Nevil Shed to speak to UTSA Alumni Breakfast

Our next breakfast is . . .Tuesday, July 17th, 7:15 a.m. at the Marriott Northwest Hotel, IH-10 at Loop 410 Interchange. Speaker: Nevil Shed, Member of the 1966 Texas Western College Miners elected to Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Nevil Shed was one of the first African-American men in the United States to play in an NCAA basketball league game. He was a member of the Texas Western Miners (now University of Texas, El Paso) team that won the 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament National Championship coached by Don Haskins.

The Miners made history for being the first team to start an all African-American lineup in the championship game. Shed was one of the starters in the lineup. The Disney blockbuster film Glory Road chronicles the team's outstanding journey.

Shed was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1968 but an injury sidelined his career. He later became an assistant to his college coach, Don Haskins at Texas Western (UTEP). In 1981, Shed was hired as assistant coach for the first UTSA basketball team and he retired from UTSA in 2006.

Many honors later, Shed speaks to groups of all ages on the story of his faith in himself, his mentors and, of course, basketball.

"Everyday Miracles"

Visit Nevil Shed's Web site - http://www.utsa.onlinecommunity.com