Gay Elmore is an American former

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player known for his career at

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between 1983–84 and 1986–87. During his career, Elmore scored a then-school record 2,423 points in 113 games, which at the time of his graduation was also the fourth-highest total in

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history. As a

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in 1984–85 he scored 17 points in the championship game of the Southern Conference men's basketball tournament, but the Keydets lost to

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, 70–65. He was named the tournament MVP. In Elmore's final two seasons he was named the conference player of the year, becoming the 10th player to earn the honor at least twice at that point. After averaging 25.5 points per game during his

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season, the

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selected Elmore in the sixth round (133rd overall) of the

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, although he never ended up playing in the league. He attended

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and became a lawyer. Today, he and his wife run Elmore & Elmore, a law firm in Charleston, West Virginia, primarily handling real estate and business law. His son

Jon Elmore Jonathan Elmore (born December 20, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for Manisa Basket of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for Marshall. High school Born in Charleston, West Virginia, Elmore average ...

played college basketball at

Marshall University Marshall University is a public university, public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, chief justice of the Uni ...

(2015–19) and became

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's all-time leading scorer. His other son, Ot, also played college basketball at Marshall University and is an assistant coach at

Glenville State University Glenville State University (GSU) is a public college in Glenville, West Virginia, United States. History Glenville State University was founded in 1872 as a branch of West Virginia Normal School. It became known as "Glenville State Normal Scho ...

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