'19 Shelly Clark
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- Year:
- 2019
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- Position:
- Forward
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- Team:
- Men's Basketball
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- IHCC Years:
- 1991-93
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- Career Highlights:
- NJCAA All-American • 2x First-Team All-Region • Team MVP • NJCAA National All-Tournament Team • Set single season and career IHCC rebounding record • University of Illinois
Shelly was a leader on the first Indian Hills basketball team to make it to the NJCAA National Tournament and he remains one of the school's all-time leading scorers and the leading rebounder. He averaged 16 points, 12 rebounds and 2.4 steals as a freshman and was named first-team all-region and the Warriors' MVP. The next year he boosted his averages to 17.4 points and 13 rebounds and repeated as a first-team all-region choice and, again, was the MVP of a team that advanced to the national tourney. Shelly capped his IHCC career by being named to the all-tournament team at Hutch, where he scored 96 points and grabbed 60 rebounds in four games. He was selected as an honorable mention All-American, only the third basketball player ever to earn that honor. The Chicago, Ill., native is still first in single-season and career rebounds and is in the top-five in nine other season or career categories. After graduating from Indian Hills, Shelly played two seasons at the University of Illinois, where he posted averages of 9.5 points and 6.4 rebounds as a junior and 11.8 points and 8.3 rebounds the next year.