Heyward Dotson
Heyward Harrell Dotson (July 12, 1948 – May 1, 2020) was an American professional basketball player, attorney, and civil servant. Biography Dotson was born on July 12, 1948, in Lugoff, South Carolina and was raised on Staten Island. He played basketball for Stuyvesant High School before attending Columbia University on a scholarship. He was a member of Columbia Lions men's basketball team, where he averaged 13.7 points a game and led the Lions in assists, helping the team capture the Ivy League Men's Basketball championship title during the 1967–1968 season and earn a spot in the 1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament. Dotson averaged more than 18 points a game in the 1968-69 and 1969-70 seasons. He averaged 16.7 points a game, and finished his career with 1,266 points, making him the first basketball player from Staten Island to ever score 1,000 points at both the high school and collegiate levels. Dotson was initiated into the Eta Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. After graduating in 1970, Dotson was drafted by the Phoenix Suns and Indiana Pacers. He declined to join either franchise and studied European history at Worcester College, Oxford, on a Rhodes Scholarship. He was Staten Island's