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Devon Adams |
Thiel College |
2007-12 |
Philadelphia, Pa./George Junior Republic |
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Adams amassed 1,409 points during his career, the fourth most in program history. A shooting guard, he made 171 career three-point field goals, the second most in school history, and 316 free throws, also the second most in school history. He is Thiel’s career leader in assists (497) and ranks sixth in steals (138). Adams was a four-time All-PAC pick, earning First Team honors in 2011 and 2012. He was a Second Team All-PAC pick in 2009 and a Honorable Mention selection in 2008. |
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Bob Anderson |
Thiel College |
1955-59 |
Coudersport, Pa. |
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Anderson scored 1,149 career points and is one of only two Thiel players to secure 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career. He posted 38 rebounds in game against Allegheny during the 1958-59 season and was inducted into the Thiel Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987. |
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Scott Argabrite |
Waynesburg University |
1995-97 |
Preston, W.Va./Preston |
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After transferring to Waynesburg from Alderson Broaddus College prior to the 1996 season, Argabrite made an immediate impact as the team’s starting center and one of the best players in the PAC. With the 6-6 center leading the charge, Waynesburg won its first and only conference title. In 1996 he was named the PAC Player of the Year and earned All-PAC First Team honors after leading the league in blocks per game (3.2), total blocks (83), field goal percentage (52.2) and rebounding (10.3 rpg). He also finished the season as the fourth-leading scorer in the conference (15.6 ppg). Though Waynesburg was unable to repeat as PAC champions, Argabrite successfully defended his PAC MVP title during his second-and-final campaign with the Yellow Jackets in 1997. He once again led the league in blocks per game (3.1), total blocks (76), field goal percentage (55.5) and rebounding (11.4 rpg). His 15.2 points per game average was fourth among PAC scorers. With Argabrite leading the way in the paint, Waynesburg went a combined 36-15 overall and 13-6 in conference play. |
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Dave Branchen |
Washington & Jefferson College |
1987-91 |
Pittsburgh, Pa./Thomas Jefferson |
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Branchen held W&J’s career scoring record with 1,552 points for 12 years before it was topped in 2003. A four-year letter winner and starter, Branchen made an impact in his first season, averaging 13.2 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. As a sophomore he averaged 18.0 points per game and then upped his output to 19.3 points per contest as a junior. He also led the team in rebounds, blocked shots, field goal percentage and steals in each of his last two seasons at W&J, in which he was named First Team All-PAC in each. Following his junior year, Branchen was named the conference’s co-MVP. He worked just as hard in the classroom where he twice earned the prestigious GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America honor. Branchen was also awarded the Donald Ebbert academic award as a junior and the Rule, Hughes Murphy Memorial Scholarship as a freshman. |
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George Brown |
Wayne State University |
1954-57 |
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Brown was a three-year letter winner for Wayne State. He was second on the all-time scoring list with 1,044 points at the time of his graduation. He totaled 953 career rebounds, which still ranks fourth on the all-time Wayne State charts. The Tartars compiled a 32-7 record in his final two seasons, including an 11-1 mark in PAC play. He was a key member of the 1956 NCAA Tournament team which defeated DePaul before losing to Kentucky. Brown, who went on to play for the Harlem Globetrotters, earned a degree in education from Wayne State and still resides in metro Detroit. He was inducted into the Wayne State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1983. |
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Joe Buckley |
Grove City College |
1985-89 |
Louisville, Ky./Fern Creek |
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Buckley, a four-time all-conference selection, was awarded with PAC Player of the Year and All-PAC First Team honors following the 1989 season. He was named an All-District selection by the Pittsburgh Press after leading the Wolverines to a 20-6 record and NCAA Tournament appearance as a senior where he was recognized on the Mideast Regional All-Tournament team. Buckley became the 14th player in program history to reach 1000-point mark and ranks second all-time in field-goals made (577), third all-time in points (1,413) and seventh in scoring average (15.7). He was inducted into the Grove City College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. |
