high_school height_ft weight_lb birth_place nationality article_title position height_in birth_date college statlabel name
simon gratz -lrb- philadelphia , pennsylvania -rrb- 6 233 philadelphia , pennsylvania american stephen stewart -lrb- basketball -rrb-
 shooting guard / small forward 5 1972 coppin state -lrb- 1992 -- 1995 -rrb- points rebounds assists stephen stewart
stephen stewart -lrb- basketball -rrb-

stephen stewart -lrb- born -rrb- is an american former basketball player and coach .
he is 6 ' 5 '' and played the shooting guard and small forward positions .
stewart grew up in philadelphia , pennsylvania and attended simon gratz high school .
after graduation , he enrolled at coppin state university to play for head coach fang mitchell .
he was forced to sit out his freshman season , however , due to the ncaa 's proposition 48 .
when his collegiate career began as a sophomore in 1992 -- 93 , he exploded onto the scene in the mid-eastern athletic conference -lrb- meac -rrb- : stewart led the eagles to a 1993 meac tournament title , was named the meac tournament outstanding performer and was also named the meac rookie of the year .
throughout his three-year career , stewart accumulated 1,393 points and 546 rebounds .
in his final two seasons he was a first team all-meac performer , and as a senior in 1994 -- 95 he scored 19 points in a first round victory over saint joseph 's in the 1995 nit .
this win was coppin state 's first ever in a postseason tournament .
he never played professionally , but for a time he was an assistant coach at the university of delaware .
stephen stewart was also later inducted into the meac hall of fame .
