Calvin Duncan (basketball)

Calvin Anthony Duncan is an American pastor and retired basketball player. Duncan is pastor at the Faith & Family Church in Richmond, Virginia. He also played basketball with Oak Hill Academy and the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams.^[1] He was drafted in the 1985 NBA Draft in the 2nd round with the 30th overall pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers but instead of signing, he joined Athletes in Action, an evangelical Christian traveling team.^[2]

Basketball

During the 1980-81 season, Duncan set the all-time record for points in a game for Oak Hill Academy with 61. As of 2006, no other Oak Hill player had surpassed that record.^[3] He is a member of the VCU Rams Hall of Fame.^[4] With VCU, Duncan was named co-Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year as a sophomore in 1983. Charlie Bradley of the USF Bulls also earned the award.

Personal

Duncan's mother died in childbirth and, with no knowledge of his father, was raised by his aunt in Linden, New Jersey. At Virginia Commonwealth, Duncan earned a degree in criminal justice.^[5]

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