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Rick Cipullo |
Bethany College |
1961-65 |
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A 1980 inductee into the Bethany Athletic Hall of Fame, Cipullo was a member of Bethany’s first two PAC title teams. He also helped the 1964 team to the school’s only perfect season in the history of the program (18-0). A three-time All-PAC selection, Cipullo became the second player in the PAC era to reach 1,000 career points and finished his career with 1,199, ranking him 12th on the school’s all-time scoring list. |
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Hart Coleman |
Carnegie Mellon University |
1984-88 |
Pittsburgh, Pa./Brashear |
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Coleman, a four-time All-PAC selection, was named the PAC Rookie of the Year in 1985. He ranks first all-time in blocks at Carnegie Mellon with 204, fourth all-time in rebounding with 745 and fifth all-time in scoring with 1,246 points. |
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John Colombo |
John Carroll University |
1979-83 |
New Philadelphia, Ohio/Tuscarawas Central Catholic |
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Colombo ranks second in career points (1904) and field goals (788) and third in career free throws made (327) in John Carroll basketball history. He was named First Team All-PAC three times and averaged 21.1 points during his career, graduating as the PAC's all-time leading scorer. He became the first player in program history to be honored as a Division III All-American in 1983. Colombo was inducted into the John Carroll Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993. |
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A.H Davis |
Thiel College |
1999-2003 |
Boardman, Ohio/Boardman |
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Davis is Thiel’s career leader in points with 1,683. He also ranks fifth on the program’s all-time blocks list with 79. A four-time All-PAC honoree, Davis was named to the First Team following the 2001, 2002 and 2003 seasons. He was a member of Thiel’s last PAC title team in 2000. |
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Robert Del Greco |
Allegheny College |
1972-76 |
Whitehall, Pa./Seton La Salle |
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Del Greco remains one of the most prolific point guards in Allegheny program history. He graduated in 1976 as the school record holder for assists in a game, season and career. As a junior Del Greco set a school single-season record with 151 assists (6.9/gm) and helped lead the Gators to their first PAC championship and trip to the NCAA Division III post season. The following season, Del Greco shattered his own record, dishing 176 assists (8.0/gm) en route to being named a GTE Academic All-American. He was also one of just three Division III players to be awarded with an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship after his senior campaign. A 1997 inductee into the Allegheny Hall of Fame, Del Greco graduated from Allegheny with a degree in English before going on to earn a law degree from Duquesne University. He currently practices law in Pittsburgh and was recently appointed to the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board by Governor Corbett. |
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Mark DeMonaco |
Westminster College |
2003-06 |
New Castle, Pa./New Castle |
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DeMonaco, a three-time First Team All-PAC honoree at the guard position, was a key member of Westminster’s first-ever PAC title team in 2004, scoring 20 points in the championship game against Bethany. A three-year player for the Titans after transferring from La Roche, he ranks seventh in school history with 1,550 career points, while his 19.1 career points per game average stands third among Titans who played at least 50 games. His 295 career three pointers and 365 career assists rank third in school history while his 345 career free throws made rank fourth on the school’s all-time list. His 11 made three pointers and 47 points scored rank first and second in a single game in program history, respectively. DeMonaco’s 100 made three pointers in 2004 and 149 made free throws in 2006 both rank second among single-season leaders. He also earned a spot on the D3Hoops.com All-Region Third Team following the 2004 season. DeMonaco is a Great Lakes region general manager for Henry Schein Dental located in Detroit, Michigan. |
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Matt Drahos |
Bethany College |
2002-06 |
Wheeling, W.Va./John Marshall |
