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Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (June 9, 1964 – May 15, 2009) [1] was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a smooth jazz bass guitarist. A three-time All American at the University of Oklahoma , [ 2 ] he was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.
The USBWA National Freshman of the Year, with the men's and women's versions respectively named the Wayman Tisdale Award and Tamika Catchings Award, is an annual basketball award given to college basketball's most outstanding freshman male player and female player by the United States Basketball Writers Association, an association of college basketball journalists.
In the Zone is the second studio album by Wayman Tisdale released in 1996 on Motown Records. [2] The album reached No. 7 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 9 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
The song is a mid-tempo country ballad, mostly accompanied by acoustic guitar and saxophone.It was written as a tribute to basketball player and jazz musician Wayman Tisdale, who died on May 15, 2009. [1]
The team was considered to be one of the strongest in the U.S.A.'s history at that time, as it featured four of the five 1984 consensus first team All-Americans, in Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Wayman Tisdale, and Sam Perkins. [1]
The album was released on April 14, 2009, through the independent label, Reform Records. Williams, who played lead and rhythm, composed nine of the 14 tracks on the album. Several well-known guests are featured on the album, including Bruce Springsteen, Dave Koz, and fellow athlete turned musician Wayman Tisdale.
Power Forward is a studio album by Wayman Tisdale released in 1995 on Motown Records. [2] The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. [3] Tracklisting
Wayman Tisdale of Oklahoma and Danny Manning of Kansas are the only players to have received the award three times. Manning was also the consensus national player of the year in 1988. Four other players won the award twice, last performed by Doug Smith of Missouri (1990, 1991). Missouri also claimed the most winners with eight, followed by ...