JEROME KERSEY TO ADDRESS CLASS OF 2009
 Our Commencement speaker this year is Jerome Kersey,
who attended Longwood from 1980-1984 before being drafted by the National
Basketball Association.
Mr. Kersey played 17 seasons in the NBA for six
different teams, winning a NBA Championship with San Antonio in 1999. He was
a two-time National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II
All-American (1984, 1st-Team; 1983, 3rd-Team). A 1984 NBA Draft
Second-Round selection (46th overall) of Portland, Kersey was the 1984
Virginia College Division Player of the Year. He received an
invitation to the 1984 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament (PIT) NBA
pre-draft camp, and earned PIT All-Tournament Team honors.
Kersey
still holds six school-records, including career rebounds (1,162), and
scored 1,756 career points to rank second all-time at Longwood. He
served as an assistant coach with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks during 2004-05,
and also played professionally for Golden State, Los Angeles (Lakers),
Seattle, and Milwaukee. He is a member of the inaugural class of the
Longwood Athletics Hall of Fame, and completed his Longwood degree in 2006. |
2009 Commencement DVD Available
The Longwood University Alumni Association is pleased to offer an new service to graduating students and their families. DVDs of the 2009 Commencement ceremonies will be available for purchase for $25 per DVD plus $2 for shipping.
Credit card orders can be placed by calling the Office of Alumni Relations at 434-395-2044 or 800-281-4677, ext. 3. If you prefer to order using a check, please send your name, mailing address for the DVD and your $27 check, made payable to the Longwood University Alumni Association, to the Office of Alumni Relations, Longwood University, 201 High Street, Farmville, VA 23909. Orders will be accepted through May 20 and the DVDs will be shipped between 8-10 weeks following graduation.
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