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A four-time All-PAC selection, Drahos burst on the scene by earning PAC Freshman of the Year honors in 2003. He went on to be named a First Team All-PAC selection on three separate occasions, including earning PAC Player of the Year honors in 2006. During that season he scored the second-most single-season points in Bethany history, finishing with 638. He averaged 22.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per game and improved that number to 26.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per contest against conference opponents. He helped Bethany claim back-to-back PAC titles in 2005 and 2006. Drahos finished his career first on the school’s career list in rebounds (926) and blocked shots (132), and second in points (1,930). He still owns Bethany single-game records in both points (49) and rebounds (26), which he set against Westminster in 2006. |
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Mike Drahos |
Bethany College |
2002-06 |
Wheeling, W. Va./John Marshall |
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A three-time All-PAC honoree, Drahos was twice named the PAC Player of the Year, earning the distinction as a sophomore and as a junior. He is just one of just two Bison in history to earn back-to-back Player of the Year awards. In 2004 Drahos averaged 17.6 points and 9.5 rebounds per contest. The following season he averaged 19.1 points and 8.7 boards. Drahos finished his Bison career ranked fourth on the all-time scoring list (1,681). He also ranks third in career rebounds (877), sixth in career assists (283) and ninth in career steals (135). |
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Russell Drake |
Case Western Reserve University |
1970-74 |
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Drake was a three-time All-PAC selection and three-time team MVP at Case Western Reserve in the early 1970’s. The program’s first All-American, Drake ranks fourth in CWRU history with 1,396 points. He also ranks second with 592 made field goals and his 486 points as a senior rank as the third-highest single-season total in program history. |
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George “Baby” Duncan |
Wayne State University |
1955-60 |
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Duncan was a four-year letter winner for Wayne State, which won the first two PAC titles in 1956 and 1957. He helped the 1956 team to an 18-3 mark and a spot in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet Sixteen, where the Tartars lost to Kentucky. He set the Wayne State single-game scoring record with 50 points against Western Reserve on Jan. 9, 1960 and still stands as the eighth-leading scorer in school history with 1,290 points. A team co-captain in 1960, Duncan graduated with a degree in education. He passed away in 1992. He was inducted into the Wayne State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981. |
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Bruce Gabriel |
Hiram College |
1971-75 |
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Gabriel was a two-time All-PAC honoree, earning Player of the Year and All-PAC First Team honors in 1975. A consistent scorer throughout his four seasons playing for the Terriers, he finished with 1,007 career points and helped lead his team to three-straight PAC Championships (1972-74) and a runner-up finish in 1975. Hiram’s conference record during that four-year stretch was an outstanding 49-5. A two-time team captain and team MVP in 1975, Gabriel was the winner of the Campbell Award, given to Hiram’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year, in 1975. He was inducted into the William H. Hollinger Athletic Hall of Fame at Hiram College in 1991. |
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Don Gacey |
John Carroll University |
1961-65 |
Cleveland, Ohio/Cathedral Latin |
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Gacey was a varsity forward from 1962 to 1964. During that time, John Carroll established a dominant record of 27-11 in the PAC and an overall mark of 35-18. He was named a First Team All-PAC selection and team captain in both 1963 and 1964. He graduated as the second all-time leading scorer in John Carroll history with 1,028 points in 1964. Gacey led the PAC in scoring in 1963 and in free throw shooting in 1964. He was inducted into the John Carroll Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978. He finished his career among the school’s top 10 in career rebounds, free throw percentage, field goals made, scoring average and points scored. |
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Craig Hannon |
Westminster College |
2004-08 |
New Castle, Pa./Union |
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Hannon holds the Westminster career record for points scored with 1,717. A four-time All-PAC honoree, Hannon was a three-time Second Team selection. He was a key member of Westminster’s first-ever NCAA Division III Tournament qualifying team in 2007 and also holds the school record for most career three-pointers with 355. His 114 three-pointers in 2006 are the most in a single season and his 45 points against Thiel on January 4, 2006 are the third-most scored in a single game. His nine three-pointers in the same game also stand third-best. He was named to the D3Hoops.com All-Region Third Team following the 2998 season. Hannon, the head boys’ basketball coach at Girard High School in Girard, Ohio, also works as an admissions representative at Erie Business Center. |
