SAN FRANCISCO – Former Washington State University men's basketball student-athlete, Carlos Daniel was one of 12 honorees inducted into the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Hall of Honor as a part of the 2017 class Friday night.
The induction took place during a ceremony prior to the semifinals of the 2017 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament Presented by New York Life. The inductees were also recognized on court during Friday night's semifinal session.
The 11 other individuals inducted for the 16th annual Hall of Honor class were: Bob Elliott (Arizona), Tarence Wheeler (Arizona State), Jerome Randle (California), Chauncey Billups (Colorado), Stu Jackson (Oregon), Ray Blume (Oregon State), Mike Montgomery (Stanford), David Greenwood (UCLA), Ralph Vaughn (USC), Andre Miller (Utah) and Quincy Pondexter (Washington).
A student-athlete in every sense of the term, Daniel excelled both on the court and in the classroom as a member of the Washington State men's basketball team from 1995-98. Even 19 years after the end of his Cougar basketball career, Daniel still holds six spots in the top-15 of WSU's career record book, including blocked shots (third, 136), blocks average (fifth, 1.2), rebounds (eighth, 775), points (15th, 1,285), rebounding average (15th, 6.9 rpg) and minutes played (15th, 3,162).
A native of Louisville, Colo., Daniel remains the only Cougar to lead the team in rebounding all four of his seasons. His league-leading 10.1 rebounding average as a senior in 1998 was the best by a Cougar since James Donaldson grabbed 10.8 per game in 1979. He earned Pac-10 All-Conference First Team honors that season as the first Pac-10 player since 1995 to average a double-double for an entire season, one of 19 NCAA Division I players to accomplish the feat that year.
Daniel is one of just three WSU players to earn Pac-10 All-Academic First Team honors all three years he was eligible for the award. He is also the only Cougar player to be named to any CoSIDA Academic All-American team multiple times, having been named to the third team in both 1997 and 1998.
Daniel is currently an applied sports scientist at University of Texas/St. David's Hospital where he works on the use of technology to return to play and performance protocols.
Washington State Hall of Honor Inductees:
2002 - Craig Ehlo
2003 - Jack Friel
2004 - George Raveling
2005 - Gene Conley
2006 - James Donaldson
2007 - Vince Hanson
2008 - Mark Hendrickson
2009 - Isaac Fontaine
2010 - Paul Lindemann
2011 - Ray Sunquist.
2012 – Steve Puidokas
2013 – Jim McKean
2014 – Ed Gayda
2015 – Bennie Seltzer
2016 – Keith Morrison
2017 – Carlos Daniel
