Shawn Christopher Respert (born February 6, 1972) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He attended Bishop Borgess High School, and he came to prominence while playing college basketball at Michigan State. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for four seasons from 1995 to 1999. College career Respert was a standout at Michigan State. He and point guard Eric Snow combined to form one of the nation's most prolific backcourt tandems for head coach Jud Heathcote's Spartans. Respert was the team's leading scorer all four seasons at Michigan State and finished his career second all-time in scoring among Big Ten players with 2,531 points (trailing only Calbert Cheaney) and first in Big Ten games with 1,545 points scored. He capped a brilliant career by being named a unanimous first team All-American and Big Ten Player of the Year and Sporting News and NABC National Player of the Year with a 25.6 scoring average during his 1994–95 senior season. He left East Lansing as the Spartans all-time leading scorer and began the tradition of out-going seniors kissing the logo at center court during their final home game. College statistics |- | align="left" | 1990–91 | align="left" | Michigan State | 1 || - || 3.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 |- | align="left" | 1991–92 | align="left" | Michigan State | 30 || 30 || 31.8 || .503 || .455 || .872 || 2.1 || 2.1 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 15.8 |- | align="left" | 1992–93 | align="left" | Michigan State | 28 || 28 || 34.3 || .481 || .429 || .856 || 4.0 || 2.6 || 0.9 || 0.2 || 20.1 |- | align="left" | 1993–94 | align="left" | Michigan State | 32 || 31 || 33.6 || .484 || .449 || .840 || 4.0 || 2.5 || 1.3 || 0.2 || 24.3 |- | align="left" | 1994–95 | align="left" | Michigan State | 28 || 28 || 33.6 || .473 || .474 || .869 || 4.0 || 3.0 || 1.4 || 0.0 || 25.6 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 119 || 117 || 33.0 || .484 || .454 || .857 || 3.5 || 2.5 || 1.2 || 0.1 || 21.3 |} Professional career Respert was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round, with the 8th overall