Stillman College Athletics Hall of Fame
An All-American in 1973, Lester Dent was Stillman College's men's basketball's second member of the 1,000 Point Club. A 1968 graduate of Druid High School, Dent turned down college scholarship offers to go to work. He was later rediscovered in the Benjamin Barnes YMCA gym and joined the Stillman College program in the fall of 1971. He scored a known 1,762 points in three of his four seasons with data missing for the 1973-74 season. He scored 624 points as a freshman and 481 points as a sophomore. As a senior in 1974-75, Dent secured the NAIA District 27 scoring title with 25 points per game and 657 total points. A native of Tuscaloosa, Dent was a local basketball legend, being named the Druid High School MVP in 1965, 1966 and 1967. He led the undefeated Dragons to the 1968 Alabama Interscholastic Athletic Association (AIAA) Class AA state championship. Dent, who died in April 2001, will be inducted posthumously.
