Virginia Union University's Bruce Spraggins, who scored over 1,500 points during his three-year career for VUU, was inducted into the CIAA Hall of Fame on Friday, March 2, in Charlotte, N.C.

Spraggins was a first -team All-CIAA star for the Panthers from 1959-1961 and led the NCAA Small College listing as the top scorer.  Spraggins scored a career-high 54 points against Saint Paul's College in the 1959-60 season.

Spraggins scored 1,507 points during his three-year career with the Panthers.  He once recorded 17 field goals in a single game for VUU (vs. Elizabeth City State on February 20, 1961).

During his career at Virginia Union, Spraggins averaged 24.3 points per game.

Spraggins  was drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors in the fifth round of the NBA Draft and also played for the New Jersey Americans of the American Basketball Association during the 1967-68 season.

Spraggins was inducted into the VUU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008 and is the Co-Owner of Appletown Sporting Goods in Harlem, N.Y.

Spraggins was inducted along with Ralph Talley, Dr. Claudie J. Mackey, Deidra (Fields) Hines, Donald Evans, Vic Fulp and the 1950 North Carolina Central University men's basketball team.

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