FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 4-3-01

AASU's Campbell Named DII Bulletin Second-Team All-America

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Senior guard Robert Campbell, the two-time Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year, was named second-team All-America by DII Bulletin in the magazine's April edition, becoming the first Armstrong Atlantic State basketball player to earn back-to-back All-America honors in 20 years.

The Hinesville, Ga., native – who was a preseason All-America candidate by the magazine in October – caps off his Pirate career as AASU's highest All-America honoree since Ike Williams was named first-team All-America by the Associated Press in 1974-75.

Campbell, who also earned first-team All-Peach Belt Conference, All-Peach Belt Conference Tournament honors, first-team NABC All-District honors and Daktronics All-South Atlantic Region Second Team honors this year, helped the Pirates to a school record-tying 25 wins and their second Peach Belt Conference championship and NCAA Tournament bid. The Peach Belt Conference's all-time leader in steals and assists, Campbell averaged 15.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 3.4 steals per game this season.

The four-year senior also ranks second all-time in steals in NCAA Division II, finishing his career with 357 thefts, four shy of the all-time mark.

Campbell and head coach Griff Mills will be in Atlanta on April 7, 2001, for the 33^rd Annual Naismith Awards Banquet, where Campbell will be honored as the Georgia DII Player of the Year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club for the second consecutive season.

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