height_ft draft_year nationality article_title position height_in college name
6 1993 bahamian ryan stuart
 small forward 4 lon -- monroe -lrb- 1991 -- 1993 -rrb- morris college -lrb- 1989 -- 1991 -rrb- louisiana ryan stuart
ryan stuart

ryan stuart is a bahamian former basketball player who is best known for his college career at the university of louisiana at monroe between 1991 -- 92 and 1992 -- 93 , which was known as northeast louisiana university when he attended .
a forward , stuart moved to the united states as a youth .
he briefly played on his high school 's varsity team , but quit because he was n't getting enough playing time .
after graduation , stuart worked at his father 's electric shop and was playing basketball at the local ymca gym , where he was discovered by a scout from lon morris college and eventually enrolled at lon morris in texas .
he spent two years playing basketball at the junior college -lrb- stuart averaged 24 points and 14 rebounds his sophomore year -rrb- until transferring to northeast louisiana for his final two seasons .
in each of his two years as a warhawk -lrb- known as the indians at that time -rrb- , stuart led the southland conference in scoring .
they earned berths into the ncaa tournament each season , and stuart broke the 20-point scoring mark both times in losing causes to the harold miner-led usc trojans in the 1992 tourney and the acie earl-led iowa hawkeyes in 1993 , respectively .
stuart was named the southland conference men 's basketball player of the year both times as well , becoming the first player since andrew toney to do so ; and was also named conference newcomer of the year after the 1991-92 season .
additionally , stuart was named the southland conference tournament mvp each year as he led northeast louisiana to conference tournament championships .
the `` louisiana sports writers association '' chose him as their louisiana state player of the year in both 1992 and 1993 .
some analysts even called stuart the conference 's most dominating player since karl malone .
stuart , however , was never selected in the 1993 nba draft despite his successful collegiate career .