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Victor Harp |
Thiel College |
1981-85 |
Pittsburgh, Pa./Wilkinsburg |
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Harp held Thiel’s record for points in a career (1,607) for 18 years until A.H. Davis set established a new all-time standard in 2003. He ranks second on the school’s career steals list (179) and fourth on the career rebounds list (725). Harp was named to the All-PAC First Team for three-straight seasons and was named to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Small College Second Team following his junior season. He was inducted into Thiel’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001. |
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Phil Harrison |
Bethany College |
1960-64 |
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A 1980 inductee into the Bethany College Athletic Hall of Fame, Harrison led the Bison to their only undefeated season in the history of the program, finishing the 1963-64 campaign with a 18-0 record and a PAC title. He helped the Bison to a pair of PAC Championships during his tenure (1962, 1964). Harrison also helped the Bison to 19-straight victories which spanned the 1962-63 and 1963-64 seasons. During that year Harrison set the Bethany single-season mark for rebounding average (17.4), which still stands as the school’s all-time record. Harrison finished his tenure first on the school’s all-time list in rebounds (900) and second in points scored (1,240). Those numbers still rank second and 11th on Bethany’s all-time charts. |
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D’Carlo Hayes |
Thomas More College |
2010-14 |
Louisville, Ky./Male |
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Hayes, a two-time all-conference selection, was named the 2013 PAC Player of the Year. Following his junior season he was named to the D3hoops.com All-Great Lakes Region team, the NABC All-Great Lakes Region team and was selected as a DIII News All-American. He scored 898 career points, had 165 career assists and recorded 123 career steals. |
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Kendall Hayes |
Bethany College |
1976-80 |
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A 1991 Bethany College Athletic Hall of Fame inductee, Hayes helped lead the Bison to the 1978 PAC title and was also a member of the first team to win an NCAA national tournament game as the Bison defeated Rose-Hulman 70-68. As a senior, Hayes was named the PAC Player of the Year after helping lead the Bison to a 15-6 record. It was the second time he was named First Team All-PAC, as he also earned the distinction as a junior. Hayes is 19th on Bethany’s career scoring list with 1,099 points and ranks seventh on the career rebounding list (776). |
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Erik Hemsing |
Thiel College |
1998-2002 |
Sharpsville, Pa./Kennedy Catholic |
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Hemsing, a three-time All-PAC selection, was named the PAC’s Most Valuable Player after his sophomore campaign. During his league MVP season he averaged 14 points a game and shot 39 percent from the three-point line. Hemsing led Thiel to their last PAC Championship in 2000. He is Thiel’s all-time leader in three-point field goals made with 183. |
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Joe Herrmann |
Thiel College |
2004-08 |
Hartstown, Pa./Jamestown |
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Herrmann amassed 1,520 points in his career, the third most in program history. He is the program’s career leader in blocks (112) and ranks fifth in career rebounds (695). Herrmann was a three-time All-PAC pick, earning First Team selections as a junior and senior. He was an All-PAC second team pick and earned PAC Freshman of the Year honors in 2005. |
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Scott Herz |
Washington & Jefferson College |
1968-72 |
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Herz graduated as one of the most accomplished basketball players in W&J history. A First Team All-PAC selection in each of his four seasons, Herz also led W&J to three-straight PAC Championships from 1968- 1970. During his sophomore season, he was named to the Second Team All-State team and earned the conference’s Most Valuable Player award. He still holds the College record for highest points per game average in a career (18.9) as well as most rebounds in a season with 310. He is also the school’s all-time leading rebounder with 1,163 career rebounds. |
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Craig Huffman |
