Craig Shelton
Craig Anthony Shelton is an American former basketball player. He played in parts of two seasons in the National Basketball Association.
Shelton, a small forward from Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., played college basketball with his high school teammate John Duren at Georgetown University from 1976–77 Georgetown Hoyas men's [basketball team|1976] to 1980. Shelton scored 1,409 points and collected 691 rebounds during his college career. During his senior year, he was chosen for the 1979–80 All-Big East First Team and was the Most Valuable Player of the 1980 Big East tournament.
After the close of his college career, Shelton was drafted in the second round of the 1980 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks. He played for the Hawks during the 1980–81 NBA season and in four games of the 1981–82 season before being waived. He played the remainder of the season in the Continental Basketball Association for the Atlantic City Hi-Rollers and Lancaster Lightning. He then played professionally in Italy from 1982 to 1986.