June 4, 2004

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ----- Former UAB basketball standout Mo Finley was named one of six Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients by the Conference USA office it was announced, Friday. The league annually presents six $4,000 Postgraduate Scholarship awards to graduates as selected by the Faculty Athletics Representatives at the conference's annual Spring Meetings.

Finley was a four-year letterwinner in men's basketball for the Blazers. He was named to the All-Conference Second Team in 2002-03, and the All-Conference Third Team in 2003-04. He was also named to the All-Tournament Team for his performance in the 2003 C-USA Men's Basketball Tournament. Finley is a four-time member of UAB's Dean's List and a three-time member of the President's List. He was also named to C-USA's Commissioner's Honor Roll during all four years at UAB. Finley recently graduated Cum Laude with a degree in psychology and is finishing his second degree in sociology.

Finley, a native of LaFayette, Ala., became one of only five players in school history to reach the 1,500-point plateau, and finished his career in fifth place on UAB's all-time scoring list with 1,539 career points. Finley also finished his career in second for three-pointers made (248) and three-pointers attempted (679). He also ranks tied for third in steals in a career (180), fourth in field goals attempted (1,253) and sixth in field goals made (530). In 2002-03, he collected 623 points, which stands as the fifth-most in a single season in school history.

Finley was joined on the list of honorees by Memphis' Lisa-Marie Hyman (Track and Field), Depaul's Rick Britton (Track and Field), Louisville's Matt Mayer (Tennis), USF's Kristina West (Track and Field) and Cincinnati's Kristina Wilson (women's soccer).

Five previous UAB athletes have received the honor from the C-USA league office. Damon Cobb (men's basketball) and Hailey Isham (volleyball) were the first UAB student-athletes to receive the honor in 1999. Katja Lerew (women's soccer) and Igor Nikolic (men's basketball) earned the scholarship in 2001, while Lisa Nowoslawski (women's soccer) received the award in 2003.