Former Canisius men's basketball player Phil Seymore '88 has been named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Hall of Fame Honor Roll Class of 2015-16, the league office announced today. Seymore, who played two seasons as a Golden Griffin from 1980-82, will be enshrined in “The MAAC Experience” exhibit at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., on Saturday, Oct. 17.

One of the best guards in Canisius men's basketball history, Seymore played 49 career games for the Griffs. In two seasons on Main Street, the Brooklyn, N.Y. native averaged 16.8 points, 4.6 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game, while shooting 49.7 percent (300-for-604) from the field and 80.7 percent (222-for-275) from the free-throw line. His career scoring average of 16.8 points per game ranks 10th in school history, and his 4.6 assists per game for his career stands tied for fourth in the school's all-time record book.

Additionally, Seymore is the program's all-time leader in career steals per game average, while his 49.7 percent effort from the field ranks seventh in program history, and is first among all guards. In his senior season, Seymore averaged 17.5 points per game, which led the team, as Canisius posted a 19-8 record during the 1981-82 campaign. In his final career game in Buffalo's Memorial Auditorium, Seymour poured in a career-high 38 points as the Griffs defeated Dayton 81-76.

Seymore set the program record for consecutive free-throws made when he knocked down 33 straight from the stripe in 1981-82. That record still stands to this day. After closing out his playing career at Canisius, Seymore was drafted in the seventh round of the 1982 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks. He later joined the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association, where he played for legendary coach Phil Jackson, and then he began his career in the coaching ranks. He has served as an assistant at Canisius, he has worked on former Canisius head coach John Beilein's staff and he was also the head coach of the Providence College women's team.

A 1988 graduate of the College, Seymore is currently the head men's basketball coach at Fredonia. He was inducted into the Canisius Sports Hall of Fame in 1996 and he was voted to the Canisius Men's Basketball All-Century Team in 2004.

This season marks the fifth year that the MAAC Hall of Fame Honor Roll has been in existence. Every year, each MAAC member institution honors one male and one female from its “basketball family” as part of the induction class.

A dinner event will be Oct. 17 at the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame Court of Dreams to recognize the Honor Roll inductees. Each honoree will also be profiled in the game program for the 2016 MAAC Basketball Championships, and will also be featured in a video display at "The MAAC Experience."

Canisius' previous MAAC Hall of Fame Honor Roll honorees for men's basketball are Anthony Masiello (2011-12), Hon. Henry Nowak (2012-13), Frank Swiatek (2013-14) and “Sugar Ray” Hall (2014-15).