You won't find Bobby Winston's jersey above the walls of the basketball practice facility, nor are there any All-America citations in the staff office. In 116 games he scored in double figures just 10 times. But within those four years, he was one of the most productive (if underrated) contributors during a run where the Hoyas were a combined 102-28 (.784).

Winston and Charles Smith were among the last recruits from the St. Anthony HS lineage that held steady throughout the John Thompson era. In its final years as All Saints, the school stopped recruiting boys for its brief run as a girls school. During Winston's senior season, the school had just 21 boys enrolled yet the Tigers were ranked as high as #4 in the nation. Winston was third on the team in scoring behind future UConn star Phil Gamble and Clemson's Michael Best. In a high school team with all sorts of Georgetown connections of its own (his coach was former Georgetown forward Aaron Long, and played alongside Charles Smith and Sam Jefferson), Winston had over 500 assists, and broke the school assist record once held by Alonzo Holloway, who himself played briefly at Georgetown in 1973-74.

An honorable mention All-Met who competed at the Dapper Dan Classic in Pittsburgh, Winston was projected to be a point guard in college but found himself as a combo guard/forward behind a considerable depth chart, with Michael Jackson, Horace Broadnax, David Wingate, and Perry McDonald ahead of him as a freshman . He averaging 1.7 points in 18 games.

Beginning his sophomore season, however, Winston became a valuable reserve who could play any of three positions. he didn't score often but contributed on the boards and on assists. In 1987 versus Providence, for example, he played 18 minutes and scored one field goal, but contributed six rebounds and six assists. In a 1988 game versus the Friars, he did not take a single shot in the game, but dialed up 10 assists.

But he could shoot. Over his four years, Winston averaged 17 minutes a game and shot 49.2 percent from the floor, not far removed from the lifetime 49.6 percent average from the likes of Eric Floyd, and just ahead of Reggie Williams at 49.0 percent. Winston wasn't in the lineup to score but contribute, and contribute he did. Winston graduated in 1989 as the seventh ranked assists leader all time at Georgetown with 351, an amazing number considering Winston was not a regular starter in the lineup. At the 1989 awards banquet, he was presented the "Outstanding Team Contribution Award", a recognition that is not listed in future award ceremonies. For Bobby Winston, you could say he retired the honor.