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ANNVILLE, Pa. - Lebanon Valley College unveiled a banner honoring men's basketball great Jon-David Byers '05 during Saturday night's Rinso Marquette Tournament opening round.

Byers, who is currently an assistant coach with Randolph-Macon College, was on hand along with dozens of family members, teammates, and coaches to pull a cord unveiling the banner, which commemorates his retired #23 jersey.

In 2007-08, LVC began to hang banners for each of its retired numbers, adding a piece of history every year to the east wall of the new gymnasium. The first retired number, the #11 of Howie Landa '55, was dedicated in 2007, and last year, Don Johnson '74's #40 was unveiled.

The true definition of a student-athlete, Byers mixed jaw-dropping skill at point guard with academic success in the classroom. After his senior year, Byers was an NABC First-Team All-America and was named the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine College Division Academic All-American of the Year to go along with the Josten's Award, which is given to college basketball's top student-athlete. A finalist for the Bob Cousy Award for collegiate point guards, Byers finished with 1,898 career points (fifth on LVC's all-time list) and drained a school record 301 three-pointers.

In 2007, the two-time Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year was the fifth player in program history to have his jersey retired.

After graduation, Byers began a coaching career as a graduate assistant at Fairleigh Dickinson before returning to Annville under Brad McAlester. He moved on to RMC under fellow Dutchman great Mike Rhoades '95, and has been an assistant there since 2007-08.