Terry Brooks (basketball) explained

Terry Brooks
Position:Guard
Birth Date:c.
Nationality:American
High School:South Macon (Macon, Alabama)
Draftyear:1989
Highlights:

Terry Brooks (born) is an American former basketball player known for his collegiate career at Alabama State University. A guard, Brooks played for the Hornets from 1985 to 1989. During his career he scored well over 2,000 career points, including Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)-leading 23.1 per game in 1987–88 and 24.6 per game in 1988–89.[1] In those two seasons he scored 624 and 721 total points, respectively.[1] As a junior he led the league in free throw percentage at 81.8%.[1]

Brooks' career accolades also include being selected to the All-SWAC Second Team in 1987, the First Team in both 1988 and 1989, and his highest honor was being the SWAC Player of the Year as a senior in 1988–89.[1] [2] Following his college career, Brooks was selected in the 1989 Continental Basketball Association Draft by the Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets (6th round, 90th overall).[3]

Terry Brooks married his college sweetheart, now Jacquelyn Brooks, and they moved to Brevard County, Florida after college while she earned her master's degree at Nova Southeastern University.[4] They moved back to Macon County, Georgia in 1998 and Jacquelyn works in the Macon County School District.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Southwestern Athletic Conference. College Hoopedia. 2010. January 29, 2014.
  2. Book: 1989–90 Sporting News Basketball Yearbook. Sporting News. 1989. 121.
  3. Web site: 1989 CBA Draft. NBA Hoops Online. January 29, 2014.
  4. Web site: Rhodes. Guy. Superintendent found: Brooks enters into two-year contract with MCBOE. The Tuskegee News. Guy Rhodes. September 23, 2010. January 29, 2014.