After a delay due to COVID-19, former University Heights Academy Blazer Greg Buckner will be inducted into the Dawahares/Kentucky High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame on July 24.
Buckner was announced as part of the 2020 HOF class in October 2019. The ceremony was scheduled for last spring but canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Buckner helped lead University Heights to the 1992 KHSAA Boys’ Sweet Sixteen State Championship. As a sophomore, Buckner chipped in nine points in the state championship game to help the Blazers defeat Lexington Catholic 59-57 at Freedom Hall.
He earned First Team All-State honors as a senior after averaging 21 points, eight rebounds, and four assists per game.
Buckner went on to star at Clemson from 1994-98, where he played in 122-consecutive games and led the Tigers in scoring all four years. The 1995 ACC Rookie of the Year, Buckner finished fourth in career points scored at Clemson.
He was inducted into the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005.
He was drafted in the second round of the 1998 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks and spent 10 years in the league, ending his professional career with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008-09.
Buckner currently serves as an assistant coach with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
Other members of the 2020 KHSAA Hall of Fame class that will be honored in July are Charlie Adkins (Coach / Paintsville); Donnis Butcher (Athlete / Meade Memorial); Joey Couch (Athlete / Paintsville); Gary Dearborn (Contributor / Harrison County & Pendleton County); Sam Harp (Coach / Danville); Robert Joe “Bob” Lynch (Athlete / Ashland Blazer); Sharae Mansfield (Athlete / DuPont Manual); Bart Rison (Coach & Official / Montgomery County); Chrissy Roberts (Athlete / Eminence); Bob Stacey (Coach & Official / Boyd County); and Adriane Diamond Travis (Athlete / Marshall County).
