Wake Forest Athletics
Wake Forest's Robert O'Kelley Named ACC Basketball Legend
1/25/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 25, 2011
Complete ACC Legends Announcement
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Former Deacon standout Robert O'Kelley has been named to the 2011 ACC Basketball Tournament Legends class, as announced by the league office on Tuesday.
O'Kelley (1998-01), one of the top three-point shooters in ACC history, helped lead the Deacons to four consecutive post season tournament appearances from 1998 through 2001. As a four-year starter, he helped the Demon Deacons compile a four-year record of 74-53 which included one NCAA Tournament appearance (2001), one NIT national championship (2000) and two other NIT appearances.
He played three seasons (1998-2000) for former Wake Forest head coach Dave Odom and one year (2001) for the late Skip Prosser.
O'Kelley still ranks 11th on the ACC's and 3rd on Wake Forest's career three-point field goal list with 288. He also ranks 9th on the Deacons' career scoring list with 1,885 points and topped double figures in scoring 101 times in his career.
The 1998 ACC Rookie of the Year, O'Kelley led Wake Forest in scoring as a freshman (1998) and sophomore (1999) and in three-point field goals made in each of his four varsity seasons. He also earned 2nd-team All-ACC honors in 1999.
A durable player, O'Kelley ranks third on Wake's career list of minutes played with 4,012 and is 7th in career starts with 108.
After leaving Wake Forest, he played professionally in Europe, Iceland and Brazil, and retired in 2006. He is currently living in his hometown of Memphis, Tenn. and is serving as a recreation sports ministry director at the Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis.
2011 ACC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT LEGENDS ROSTER | ||||
| Name | School | Years | Position | Hometown (Current Hometown) |
| Michael Adams | Boston College | 1982-85 | Guard | Hartford, Conn. (Bowie, Md.) |
| Greg Buckner | Clemson | 1995-98 | Guard | Hopkinsville, Ky. (Carrollton, Texas) |
| Steve Vacendak | Duke | 1964-66 | Guard | Scranton, Pa. (Raleigh, N.C.) |
| Hugh Durham | Florida State | 1966-78 | Head Coach | Louisville, Ky. (Jacksonville, Fla.) |
| John Salley | Georgia Tech | 1983-86 | Forward | Brooklyn, N.Y. (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Len Elmore | Maryland | 1972-74 | Center | Springfield Garden, N.Y. (New York. N.Y.) |
| Eric Brown | Miami | 1985-89 | Forward | Brooklyn, N.Y. (Homestead, Fla.) |
| Bill Guthridge | North Carolina | 1998-2000 | Head Coach | Parsons, Kan. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) |
| Thurl Bailey | NC State | 1980-83 | Forward | Seat Pleasant, Md. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| Chris Williams | Virginia | 1998-2002 | Forward | Birmingham, Ala. (Hoover, Ala.) |
| Wayne Robinson | Virginia Tech | 1977-80 | Forward | Greensboro, N.C. (same) |
| Robert O'Kelley | Wake Forest | 1998-2001 | Guard | Memphis, Tenn. (same) |