John Carroll University |
1985-89 |
North Canton, Ohio/Hoover |
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Huffman garnered First Team All-PAC accolades three times during his career, including after the 1986 season when he was tabbed the league’s Rookie of the Year. During his freshman campaign he scored a team-high of 467 points. He was also named the team's Most Outstanding Freshman and received team MVP honors. In 1986 he was selected to the NCAA Division III South Region All-Tournament Team. A three-time team MVP, Huffman still owns the school record for most three-point field goals made in a single season, has two of the top 10 scoring seasons in program history and graduated with the third-highest career point total in program history. He was inducted into John Carroll Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001. |
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Larry Hufnagel |
Carnegie Mellon University |
1976-1980 |
Pittsburgh, Pa./South Catholic |
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Hufnagel earned PAC Player of the Year honors following the 1979 season. A member of Carnegie Mellon’s lone PAC Championship team in 1977 that went on to make the program’s first-ever NCAA Championship Tournament appearance, Hufnagel ranks second all-time in career field goal percentage (.580). Over his four-year career he tallied 1,092 points while pulling down 555 rebounds. |
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Ken Jackson |
Case Western Reserve University |
1978-82 |
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Jackson led Case Western Reserve in scoring in each of his four seasons. A four-time All-PAC selection, he was CWRU’s all-time leading scorer until 2006 with 1,456 points. Jackson was also the school’s all-time leader in assists (292) and field goals (593). |
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Todd Johnsson |
Case Western Reserve University |
1981-85 |
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Johnsson led Case Western Reserve in scoring during three straight winning seasons. He was a First Team All-PAC selection as a junior after leading the conference in scoring (18.6 ppg), field goal percentage (58%) and free throw percentage (83%). As a senior he averaged 20.5 points as CWRU posted the best record in program history. Johnsson finished his career with 1,187 points, and his 493 markers in 1985 rank as the second-best in program history. |
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Andrew Juhola |
John Carroll University |
1984-88 |
Ashtabula, Ohio/Harbor |
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Juhola helped John Carroll capture PAC titles in each of his final three seasons, all of which he served as a team captain. He also played a large role on the 1986 NCAA Division III tournament team. In addition to being a two-time PAC MVP and First Team All-PAC selection, Juhola was named to an All-PAC Second Team selection as a freshman and sophomore. He also garnered PAC Co-Rookie of the Year notice as a freshman. Juhola graduated as the all-time assists leader at John Carroll and was third in career points (1502), third in career field goals made (628), fourth in career free throw percentage (.784) and fourth in career rebounds (649). Juhola started every game of his career and was named the team’s Most Valuable Player a total of three times. He was inducted into John Carroll Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000. |
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Jon Koch |
Washington & Jefferson College |
2003-07 |
New Kensington, Pa./Plum |
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Koch finished his career as W&J’s all-time leading scorer with 1,812 points. The 2007 PAC Player of the Year proved to be a durable player through the years as he ranks third in school history with 108 games played. Koch’s 507 points scored during his junior year rank as the second-highest, single-season total in W&J history. He knocked down 196 career three-pointers, including 62 during a freshman season in which he was selected as the PAC Freshman of the Year. |
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Nolan Larry |
Washington & Jefferson College |
1999-2003 |
Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg Salem |
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Larry held the W&J career scoring record for four years with 1,654 points until Jon Koch established a new mark four years later. He was a three-time All-PAC selection, earning First Team honors in 2002 and 2003. A dynamic passer, he still ranks third in Presidents’ history with 384 career assists. On Dec. 6, 2012, Larry tied the school record with 13 assists against Medaille. He owns the school’s single-season scoring record with 576 points bucketed during his junior season. |
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Eric Lindberg |
Allegheny College |
1976-80 |
Donora, Pa./Ringgold |
