Jon Collins

For the Australian footballer, see Jonathan Collins. For other people with similar names, see John Collins.

Jon Collins is an American former basketball player, best known for his collegiate career at Eastern Illinois University between 1982–83 and 1985–86. At the time of his graduation, Collins scored a then-school record 1,702 points, was one of five players to have been an All-Mid Continent Conference First Team honoree three times, and was twice named the Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year (later named The Summit League).

Jon Collins

Personal information
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High school	Cahokia (Cahokia, Illinois)
College	Eastern Illinois (1982–1986)
NBA draft	1986: 5th round, 110th overall pick
Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Position	Shooting guard
Career highlights and awards
2× MCC Player of the Year (1985, 1986) 3× First-team All-MCC (1984–1986)

In each of Collins' final three seasons he averaged over 18 points per game and scored over 500 total points. During that span, he reached double figures in 87 of 90 games, including a school-record 53 straight. As a junior in 1984–85, he led the team to a 20–10 overall record and their first Mid-Continent Conference championship. Both the Associated Press and Sporting News named him an honorable mention All-American that year. As a senior, Collins garnered another honorable mention nod by the Sporting News as he earned his second consecutive conference player of the year award, becoming the first player in conference history to do so.

The Denver Nuggets selected Collins in the fifth round of the 1986 NBA draft, but he never played in the league. After a professional basketball career he worked for Allstate insurance. Eastern Illinois inducted him into their athletics hall of fame in 1993.

References

1. "1986 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
2. "Hall of Fame – Jon Collins". Eastern Illinois University. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
3. "Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Illinois University. September 1, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
4. ESPN Editors (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: Random House, Inc. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.