Carlos Yates was an American former college basketball player for George Mason University

George Mason University

George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...

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College career

Yates began his collegiate career at George Mason

George Mason Patriots men's basketball

The George Mason Patriots men's basketball team represents George Mason University and competes in the Colonial Athletic Association of NCAA Division I...

 and remained with the team all four years. He was the Eastern College Athletic Conference

Eastern College Athletic Conference

The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 21 sports . It has 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina and west to Illinois...

's Rookie of the Year in 1982 and its Co-Player of the Year in 1983 (along with James Madison's Dan Ruland

Dan Ruland

Dan Ruland is an American former expatriate professional basketball player who is actually best known for his college career at James Madison University  between 1979–80 and 1982–83.-College:...

). He was selected to four straight All-ECAC South Conference First Teams from 1981 to 1985. In addition, Yates earn honorable mention All-America

All-America

An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...

 honors those four straight years. On January 31, 1983 during Yates's sophomore season, he was selected by Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated

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 as their National Player of the Week.

Professional career

Yates was drafted fourth overall by the Florida Suncoast Stingers in the 1985 Continental Basketball Association

Continental Basketball Association

The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...

 draft.

Records

Yates is George Mason University's all-time leading scorer in men's basketball history with 2,420 points as well as the state of Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

's fourth all-time leading scorer. He also holds the school record for career field goals

Field goal (basketball)

In basketball, the term field goal refers to a basket scored on any shot or tap other than a free throw, worth two or three points depending on the distance of the attempt from the basket. "Field Goal" is the official terminology used by the National Basketball Association in their rule book,...

 made & attempted and free throws made & attempted.

Death

Yates was shot and killed on August 13, 1989 in Southeast Washington, DC. He had pleaded guilty in April 1989 to a federal cocaine

Cocaine

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 conspiracy charge brought in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, MD. Sources said he was cooperating with authorities.