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A three-time First Team All-PAC honoree, Lindberg was arguably the most dominant big man in program history. At his time of graduation, he held program career records in nearly every major statistical category, including points (1,289), rebounds (961), blocked shots (78) and field goal percentage (.583/547-938). As a junior Lindberg established a pair of Gator single-season records, as he grabbed 295 rebounds (12.8/gm) while shooting an even 58 percent from the field (158-272). The next season, he grabbed 248 boards while posting an astounding .663 field goal percentage (154-232) as he led the Gators to the PAC title. Named the team’s MVP in all four seasons, Lindberg graduated with career averages of 15.3 points and 11.4 rebounds. |
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Matt Lorello |
Geneva College |
2009-13 |
Bessemer, Pa./Mohawk |
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Lorello was a three-year starter for the Golden Tornadoes and was twice recognized as a member of the All-PAC team, earning First Team honors following the 2013 season. Lorello compiled 980 career points. |
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Daniel McKeehan |
Thomas More College |
2008-10 |
Maineville, Ohio/Little Miami |
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McKeehan was selected as the 2010 Capital One Academic All-America of the Year. A Two-time All-PAC selection, he helped lead the Saints to their first-ever NCAA Division III Championship Tournament appearance. McKeehan led the team in scoring in each of his two years at Thomas More. He scored 776 career points and pulled down 268 career rebounds and also finished with 86 career assists and 104 career steals. |
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Tim Mokma |
Grove City College |
1987-91 |
Wooster, Ohio/Triway |
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Mokma, a three-time All-PAC selection and two-time First Team pick, was named the PAC Player of the Year following the 1991 season. He helped the Wolverines to a 62-36 four-year record and PAC titles in each of his final three seasons, including an NCAA Division III Championship Tournament appearance as a sophomore. Mokma became the 15th player in program history to hit the 1000-point mark and ranks fourth in program history in field goal percentage (58.4) and 10th in career points (1,197). |
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Andy O’Keefe |
Grove City College |
2006-10 |
Perry, Ohio/Perry |
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O’Keefe, a three-time All-PAC performer, earned First Team honors and was recognized as the conference Player of the Year following the 2010 season. He is one of just two players in school history to play in the postseason for four-straight years. He led the Wolverines to three ECAC South Championship Tournament berths and a NCAA Division III Championship Tournament appearance as a senior. A member of two PAC title teams (2007, 2010), O’Keefe is Grove City’s all-time leader in games played (109) and field goal percentage (61.0) and is second all-time in blocks (84). He became the 24th player in program history to reach the 1000-point mark, finishing with 1,164 career points. |
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Marty Orzechowski |
Allegheny College |
1973-77 |
Erie, Pa. |
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Orzechowski is the lone player in program history to be named All-PAC four times. He graduated in 1977 as the program’s all-time leading scorer with 1,118 career points. A four-year letter winner, he was the Gators’ leading scorer in both his junior and senior seasons, and was named the team’s MVP each year. In his sophomore season he helped the Gators capture their first PAC Championship as they went 13-1 against conference foes. That season Allegheny also made its first trip to the NCAA Championship Tournament, and Orzechowski was named to the Great Lakes All-Regional Tournament team. Just the second player in program history to eclipse 1,000 points, Orzechowski was inducted into the Allegheny Hall of Fame in 1991. |
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Jim Paige |
Bethany College |
1978-82 |
Wheeling, W.Va. |
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A 1992 Bethany College Athletic Hall of Fame inductee, Paige helped lead the Bison to a PAC title in 1982, unseating three-time champion Allegheny. Paige was named the PAC Player of the Year and earned Second Team All-Great Lakes Region honors for his efforts in 1982 and he was also a First Team All-PAC player as a junior in 1981. A four-year letter winner with the Bison, he helped Bethany reach its second NCAA national tournament in school history. Paige is currently 17th on Bethany’s all-time scoring list with 1,142 career points. He also ranks fourth in career steals (178) and 10th in career rebounds (592). |
