Calvin Anthony Duncan is an American pastor and retired basketball player. Duncan is pastor at the Faith & Family Church in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

. He also played basketball with Oak Hill Academy

Oak Hill Academy

Oak Hill Academy may refer to:*Oak Hill Academy , Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, a private Baptist-affiliated boarding school famous for producing basketball stars...

 and the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams. He was drafted in the 1985 NBA Draft

1985 NBA Draft

The 1985 NBA Draft took place on June 18, 1985. It was also the first NBA Draft of the "Lottery" era. A total of 162 players were selected over 7 rounds by the league's 23 teams. The New York Knicks were awarded the first overall pick, by winning the first-ever NBA Draft Lottery, which was held...

 in the 2nd round with the 30th overall pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association in 1970 as an expansion team...

 but instead of signing, he joined Athletes in Action

Athletes in Action

Athletes in Action is an evangelical Christian sports ministry in the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Athletes in Action, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, works with athletes and coaches to use the unique platform of sport to help people around the world with questions of faith...

, an evangelical Christian traveling team.

Basketball

During the 1980-81 season, Duncan set the all-time record for points in a game for Oak Hill Academy with 61. As of 2006, no other Oak Hill player had surpassed that record. He is a member of the VCU Rams Hall of Fame. With VCU, Duncan was named co-Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the most outstanding men's basketball player in the Sun Belt Conference. The award was first given following the 1976–77 season...

 as a sophomore in 1983. Charlie Bradley of the USF Bulls also earned the award.

Personal

Duncan's mother died in childbirth and, with no knowledge of his father, was raised by his aunt in Linden, New Jersey

Linden, New Jersey

- Local government :, the Mayor of Linden is . The former longtime Mayor of Linden is 82-year-old John T. Gregorio, who served as mayor of Linden for 30, nonconsecutive years and was repeatedly tagged with scandal during his mayoral career, including one felony conviction, later pardoned, which...

. At Virginia Commonwealth, Duncan earned a degree in criminal justice.