WAVERLY — Funeral services were Friday for former Waverly and Emporia State basketball star Sean Robbins, who was found dead in a Chicago hotel room Aug. 5.
Robbins, 41, still is regarded as something of an athletic legend at Waverly, where he starred on the football field and basketball court.
He moved on to Emporia State, where he played basketball in 1990-91 and again from 1992 to 1996, after a year at Kansas State University.
Robbins was living in Owasso, Okla., and working for WSI Kimberly-Clark. He was in Chicago on a business trip at the time of his death.
Robbins averaged 18.4 points per game in his ESU career. His 216 3-pointers remains a school record, and his 1,396 points ranks him seventh in the all-time Hornet record book.
Robbins’ 45 points against Lincoln in 1995 is still the 10th highest single-game total in ESU history.
Robbins was second team All-MIAA his senior season in 1995.
No cause of death has been given.
Former prep star, 41, dies
