Alaska Sports Hall of Fame

Former Eastern Washington University hoops star Kevin Winford of Anchorage has been honored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches for his skills on and off the court.

A four-time member of the Big Sky All-Academic team, Winford missed the last six games of his career with an injury. He started 47 of the 113 career games – the fifth-most in school history. He made 138-of-409 3-pointers in his career to rank fifth in school history in both categories.

Winford, of Bartlett High fame, started 12 of the 25 games as a senior and averaged 6.1 points and 2.4 assists. He scored 704 points for his career.

He made 66 3-pointers in the 2010-11 season to rank sixth in single season school history and his 187 attempts are fifth. He owns school records for single game 3-pointers made [10] and attempted [23] when he pumped in a career high 39 points – fifth-best in school history – against New Hope in 2010.