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AJ Jones Named MIAA Co-Player of the Week

ALMA, Mich. - Alma College men's basketball player AJ Jones (Detroit/Martin Luther King) was named the MIAA's Co-Player of the Week, the league office announced today (Dec. 6). Jones shares the honor with Kyle Trewhella of Calvin. It is the first weekly conference honor of the sophomore's career after earning First Team All-MIAA honors in 2004.

Jones scored 50 points as the Scots split a pair of games last week. He shot 16-for-34, including 5-for-13 on three-pointers and 13-for-15 on free throws.

Jones celebrates his 20th birthday Dec. 8, when the Scots play host to Elmhurst College at 7:30 p.m.

Posted: Mon, December 6th, 2004 at 1:02PM

 

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Terry Smith

Terry Smith

Smith graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in Physical Education in 1984. After graduating, Smith got his start in coaching when he was the boy’s basketball coach at Fulton High School while working as a teacher at Ithaca High School. From there he moved to Cedar Springs High School were he coached and taught and won his first district championship in 1987.

The following year, Coach Smith got his first taste of coaching in the college ranks when he was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ferris State University and was part of the team that won a GLIAC Championship and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA DII Tournament.

After a year at FSU, Coach Smith left for Lake Superior State University where he served for three years as an assistant coach before being promoted to the head coach position in 1991. In five years time, Coach Smith had turned around the LSSU program. In 1996 his team won the first League Championship for LSSU since joining the GLIAC in 1978. During this time, Coach Smith also earned his M.A. in Physical Education from Central Michigan University.

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