the NBA announced that both Stokes and Jack Twyman would be honored with an annual award in their names, the Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award, which recognizes the player that embodies the league's ideal teammate that season. The Maurice Stokes Athletics Center The Maurice Stokes Athletics Center (originally called the Maurice Stokes Physical Education Building when it opened in 1971) on the St. Francis University campus is named after him. NBA career statistics Regular season Playoffs See also List of National Basketball Association annual rebounding leaders List of National Basketball Association single-game rebounding leaders List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 30 or more rebounds in a game List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds References Farabaugh, Pat. An Unbreakable Bond: The Brotherhood of Maurice Stokes and Jack Twyman, Haworth, N.J.: St. Johann Press, 2014. External links College statistics ESPN's Biography of Maurice Stokes: Stokes' life a tale of tragedy and friendship 1933 births 1970 deaths African-American Catholics All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players from Pennsylvania Cincinnati Royals players Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees National Basketball Association All-Stars National Basketball Association players with retired numbers National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees People from Rankin, Pennsylvania Power forwards (basketball) Rochester Royals draft picks Rochester Royals players Saint Francis Red Flash men's basketball players Sportspeople from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area