Winston Crite

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Winston Arnel Crite (born June 20, 1965) is a retired American professional

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Early years

Winston Crite was born and raised in Bakersfield, California. He attended South High School Bakersfield, where, as a sophomore, he led his team to the San Joaquin Valley Championship. In his senior year, Crite was voted by The Bakersfield Californian as the All Area Player of the Year, and was later named to the All Northern California all-star team.[1]

Texas A&M University (1983–1987)

Crite chose to attend Texas A&M University and play basketball under coach Shelby Metcalf. In his very first game, against Texas Lutheran in 1983–1984, Crite became the first freshman in Aggie history to post a double-double (in this case, 24 points, 15 rebounds) in his first game. Only one other Aggie freshman, Joseph Jones, has duplicated that feat.[2]

Crite started 118 of the 123[3] games of his career, and showed steady improvement throughout his four years. His freshman year (1983–1984), Crite averaged 8.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and .9 blocks per game and completed 53% of his field goal attempts. The following year, he averaged 12.1 points per game, 8.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 2.2 blocks, completing 56.7 percent of his field goals. In the 1985–1986 season, Crite completed an impressive 58.0% of his field goals, averaging 13.3 points, 8 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.3 blocks per game. By his senior season he was averaging 16.8 points, 2.0 blocks, 7.4 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game, completing 56.1% of his field goals.[4] For his accomplishments, Crite was a four-time "All Southwest West Conference" choice and was named "All Tournament" for three straight years.[1]

Just as Crite appeared to be at the top of his game in his senior year, the team began struggling, losing nine of their last eleven games to finish the regular season 14–13. The Aggies were seeded eighth in the Southwest Conference, meaning they would open the conference tournament facing the top-seeded TCU Horned Frogs, who were ranked 15th nationally. After Crite scored thirty points in a stunning upset of TCU, the team defeated the defending tournament champion, Texas Tech before beating number two seed Baylor in the tournament championship game,[5] where Crite was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.[1] Winning the tournament gave the Aggies an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament,[5] their last NCAA tournament appearance until 2006.

Crite holds the Aggie record as the all-time leading shot blocker (200). He is second on the school's list of leading rebounders (913) and for field goal percentage (.562). He has attempted the third-most number of free throws, with 518 attempts, and is the fourth leading Scorer in school history.[3]

Crite was inducted into the Texas A&M Hall of Fame in September 2009.[6]

Professional basketball

Crite was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the seventh pick in the third round of the 1987 NBA draft.[1][7]

In his first season, 1987–1988, Crite scored 87 points in his 29 games, averaging 3.0 points per game with 2.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. The following season, he played for a total of only 6 minutes in two games, and made only one rebound,[4] before being placed on the injured list in January 1988.[8]

Crite played the 1989 season in Australia's

ASA Sceaux in 1993 (Pro-B League). He also led that team to a French 2nd Division championship that year. After that season, he was also named to The Buckler all Europe Team.[1]

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Retirement

After Crite's retirement from professional basketball, he returned to his hometown of Bakersfield. He was soon approached by parents of local student-athletes to mentor and train their children.[9] In 2002, Crite and his wife Mechelle formed The Footwork Shop, Inc, a basketball training club.[10] Instead of offering more traditional league-type play, Crite's company offers year-round skill training, focusing especially on advanced footwork, without playing actual basketball games.[9] As of April 11, 2016 he is the School Community Specialist and Varsity Boys’ Basketball Coach at Frontier High School also located in Bakersfield.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Coach Crite". The Footworkshop Inc. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2007.
  2. ^ Texas A&M Sports Information Department. "Aggies Ready to Battle No. 10 Oklahoma State". KBTX 3, Bryan-College Station (Texas). Archived from the original on February 23, 2005. Retrieved February 20, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Individual Category Leaders". Texas A&M University Athletic Department. Archived from the original on December 12, 2006. Retrieved February 20, 2007.
  4. ^ a b "Winston Crite". DatabaseBasketball.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2007.
  5. ^ a b Burson, Randy (April 2002). "Packing for the Postseason". 12th Man Foundation. Archived from the original on May 22, 2004. Retrieved February 20, 2007.
  6. ^ "Crite to enter Texas A&M Hall of Fame".
  7. ^ 1987 NBA Draft, basketballreference.com
  8. ^ "Transactions". The New York Times. January 8, 1988. Retrieved February 20, 2007.
  9. ^ a b "Welcome". The Footworkshop Inc. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2007.
  10. ^ "The Team". The Footworkshop Inc. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2007.
  11. ^ "Frontier High School – New Varsity Boys Basketball Coach Mr. Winston Crite". frontier.kernhigh.org. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016.

External links

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