Michael Hazard (1994)

Hazard was a complete basketball player that could shoot, was a dangerous defender, and a strong rebounder.  He led CCRI to an unbeaten regular season and a regional championship in 1976-77.  That year, the team gathered so much attention, that the last 4 games were televised.  Hazard’s play made him earn many post-season awards.  He would average 22.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.  As for his career, he finished with 638 points and a field goal percentage of 60.4% overall.  He was accredited with an NJCAA All-American honorable mention, a first-team All-New England, a regional tournament MVP, and was the team’s co-MVP.  After CCRI, he went and took his talents to Acadia University in Canada where he was All-League for three straight years and in 1980, he was named as the Canadian Player of the Year by the Canadian College Coaches.  He was also inducted into Central High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame.