Inside TSU 2015 | Page 47

Inside OneTSU MAGAZINE Texas Southern University Standout Student-Athletes #24 AARIC MURRAY Men’s Basketball: Center, 6-10, 245, GR, Philadelphia, PA Aaric Murry was Texas Southern’s most celebrated studentathlete in 2013-2014. He was the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Men’s Basketball Player and Defensive Player of the Year. He was also named to the ALL SWAC First team as a center. Murray led the SWAC in scoring for the entire regular season averaging 21.7 points per game while hauling in 7.7 rebounds per contest. He was TSU’s leading scorer in 17 of its 29 games on the year. Early in the season, Murray became the first NCAA Division I player taller than 6’10 to score 48 points in a game in over a decade while also becoming the first player to connect on 20+ field goals in a game since 2011. Defensively, he blocked a league best 69 shots for an average of 2.4 per outing. Murray earned two national honors, including the Lute Olson Award National Player of the Week and the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week. He was also selected as SWAC Player of the Week four times during the season. #25 JAZZMIN PARKER Women’s Basketball: Guard, 5-10, JR, Houston, TX Jazzmin Parker was the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Women’s Basketball Player of the Year and named to the All-SWAC Firs ЁQ