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Ernie Pasqualone |
Hiram College |
1973-77 |
Geneva, Ohio/Geneva |
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Pasqualone was a three-time All-PAC honoree, garnering First Team honors in 1976 and 1977. He was named the PAC Player of the Year for leading his team to the conference title during his junior season. During his four-year career, Hiram won the PAC Championship in 1974 and 1976 and finished as the runner-up in 1975 and 1977. The Terriers’ conference record during this stretch was an outstanding 52-4. Early in his career, Pasqualone was a standout playmaker and court general, leading the team in both assists and steals. He then emerged as a scoring leader during his junior and senior seasons, averaging a career-high 21.0 points per game in 1977 and totaling over 900 career points. A two-time team captain and team MVP, Pasqualone was inducted into the William H. Hollinger Athletic Hall of Fame at Hiram College in 1995. |
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Jim Peters |
John Carroll University |
1968-72 |
Cleveland, Ohio/St. Ignatius |
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Peters was a starting varsity forward for John Carroll and was the first John Carroll player to earn All-PAC First Team honors in each of his four seasons played. He led the Blue Streaks in scoring and rebounding for four consecutive years and was named the team MVP for his contributions during the 1970 season. Peters was inducted into the John Carroll Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982. |
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Dave Phillips |
Geneva College |
2008-12 |
Beaver Falls, Pa./Beaver Falls |
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A 2009 recipient of PAC Coaches Honors (All-PAC equivalent for NCAA Division III provisional members), Phillips totaled 1,264 points as a Golden Tornado, averaging 11.7 a game. The four-year starter hit 40 percent of his field goals (131-331) and finished his career as an 86 percent (78-91) free throw shooter. He is credited for helping lead Geneva from NAIA basketball to full members of the PAC. |
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A. Michael Pratt |
Washington & Jefferson College |
1977-81 |
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Pratt remains one of the most talented guards in W&J basketball history. As a five-foot-10 slick ball handler and shooting guard, Pratt set a single-game school record as a freshman with 13 assists, a record which still stands today. He also led the PAC in assists as a freshman. He was a four-year letter winner and starter who played in 85 career games. Pratt earned All-PAC honors three times during his career. Following his senior year, Pratt was selected to the College Sports Information Directors of America Second Team Academic All-America Team. He is one of only four men’s basketball players in school history to be honored as a national Academic All-American. He finished his career with 1,221 career points, the third-highest total in school history at the time of his graduation. He is currently 13th on the all-time scoring list. Pratt was a team co-captain as a senior, a year in which he was selected as the squad’s Co-Most Valuable Player. |
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Tanner Prosser |
Grove City College |
1999-00; 2001-04 |
Pittsburgh, Pa./Brentwood |
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Prosser, a four-time All-PAC selection, earned All-PAC First Team honors as a freshman and senior and was named to the All-PAC second team as a sophomore and a junior. He led the Wolverines to an ECAC Championship Tournament berth in 2003. Prosser became the 20th player in program history to surpass 1,000 career points and is Grove City’s career leader in assists (367) and games started (106). He also ranks third in career rebounds (801), fourth in games played (106) and blocks (55), fifth in points scored (1,263) and field goal percentage (.572), eighth in rebounding average (7.6) and ninth in steals (96). |
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Ray Robinson |
Waynesburg University |
1998-2003 |
Uniontown, Pa./Uniontown |
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Robinson finished his decorated four-year career with the Yellow Jackets as the program’s second-leading scorer. He piled up 2,115 points over 100 games played. After playing his freshman and sophomore seasons under legendary head coach Rudy Marisa, Robinson took a one-year hiatus from the team, but returned to play out his final two years. A four-time All-PAC selection, he picked up First Team laurels following his sophomore and senior seasons. He currently holds the program’s single-game scoring record (45) and currently holds Waynesburg’s scoring average record (21.2 ppg). |
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Larry Romboski |
Washington & Jefferson College |
1955-59 |
