EAST LANSING - Former Spartan basketball standout Steve Smith has been named as one of three winners of the 2015 Mannie Jackson - Basketball's Human Spirit Award, it was announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Wednesday, May 27. The winners will be recognized on Thursday, September 10 at the Reunion Dinner on the Hall of Fame's Center Court during Enshrinement Weekend.
Smith, who excelled at every level of the game, is currently an analyst with TNT and NBA TV and is at the forefront of several charitable endeavors. He established The Steve Smith Charitable Fund, a fully endowed a four-year academic scholarship program that is awarded annually to one student from his former high school.