Hall of Fame
Rolando Frazer, a three-time NAIA first-team All-American, concluded his career as the state of Iowa's all-time scoring leader with 3,078 points. He was the first player in the history of Iowa college basketball to score 3,000 career points, and he is the only Briar Cliff athlete to have been recognized as a three-time first-team NAIA All-American. He was cited as an NAIA All-American honorable mention as a freshman when he averaged 15.6 points per game as a sixth man. Frazer averaged 26.1 points, 9.4 rebounds and shot 60.5 percent from the floor during his career.
Frazer, a native of Panama City, Panama, led the nation (all divisions) in scoring his junior year when he averaged 36.4 points per game. He averaged 30.1 points as a senior when the Chargers finished 27-3 and were the No. 1 rated team in the final NAIA top twenty poll. During Frazer's illustrious career, Briar Cliff posted an overall record of 101-17. In 1981, Frazer shared the George Clarkson Award with Drake's Lewis Lloyd. The Clarkson Award is presented annually to Iowa's best collegiate basketball player. He first gained a spot on the Panamanian Olympic team as a 15-year-old in only his second season of organized basketball.
Frazer was cited in numerous national publications throughout his career. The February 2, 1981 issue of Sports Illustrated featured Frazer in a college basketball article entitled "Pride of the Panama Pipeline." In 1979, Frazer was named team captain of an NAIA all-star squad that toured Argentina and Brazil. Frazer took game scoring honors (19 points) in Panama's 93-88 setback to Bobby Knight's United States team in the 1979 Pan Am Games. In 1987, Frazer returned to the United States to represent Panama in the 1987 Pan Am Games in Indianapolis. Frazer was a fourth round NBA draft choice by the Indiana Pacers in 1981.
