation. His last two Woodlawn teams won 56 consecutive games to set a record in the state’s largest classification. In 2012 he was inducted into the Louisiana High School Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The LABC also presented the Pete Maravich Memorial Award, honoring Louisiana’s Major College Player of the Year, to junior guard Elfrid Payton of UL-Lafayette. This season Payton was a CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major All-American and a first team All-Sun Belt Conference and All-Louisiana selection. He was also the CollegeInsider.com National Defensive Player of the Year and the SBC Defensive Player of the Year. He averaged 19.2 points and 6.0 rebounds, while leading the SBC in assists (5.94 avg.) and steals (2.29 avg.) . He scored in double figures in 32 of 35 games and had single game highs of 34 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists and 6 steals. Coach Michael White of Louisiana Tech received the Tommy Joe Eagles Memorial Award as Louisiana’s Major College Coach of the Year. In his third season, he led the Bulldogs to the Conference USA regular season championship, to the finals of the C-USA Tournament and to the quarterfinals of the NIT with a 29-8 record. The 29 wins tied for the most in school history. The Bob Pettit Award, which is given to Louisiana’s Professional Player of the Year, was presented to forward Paul Millsap of the Atlanta Hawks. In his eighth year in the NBA, the former Louisiana Tech star averaged 17.9 points and 8.5 rebounds. Millsap had 30 double-double games and had single game highs of 34 points, 17 rebounds, 10 assists and 6 steals. He was also selected for the NBA All-Star Game for the first time. Senior guard Jonathan Blount of Centenary received the Louisiana Small College Player of the Year award after being named an honorable mention DIII News All-American, a first team All-Louisiana selection and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Year, while averaging an SCAC-record 24.4 points and setting a school single game scoring record of 53 points. Coach Dannton Jackson of Xavier, who was named the Louisiana Small College Coach of the Year, guided the Gold Rush to a No. 12 ranking in the final regular season national poll, to the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular season championship and to the NAIA National Tournament with a 23-9 record, despite having to replace five senior starters. Jackson was the GCAC Coach of the Year for a league-record third consecutive year and became the school’s career leader in coaching victories in December. Mark Gray and Coach David Francis of Southern-Shreveport were honored as the Louisiana Junior College Player and Coach of the Year, respectively. Gray, a sophomore center, averaged 14 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. Francis led the Port City Jags to the Miss-Lou Conference championship and to the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament with a 20-7 record. This was Francis’ 10th conference championship in 14 seasons. 2014 LABC Honorees: Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees: Roy Ebron, UL-Lafayette; Tim Floyd, New Orleans Mr. Louisiana Basketball: Kenny Almond, Baton Rouge Bob Pettit Award for the Louisiana Professional Player of the Year: Paul Millsap, Atlanta Hawks Pete Maravich Memorial Award for the Louisiana Major College Player of the Year: Elfrid Payton, UL-Lafayette Tommy Joe Eagles Memorial Award for the Louisiana Major College Coach of the Year: Michael White, Louisiana Tech Louisiana Small College Player of the Year: Jonathan Blount, Centenary Louisiana Small College Coach of the Year: Dannton Jackson, Xavier Louisiana Junior College Player of the Year: Mark Gray, Southern-Shreveport Louisiana Junior College Coach of the Year: David Francis, Southern-Shreveport Louisiana High School Players of the Year: Class AAAAA: Greg White-Pittman, Holy Cross Class AAAA: Tyree Griffin, Landry-Walker Class AAA: Reginal Johnson, Jr., Richwood Class AA: Malik Crowfield, Riverside Class A: Johnathan Stove, Christian Life Class B: Brennan Maddox, Fairview Class C: Javier Roper, New Living Word Louisiana High School Coaches of the Year: Class AAAAA: Micah Coleman, Natchitoches Central Class AAAA: Brian Gibson, Landry-Walker Class AAA: Joe Spencer, University Class AA: Joshua Hancock, Lakeview Class A: Byron Starks, Lafayette Christian Class B: Ron Stark, Fairview Class C: Curtis Shavers, Sicily Island * * * * * * * * * * Two stories are contained in this posting: one from Scott Landry, LABC and one by UL Sports Information, Matt Sullivan. The one from LABC was written by Bruce Brown and is one of a three-part series. Center Roy Ebron lead the Cajuns with 12.3 rebounds in 72-73. He also set a Cajun record with 20 rebounds against Rhode Island Click here for more information on the 1972-73 Men’s Basketball