When you’re in a club with Shawn Marion, Steve Francis, Vinnie Johnson and legendary coach Cotton Fitzsimmons, you’re in great company.
Former Maverick standout and current scout for the team Nick Van Exel joined that fraternity recently when he was voted into the 2020 induction class of the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Hall of Fame.
The honor comes 30 years after Van Exel was a standout point guard for Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, about 70 miles southeast of Dallas.
“It’s a great honor,” Van Exel said this week. “Back in the day, juco used to be like Division I basketball.