Steve Hood

Steve Hood

Personal information
Born	(1968-04-04) April 4, 1968 Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Maryland)
College	Maryland (1987–1988) James Madison (1989–1991)
NBA draft	1991: 2nd round, 42nd overall pick
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career	1991–2001
Position	Shooting guard
Career history
1991	Rockford Lightning
1992	Canberra Cannons
1993–1994	Peñas Huesca
1994–1995	Shreveport Crawdads
1995	JDA Dijon Basket
1995	Shreveport Storm
1995–1996	Fort Wayne Fury
1996	Ampelokipoi B.C.
1996–1997	NKK Sea Hawks
1997–1998	Hapoel Holon
1998–1999	Maccabi Haifa
1999–2000	Ironi Ramat Gan
2000–2001	CB Granada
Career highlights and awards
2× CAA Player of the Year (1990, 1991) 2× First-team All-CAA (1990, 1991)
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Steven Lamarr Hood (born April 4, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player born in Lynchburg, Virginia. In high school Hood starred for DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, from 1983 to 1986 and was selected as a 1986 McDonald's All-American. He then received an athletic scholarship to play for the Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team. After two seasons, Hood transferred to James Madison University (JMU) to play for coach Lefty Driesell, who recruited Hood from high school. Driesell was the coach at Maryland when he recruited Hood but left the summer before Hood went to play at UMD.

After sitting out for one season upon the transfer per NCAA rules, Hood became one of the most feared players in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). He started all 60 games for the Dukes and in both seasons with them was named the Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year both seasons.

Hood was selected in the second round of the 1991 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings (42nd overall). Hood played for several teams overseas in Europe in his pro career.

References

• (Beekman, Jennifer) Hood to go into JMU Hall of Fame. The Gazette (6 April 2005). Retrieved on 9 September 2009.
• Steve Hood Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine. CheckOutMyCards.com. Retrieved on 9 September 2009.
• McDonald's High School All-Americans. Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on 9 September 2009.