Team. Contact: I am attaching three feature stories (in MS Word format) in connection with the 40th Annual Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches Awards Banquet to be held on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Baton Rouge. Also attached are image files to accompany each story. These three feature stories are intended to be part of a series, with the stories (and associated photographs) highlighting the 2014 inductees into the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame and our 2014 Mr. Louisiana Basketball award recipient. The Hall of Fame inductees are former University of Louisiana at Lafayette player Roy Ebron (1970-73) and former University of New Orleans coach Tim Floyd (1988-94). Our Mr. Louisiana Basketball award winner this year is long-time Baton Rouge area high school coach Kenny Almond. The end of each story describes the banquet and provides ticket information. I would ask that you publish these stories (with associated photographs) as a three-part series in the order indicated at the top of each story, beginning no earlier than April 29 and ending no later than May 3. The first story is about Roy Ebron, the second is about Tim Floyd and the third is about Kenny Almond. I also invite you to attend the banquet in Baton Rouge. In addition to the induction of the new Hall of Fame members and the presentation of our Mr. Louisiana Basketball award, the banquet will include recognition of Louisiana’s major college, small college, junior college and high school players and coaches of the year, as well as the top pro player from the state. If you have any questions or will be attending the banquet, please contact me at (225) 205-8594 as soon as possible. Thank you for your assistance. D. Scott Landry Note: This is the first in a series of three feature stories on this year’s inductees into the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame and this year’s recipient of the LABC’s Mr. Louisiana Basketball award. The 2014 inductees will be former University of Louisiana at Lafayette player Roy Ebron (1970-73) and former University of New Orleans coach Tim Floyd. Mr. Louisiana Basketball for 2014 is long-time Baton Rouge area high school coach Kenny Almond. * * * * * * * * * * Ebron, a three-year letterwinner for head coach Beryl Shipley from 1970-73, was an honorable mention All-American in 1972. A two-time, first-team All-Southland Conference, Ebron also earned All-Gulf States Conference honors and was a two-time All-Louisiana selection. He helped lead the Ragin’ Cajuns to two straight NCAA Division I Tournament appearances and a third-place finish in the NCAA Division II Tournament. He finished his three-year career as the fourth-leading scorer (currently seventh) with 1,683 points and is the Ragin’ Cajuns all-time leading rebounder with 1,064. His 19.4 career scoring average currently ranks sixth in school history, his 12.2 career rebounding average is second and his career 57.9 percent field goal accuracy is third. Ebron averaged 15.6 points and 10.2 rebounds in 1971 before posting career-highs with 23.0 points and 14.2 rebounds in 1972. He closed out his career with a 19.5 scoring and 12.3 rebounding average for the Ragin’ Cajuns before becoming a fourth-round selection by the New York Knicks in the 1974 NBA Draft. He had six games of 20 or more rebounds, including a single-game high of 28 against Northwestern State on Jan. 10, 1972. Ebron joins former Ragin’ Cajuns teammate Dwight “Bo” Lamar (1969-73) in the Louisiana Hall of Fame along with former Ragin’ Cajuns players Dean Church (1960-65), Marvin Winkler (1966-70), Jerry Flake (1965-69) and Andrew Toney (1976-80). Shipley, a 1986 inductee into the Hall of Fame, is one of three coaches enshrined along with legendary coach J.C. “Dutch” Reinhardt (1931-57) and Bobby Paschal (1978-86). The Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame is one of the major projects of the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches. The Hall of Fame was created in 1975 to honor former great basketball players and coaches from Louisiana universities and colleges. The Hall of Fame display was originally located in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center at LSU in Baton Rouge. In 2008 the Hall of Fame display was moved to Louisiana’s historic Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge. It contains plaques and mementos of persons elected to the Hall of Fame, along with other historic basketball memorabilia. – www.RaginCajuns.com – — Matt Sullivan Sports Information Director Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns University of Louisiana at Lafayette Cox Communications Athletic Center 201 Reinhardt Drive Lafayette, LA 70506-4297 Office – (337) 482-6330 Mobile – (985) 981-0009 Twitter – @MattSulli123
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