Life as a Trinity Student: Felix Thurston
As for Thurston, he led the Southland Conference in scoring and was 18th in NCAA scoring during his senior season in 1970-71. He was selected to the All-District Team by U.S. Basketball Writers Association his senior season as well. His freshman year in 1967-68 he was named to the All-Southland Conference First Team, and the All-Region Second Team. He follows Jeffries in scoring with 1,563 points and is ranked fourth in career rebounds with 897. Thurston is one of seven Trinity players to record 20 or more rebounds in one game. Lastly he was a four-year starter at Trinity, playing alongside Jeffries and many other great players.
Other than basketball, Thurston earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration over his four years and was involved in many racial equality activities. In 1971, Felix and four other students, Elvin Gant, Ralph LeFore, Early Costley and Howard Walker, were interveiwed for the Trinitonian. These were five of the seven black athletes at the time. They got together and made a public announcement on the Trinitonian saying that things need to change at Trinity. The football team said racism was worse for them, because the coach was racist and they were greatly out-numbered. Felix said he ”dislike[d] the social atmosphere at Trinity". They claimed some students tended to dehumanize black students and rob them of their masculinity (1971 Trinitonian). He also was a part of four different proposals to the school board to stop racism at Trinity. Jeffries earned his Bachelor of Science in health and physical education.