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Perhaps the most famous former athlete in The Citadel’s storied history, Conroy was a member of the Mel Thompson-coached basketball teams from 1965-67 and was voted the team most valuable player his senior year when he averaged 11.8 points per game. One of America’s most renowned authors, Conroy served as The Citadel’s 2001 commencement speaker and received an honorary degree. While still a Cadet, he wrote and then published his first book, The Boo, which was a tribute to his beloved mentor, Col. Thomas N. Courvoisie. Other books include The Water is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, My Losing Season, South of Broad and The Death of Santini, among others. In 2013, Conroy was named editor-at-large of Story River Books, a newly-created fiction division of the University of South Carolina Press.