Kevin Anderson (2018) - Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame

Kevin Anderson

Induction:
2018
Class:
2011

No Spider men's basketball player won more games than Kevin Anderson, whose legendary heroics led Richmond to 91 victories in a four-year career that included four post season appearances.   In the process, "KA" became one of the most recognizable and decorated student-athletes in school history.

He made an immediate impact, earning Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and All-Rookie Team honors. As a sophomore, he made Second Team All-Atlantic 10, leading the Spiders in scoring (16.6) and assists (101). His 598 points made him the second UR sophomore to etch his name in the Top Ten 10 single-season scoring list, joining Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer John Newman.

But Anderson saved his best for his last two seasons. As a junior, he averaged 17.8 ppg and was named A-10 Player of the Year, First Team A-10, Honorable Mention All-American and State Player of the Year, leading the Spiders to the NCAA Tournament with a Top 25 national ranking.   His top scoring performances came against a college basketball's who's who – 22 vs. Dayton, 27 vs. No. 24 Xavier, 29 vs. No. 17 Temple and a career-high 31 vs. Wake Forest.

As a senior captain, Anderson capped his collegiate career with another appearance in the NCAA Tournament, reaching the Sweet 16 with a school record 29 wins and another Top 25 national ranking. Again, his top performances came against the nation's top teams – 22 vs. No. 24 Temple, 28 vs. No. 8 Purdue, 26 vs. Dayton and a memorable 25 point effort against No. 25 Vanderbilt in an NCAA Tournament first round game that included an iconic fade away jumper in the final seconds clinching the Spider victory.

For his efforts, Anderson was again named First Team All-Atlantic 10, as well as MVP of the A-10 Tournament. He was one of 20 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award as the nation's top point guard. He ended his career with the nation's longest active games started streak at 131. He is second on Richmond's all-time scoring list with 2,165 career points and finished his career third in steals (217), third in field goals made (768), fourth in assists (410) and sixth in three-pointers (175).

Anderson played professionally overseas for six seasons before joining former Richmond assistant Kevin McGeehan's staff at Campbell.   He was named an assistant coach at Liberty University in August 2018.

In 2011, Anderson became just the sixth Spider, and only the third men's basketball player, to have a banner hoisted to the rafters of the Robins Center.