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- ↑ "Men's Basketball - News - Official Athletic Site of the Lipscomb University Bisons". www.lipscombsports.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06.
- ↑ "Past Recipients". CollegeInsider. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
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