Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame
Anquell McCollum - Men's Basketball - (1992-96)
Was a two-time, first-team All-Southern Conference selection. Named 1996 SoCon Men's Basketball Player of the Year after leading the league - and ranking sixth nationally - in scoring and guiding WCU to its first SoCon tournament title. McCollum's selection as the league's top player gave WCU three-straight SoCon Player of the Year honors. Was selected to WCU's All-20th Century Team. Finished his career as WCU's all-time career 3-pointers made leader with 245, scoring 1,777 points and entered the Hall as the only three-time SoCon All-tournament team selection. McCollum was named to the SoCon All-Freshman team in 1992-93. After his career at WCU, McCollum spent four seasons playing basketball professionally overseas between France (1996-97) and Venezuela (1997-99). During that span, he also played in Columbia (1998) and Hong Kong (1998), and played one season in the Dominican Republic (2000) while playing in the United States Basketball League for the Treasure Island Tropics. Also served as an assistant men's basketball coach for more than a decade under head coaches Steve Shurina and Larry Hunter.
