The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association's Men's Basketball Coaches Association has selected Ronald Murray the 2002 CIAA Player of the Year.

A senior guard at Shaw University, Murray averages 24.2 points per game. "Flip" as he is called by his teammates, is a native of Philadelphia, PA. Like the "Above the Rim" movie character he got his nickname from, he was discovered in a Philly outdoor court by second year Shaw coach Joel Hopkins. This season he has led the conference in scoring every week of the season, except for the first week, when the Bears were not on the radar screen.

The Bear wonder has scored more than 30 points five times, but he is no ball hog. He also averages 5.7 assists per game, third in the CIAA. This is only his second season at Shaw. The Merridian Community College transfer is being scouted heavily by the National Basketball Association.

Murray will be recognized Tuesday night, February 26 at the annual Men's Basketball Tip-off Banquet. Former Detroit Piston, Earl Lloyd will be the speaker.

2002 CIAA MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

Stephen Moss-Kelly	Bowie State	JR	F	6-6	210	Oakland, CA
Kenny Haywood	Fayetteville St	SO	F	6-4	230	Fayetteville, NC
Marco Spears	Johnson C. Smith	JR	F	6-5	210	Buies Creek, NC
Derick Singleton	Saint Paul's	SR	F	6-9	200	Winston-Salem, NC
Marcus Best	Winston-Salem St	SR	F	6-2	190	Fayetteville, NC
Tim Washington	Bowie State	JR	C	6-8	230	Washington, DC
Steve Bynes	Shaw	SR	C	6-9	235	Fort Lauderdale, FL
Christon Simmons	Fayetteville St	SR	G	6-2	180	Grambling, LA
Antoine Sims	Johnson C. Smith	SR	G	5-10	175	Buffalo, NY
Ronald Murray	Shaw	SR	G	6-4	198	Philadelphia, PA
Lavar Griffin	Virginia St	SR	G	6-2	180	Chesapeake, VA
Shawn Alexander	Winston-Salem St	SR	G	6-2	205	Asheville, NC