MORROW, Ga. – The Clayton State Athletics Department continues its feature series that highlights members of its Athletics Hall of Fame. This week's spotlight feature highlights Robert Conley, a member of the third class to be inducted into the Lakers Hall of Fame in 2016.

In just two years as a Laker, Robert Conley, produced a career that some players don't achieve in four years and reached levels that still have not been matched more than 15 years later. A member of Clayton State's men's basketball program from 1997-99, he left as the second-highest scorer in team history, is still just one of seven 1,000-point scorers, currently ranking fourth with 1,219 points, and holds numerous records.
 
As a senior in 1998-99, Conley achieved something that no other Laker before or since has when he earned three All-American recognitions in one season. Named a Preseason All-American by Street & Smith's and the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook prior to the start of the season, he would follow that up with Daktronics All-American Third-Team honors following the year. He is still the only Clayton State men's basketball player to be named an All-American.
 
He was also a Daktronics All-Region First-Team choice that year after garnering Second-Team honors the year before and was named to the NABC All-Region Second-Team as a senior. Along with those accolades, Conley was named All-Peach Belt Conference twice, First-Team in 1998-99 and Second-Team as a junior in 1997-98. He was among the first two players to achieve that honor, was a three-time PBC Player of the Week selection and was the first Peach Belt All-Tournament selection in 1997-98.
 
Across career, single season and game records, Conley still appears on Top-10 lists a total of 28 times, including 10 first place rankings. The latter include being the career leader in points per game (22.2) and steals per game (2.2) as well as single season marks of 24.6 points, 664 points, 247 field goals, 72 steals and 2.7 steals per game, all from the 1998-99 season.
 
He also holds the single game record for points with 40 and steals with eight, both set at USC Aiken on January 27, 1999, and made field goals with 17 against Emmanuel on November 28, 1998.

About the Hall of Fame
Established in 2013, the Clayton State Athletics Hall of Fame was created to honor former Laker student-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty/staff and community members who have, by their outstanding achievements, contributed to the ideals of the Clayton State Department of Athletics. Seven classes and 27 former student-athletes, coaches, administrators and special inductees have been enshrined. 
 
Past Spotlights: 
Dr. Joseph S. Wilkes
Lisa Williams
Allison Kreutzer
Dr. Charlie Frazier Jr.
Nkiru Okosieme
Carlos Head
Alex Dowling
Mason Barfield 
 
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