UNLV's defensive specialist and teammate of LJ — the most suffocating defender of his college era.
Stacey Orlando Augmon was born in Pasadena, California in 1968. He attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and won the national championship in 1990 alongside Larry Johnson on Jerry Tarkanian's legendary team. He was named the national defensive player of the year three consecutive times — the most dominant defensive reputation of any college player of his era. He was a two-time All-American. He averaged 15.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game across four seasons. He was equally valued for what didn't show in the statistics — his suffocating man-to-man defence that neutralised opposing teams' best perimeter players. Atlanta Hawks selected him ninth overall in the 1991 NBA Draft. His 13-season professional career produced solid but not spectacular numbers — he was always respected for his defence. His UNLV career established him as the prototype for the defensive specialist who could also contribute offensively — a player whose value exceeded his scoring statistics because of the havoc he caused to opposing offensive plans. The 1990 UNLV championship team remains the most dominant single-season team in modern college basketball history.
National Championship (1990)
Career Honours
- National Championship (1990)
- Defensive Player of Year 3x
- All-American 2x
- Western Athletic Conf champion