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Cam Henderson Center
"Location of Thundering Herd Basketball Action"
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This is the arena where Tamar Slay and J.R. VanHoose had a stellar career as Herd basketball players. Ronald Blackshear is already a force with Herd basketball -- averaging 19.6 ppg in his first season! Mark Patton, a new recruit, will also grace the court in the coming years.
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Built in 1981, the Cam Henderson Center is the home of the Marshall volleyball and basketball teams. In addition to the arena, the facility houses a training room, weight room, locker rooms, and the student-athlete program. Renovations to the arena in 1998 reduced the seating capacity from 10,291 to 9,043, but made the facility much more "fan friendly." Chairback seats replaced bleacher seating on both endlines, and camera platforms were installed to improve the quality of television broadcasts.
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Cam Henderson
By WVSPN.com Staff
04/24/2001
Cam Henderson, an reknown innovator of basketball from Mannington, began coaching at Clarksburg's Bristol High School and then moved on to coach Marshall University for 20 years.
Henderson led Marshall to a 1947 NAIB title and won more games in his career than any other coach in the school's history. He is credited with the invention of the fast break and zone press, now regular ingredients to any successful basketball team.
In appreciation, Marshall has created a Cam Henderson Scholarship given yearly to a student athlete who best shows the spirit of scholarship while participating in athletics.
The University also opened the Cam Henderson Center in 1981, which is now home to all Thundering Herd men's basketball games.
He was named to "The Top 50 Greatest Sports Figures from West Virginia 1900-2000" by Sports Illustrated in the century-ending issue by SI.
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