Ron Baxter

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Name Ron Baxter		Role Basketball Player

Education University of Texas at Austin

Ron Baxter is a former basketball forward who played for the University of Texas Men's Basketball team from 1977-80, and helped lead the Longhorns to the 1978 NIT Championship. His son, Paul Baxter, is a junior on the Sam Houston State University basketball team as of May 2015.

Honors

Southwest Conference Player of the Year in 1980

Three-time first-team All-Southwest Conference pick (1978–1980)

Voted team MVP in 1977 and 1980

Member of the 1978 NIT Championship team

Averaged double-digits in scoring in each of his four years

Fourth in UT history in career points (1,897) and rebounds (919)

Third in school history with 40 career double-doubles

Inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor in 2001

References

Ron Baxter Wikipedia

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