Arizona's Michael Dickerson goes up for a shot as he gets fouled by USC's Jaha Wilson during second-half action at McKale Center on Feb. 17, 1997. Photo by Val Cañez / Tucson Citizen

Name: Michael Dickerson 

Years at UA: 1994-98

Year inducted: 1997 (as member of 1997 national championship team) 

Accomplishments: Dickerson was the starting small forward on Arizona's 1997 national championship team. He helped lead Arizona to its championship by leading the Wildcats in scoring that season with 642 total points (18.9 points per game). He also led UA in scoring the following season — 1997-98 — with 630 total points (18.0 points per game). Dickerson was a two-time first-team All-Pac-10 selection (1996-97, 1997-98). He was inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor in 2011. He was a two-time co-captain of the team (1996-97, 1997-98). 

Dickerson also ranks in the top 10 in UA history in the following categories: 

• Career points: Eighth, 1,791 points 

• Career field goals: Sixth, 668 made 

• Career field goals attempted: Fourth, 1,460 attempted 

• Single-season points: Ninth, 642 points 

• Single-season field goals: Seventh, 241 made 

• Single-season field goal attempts: Second, 565 attempts 


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