Hunter Greene

Hunter Vann Greene (born July 1, 1966) is an attorney and family court judge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who is a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 66 in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Greene resigned from the House late in 2014 upon his election to a family court judgeship for East Baton Rouge Parish. Darrell Ourso, a financial advisor and a former member of the Baton Rouge Metro Council, defeated fellow Republican Buddy Amoroso by seventy-two votes for the right to succeed Greene. Amoroso is a sitting member of the Metro Council and a favorite of the Tea Party movement.

Background

Greene was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to a Southern Baptist couple, Herbert Vann Greene (1938–2010), a native of Bernice in Union Parish, and the former Edna Jan Barnette (1940-2013), originally from Cotton Valley in Webster Parish. The senior Greene was a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Army and a probation officer in Caddo Parish before he entered the business sector. Jan Greene graduated from Cotton Valley High School and received her bachelor's degree in education from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. She taught at four schools in Shreveport before she retired in 1998 as assistant principal for instruction at Linwood Middle School in Cedar Grove. Herbert and Edna Greene are interred at the Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Keithville.

Hunter Greene (basketball)

Hunter Greene played college basketball at the University of New Mexico from 1983 to 1988. At 6' 6" he played primarily guard and wing. He was a versatile all-around player, accomplished scorer, and strong defender for the Lobos and head coach Gary Colson.

Career

Early years

Greene played high school basketball at Van Nuys High School, where he was 3A Player of the Year in Southern California in 1982-83. He only began playing organized basketball as a sophomore in high school, and he played sparingly in his first year at New Mexico, averaging 1.4 points in 25 game appearances. He continued developing his skills in a pro-am circuit summer league in Los Angeles, getting more comfortable as a guard and shooter.

The summer league work paid off, and as a sophomore, in 1984-85, Greene became a starter for the Lobos, averaging 11.4 points and 4.3 rebounds a game. Greene shared backcourt duties with fellow sophomore Kelvin Scarborough, and the young Lobo squad went 19-13 with an appearance in the NIT. Four starters were returning for the 1985-86 season, but Greene was injured during a preseason practice and missed the season.