Hall of Honor

Gilberto Clavell To Play In Pan American Games

Gilberto Clavell

  • Class
    2010
  • Induction
    2024
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball
Clavell is one of the most decorated players and was a member of one of the greatest men's basketball teams in school history.

The Mayaquez, Puerto Rico native started all 64 games he played in after transferring from Collin County CC. He earned All-American honors, Southland Conference Player of the Year and was a first-team All-SLC selection in 2011. Clavell was the league Newcomer of the Year and a second-team honoree in helping lead Sam Houston to the 2009-10 Southland regular season and tournament championships to earn the program's its second-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.

He had plenty of firsts as a Bearkat. He was the first player in SHSU history named to the Southland Conference All-Tournament team in back-to-back years in 2010 and 2011. He was the first Bearkat junior college transfer to score more than 1,000 points in his two years as a Bearkat and is ranked 17th in all-time SHSU scoring with 1,166 points in only 64 career games.

In his final season, Clavell helped get his team become Southland Conference West Division co-champions by scoring 603 points, third-best all-time in a single season, in 31 games in 2011. He ranks No. 4 in school history in field goal percentage (56.6 percent) and scored a career-best 35 points against Texas State and 34 against Auburn in 2009-10.
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