GW retiring Yinka Dare's jersey on Dec. 6, former Colonials star and NBA player

GW great Yinka Dare is getting his #33 jersey retired at the Smith Center on December 6. Dare, who passed away in 2004, was one of the stars of the 1992-93 NCAA Sweet Sixteen squad (mentioned here, when Pres. Clinton came to the game) which was his freshman year. That remains the furthest GW has gotten in the NCAA tournament. They lost to the Fab Five Michigan team, which later vacated that game and many others due to recruiting violations. 

Dare was A10 rookie of the year that year. He also led the team to the second round of the NCAA tourney the next year. He averaged 13.8 points and 10.7 rebounds per game over his two year career and was beloved in Foggy Bottom. 

After his sophomore year, he declared for the NBA draft and was taken 14 overall in the first round by the New Jersey Nets and played four years for the team. He was GW's second ever first round draft pick, after Joe Holup who was a star for GW in the 1950s. Dare's NBA career was less successful with his best season in 1995-96 where he played in 58 games and averaged just under 3 points a game and 3.1 boards per game.

Dare was also posthumously inducted into the GW Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022. Dare sadly died of a heart attack at age 32.

Pretty cool of GW to do this!