Winthrop University Athletics

Greg Lewis (Class of 2002) led Winthrop to two Big South Conference championships and NCAA appearances in 2000 and 2002. He was voted the 2002 Big South Conference Player of the Year and was an All-Big South First Team selection in 2000 and 2002. Lewis was also voted the Most Valuable Player of the 2000 and 2002 Big South Championship Tournaments. In 2002, he was selected an Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American. He missed the 2001 season due to a foot injury. In just two seasons with the Eagles, he scored 947 points and his 15.7 scoring average ranks 15th all-time in school history, while his 10.1 rebound average in the 2001-02 season ranks second. Since his graduation, Lewis has played professionally in the United States in the USBL and ABA, overseas and in South America. He is currently playing in Argentina for Atena where he was named the 2013 Latinbasketball.com’s All-Liga Americas Most Valuable Player. In addition to Argentina, his basketball career has taken him to Finland, Brazil, New Zealand, Venezuela and Mexico.