Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Worthington RMAC Hall of Fame Induction Speech
Worthington RMAC Hall of Fame Video

During Worthington’s career at Metro State, he won a national team championship and earned National Player of the Year honors. As a freshman, he was a key part of the 2002 MSU national championship team, starting nine games. As a senior, “Wortho” averaged 19.8 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.9 steals, while shooting 50 percent from the floor and 37 percent from the outside, and he led the Roadrunners to the Elite Eight tournament. That year, Worthington was named National Association of Basketball Coaches National Player of the Year and RMAC Player of the Year. In his career, he played in three Elite Eight’s, while helping Metro to a record of 118-18 (.868). In addition to ranking in the top-10 in school history in points and rebounds, he sits fourth in free throws made (362) and free throws attempted (503), ninth in steals (161), field goals made (490) and field goal attempts (980). The Australia native earned his bachelor’s degree

in 2005 from Metro State in speech communications with a minor in journalism. Following graduation, Worthington has competed for his home country in the past two Olympic Games (2008 in Beijing and 2012 in London) and has also played in Australia’s National Basketball League, where he was named all-league first team and Rookie of the Year. In 2009,

Worthington was selected to the RMAC Men’s Basketball All-Time Team. He is currently playing professionally in Serbia.