Kansas City, MO - It was a big night for the Tisdale family as the late Wayman Tisdale was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City Sunday evening.

The Sooners' all-time leading scorer and rebounder joined players Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Travis Grant and coaches Gene Bartow and Jud Heathcote as well as contributors Bill Wall and Walter Byers as this year's inductees.

Tisdale was the first-ever freshman named to the Associated Press All-American Team and the first player in collegiate history to be named first-team All-American by the AP during his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons.

Despite jumping to the NBA after his junior season, he still finished his OU career as the team's all-time leading scorer and rebounder with 2,661 points and 1,048 rebounds. He also holds team records for field goals (1,077), field goal percentage (57.8) free throws (507) and free throw attempts (767).

Tisdale played on the 1984 gold medal USA basketball team and led Team USA in rebounding at 6.4 per game. He was the second overall pick in the 1985 NBA Draft and went on to play for 12 seasons with the Pacers, Kings and Suns, averaging 15.3 points in 840 career games.

After basketball, Wayman turned to his love of music and dominated in that arena as well. Playing bass guitar, Wayman released eight jazz albums -- including his 2001 release "Face To Face", which went to number one on the Billboard contemporary jazz chart. The single "Can't Hide Love" became a number one hit.

A year later, Tisdale reached the top of his new profession, earning the honor of Bassist of the Year at the National Smooth Jazz Awards.

Tisdale died in May after a battle with bone cancer. He was just 44 years old.

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