Roland Minson Season 1947-1948

Personal

• Received his B.S. degree from BYU in 1951

Career Highlights

• Scored 1,407 career points and was BYU's all-time leading scorer for 22 seasons (Kresimir Cosic broke the record in 1973)
• Held the BYU single-season record for points (619) for 27 seasons, broken by Danny Ainge in 1978
• Named fourth-team All-American by Converse and honorable mention by AP, Look, International Press, UPI
• Member of the 1951 NIT championship team
• Voted Most Valuable Player in the NIT tournament
• Received the 1951 BYU Basketball Most Valuable Player Trophy
• Was a three-time first-team all-conference performer
• Drafted in the first round by the New York Knicks

Post BYU Honors and Societies

• Selected by the New York Knicks as the No. 15 overall pick in the 1951 NBA draft
• He was again offered the position with the Knicks after his release from active duty, but instead chose to work in the banking industry
• Chose to forego a career in the NBA to serve as an officer in the Navy during the Korean War
• Selected by the U.S. Navy for the All-Navy Basketball team in 1952
• Played for the Denver Bankers of the National AAU league while working for Denver Bank from 1955-57
• Assistant BYU Basketball Coach for two seasons from 1961-63
• Worked in the banking industry for 40 years
• Vice President, Union Bank of California in Los Angeles from 1979-94
• Inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1976