Deshaun Thomas Wins Tiffany Gooden Award for 3rd Consecutive Year

April 14, 2010

The 2010 Indiana Mr. Basketball, Deshaun Thomas, became the first player in the 17-year history of the Tiffany Gooden Award to win that award in three consecutive years.  James Hardy (now in the NFL) won back-to-back Tiffany Gooden Award honors in 2003 and 2004.  The Tiffany Gooden Award is presented annually to the top male or female basketball player in the Summit Athletic Conference as selected by The Journal Gazette sports editors and writers.  Gooden, a practicing attorney and partner at the law firm of Hall & Gooden LLP, was the first recipient of this award in 1994 when The Journal Gazette created it in her honor after she was named Parade Magazine and Naismith National Player of the Year and Indiana Miss Basketball in that same year.

Thomas earned Tiffany Gooden Award honors this year after averaging 31.8 points and 15.3 rebounds per game.  He became the third leading scorer in the history of Indiana high school boys basketball with 3,018 career points. Thomas has signed a national letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic career at The Ohio State University in the fall.