Like many HBCU standouts, the highway to professional basketball has taken former Lincoln and Winston-Salem State College (WSSU guard) Cameron Campbell to a various path. Campbell began his profession at Lincoln College, transitioned to a WSSU Ram, and is now succeeding professionally.
Campbell attended Lincoln College from 2016 to 2018 the place he performed 17.8 minutes per recreation, averaging .341 in field-goal proportion, .237 in three-point proportion, and a couple of.5 rebounds per recreation. He was an All-CIAA choice in 2019 earlier than he joined WSSU following the 2020 season. He was additionally a BoxtoRow second-team All-American choice throughout his time on the HBCU, making him the primary All-American in Lincoln historical past (on the Division II degree).
Campbell’s basketball profession led him dwelling to WSSU throughout the peak of COVID-19, leading to a restricted WSSU and C.E. Gaines Gymnasium expertise. Regardless of the tragedy of the pandemic and the impact it had on instructional establishments on the time, Campbell nonetheless had a profitable season on the HBCU. He began in 20 out of twenty-two video games, and was an HBCU Males’s Participant of the Week recipient as he averaged 11.6 factors, 9.8 in subject aim makes an attempt, .423 in field-goal proportion, .343 in three-point subject aim proportion, 3.4 rebounds per recreation, and 0.6 steals per recreation.
“It was a great yr. It set me up for the remainder of my life, so for that, I’ll at all times be grateful,” Campbell stated on a fast break from shootaround at C.E. Gaines Middle.
After profitable seasons at Lincoln and WSSU, Campbell now makes use of the talents he gained from the HBCUs to excel professionally. Campbell has performed on a number of groups abroad together with Portugal, Ukraine, and Estonia. Regardless of his season in Ukraine coming to an finish because of the disastrous get away of the battle, he’s loved seeing the world and the locations basketball has taken him.
“It’s a dream come true. Having the ability to get up and do what I wish to do day-after-day,” Campbell stated. “It’s the most effective job on the earth. I’ll by no means have complaints about that. I’m hoping to do it so long as I can.”
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