Kelvin Johnson (2009) - Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame

Kelvin Johnson

Induction:
2009
Class:
1985

A four-year men's basketball starter and two-time captain, Kelvin Johnson '85 was an integral member of the Spiders' first post-season team that appeared in the 1982 NIT, and the school's first NCAA team which defeated Auburn in the first round of the 1984 tournament. He scored 16 points in the triumph over the Charles Barkley-led Auburn squad, and followed that with a game-high 27 points in a second round NCAA game against Indiana. In 1985, Kelvin was named second team All-Colonial Athletic Association and CAA All-Tournament Team. He is second all-time at Richmond for free throw percentage in a season (87%) and sixth in a career (80%). He is also seventh in career assists with 324 and eighth in career steals with 129. A workhorse for the Spiders, Johnson is eighth on the all-time minutes played list, averaging 33.2 minutes per game during his career.