Shaw Alumni Update

Shaw Alumni Update

October 5, 2005

Ronald “Flip” Murray who led Shaw to their first ever CIAA Basketball title, NCAA South Atlantic Regional title and the NCAA Final Four (2002) has signed with the Seattle Supersonics.

Murray a Philadelphia, PA native was drafted in the second round in 2002 by the Milwaukee Bucks and was traded in February of 2003 to Seattle. His best year with the Sonics was the 2003-04 season when he finished the year with a 12.4 points per game average. At the beginning of that season Murray made a name for himself when he scored a career high 31 points against Miami (11/18/03) and scored the winning basketball at the buzzer (89-87-11/11/03) against Milwaukee. That season he scored 20 or more points in 10 of the Sonics first 11 games when he started because of an injury to Sonics star Ray Allen.

During his career at SU, Murray was a two time All-CIAA star and was named CIAA Player of the Year and the National Player of the Year in 2002. Murray’s jersey was retired in 2002 giving him the distinction as the first and only SU men’s basketball player to have his number retired.

DID YOU KNOW?
The SU Bears have two young men representing the university in the professional basketball arena. All-CIAA Anthony Greenup who led the CIAA and the nation in field goal percentage his senior year (2004) is presently a member of the world famous Harlem Globetrotters. Greenup who signed with the Globetrotters this year is a native of Baton Rouge, LA.