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Romboski was a four-year letter winner for the W&J men’s basketball team from 1955-1959. Throughout his storied career, Romboski was widely known as one of the top players in the East with a deadly jump shot. He still holds the W&J record for points scored in a single game as he poured in 43 points in his sophomore season against Bethany. A member of Beta Theta Pi, Romboski scored a school-record 1,274 points in his four years, a record which stood at the College for over a decade. He also averaged 17.9 points per game and appeared in 73 consecutive contests, which also broke school records at the time. In W&J’s first year in the PAC, Romboski was an All-PAC honoree as he led W&J to a 15-3 record. |
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Blair Rozenblad |
Thiel College |
2009-12 |
Youngstown, Ohio/Kennedy Catholic |
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Rozenblad scored 1,302 career points, the sixth most in school history. He also recorded 693 career rebounds, the sixth most in program history. He made 344 free throws in his career, the most in program history. During the 2010 season he scored 544 points, the most in a single season in program history. Rozenblad was named the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region Rookie of the Year and was an All-PAC first team pick in all three of his seasons at Thiel. Rozenblad earned PAC Player of the Year following the 2011 season. He was also named to the NABC All-District First Team and was an All-Region Second Team following the 2011 season. |
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Keith Schubert |
Bethany College |
1998-2002 |
Girard, Ohio/Girard |
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A 2013 inductee into the Bethany Athletic Hall of Fame, Schubert was a four-time All-PAC selection. Named the PAC Freshman of the Year following the 1999 season, he was recognized as the PAC Player of the Year following his junior and senior seasons, becoming just one of two players in Bethany history to claim back-to-back conference player of the year honors. After his senior campaign Schubert also earned D3hoops.com Honorable Mention All-America status. He remains the only Bison player to eclipse 2,000 points and sits atop the school’s all-time career scoring list with 2,127 points. Along with his scoring record, Schubert ranks eighth all-time in both career rebounds (711) and blocked shots (44). |
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Nevada Smith |
Bethany College |
1998-2002 |
Kiski, Pa./Kiski Area |
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A 2014 Bethany College Athletic Hall of Fame inductee, Smith was a two-time All-PAC selection, earning First Team honors following the 2001 season and Second Team honors in 2002. As a junior, he led the nation in made three-point field goals (101) and ranked in the top five in three-point field goal percentage (49.5). As a senior, Smith helped lead the Bison to their second-straight PAC title, finishing the year with 109 made three-point field goals while shooting .460 from three-point range. He concluded his career as Bethany’s all-time leader in made three point-field goals (313) and free throw percentage (.870). Smith currently ranks 10th on Bethany’s all-time scoring list (1,255). |
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Dillon Stith |
Saint Vincent College |
2010-14 |
Bedford, Va./Liberty |
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Stith was named the PAC Player of the Year and selected as a NABC All-American in 2014 after averaging 19.5 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. He scored 1,310 points in his Bearcat career and was a part of two PAC Championship teams. Stith set schools record with 50 points and 58 minutes played in a four-overtime game against Thiel on February 4, 2014. He was named an All-PAC Second Team selection following the 2013 season. |
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Rod Swartz |
Hiram College |
1983-87 |
Mogadore, Ohio/Mogadore |
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Swartz was named a First Team NCAA Division III All-American in both 1986 and 1987 and was also selected as the PAC Player of the Year in each of those seasons. He was a four-time First Team All-PAC selection and helped lead Hiram to the 1984 PAC Championship. Swartz holds Hiram’s all-time record for points with 2,252 and was the overall Division III scoring leader as a senior, averaging 29.4 points per game. He still ranks among the top 30 all-time Division III players in both total career points and average points per game. Upon graduation he held 12 school records and continues to rank as the program’s all-time leader in most scoring categories. A three-time team captain and team MVP, Swartz was twice selected as the winner of the Campbell Award, given to Hiram’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year. He was inducted into the William H. Hollinger Athletic Hall of Fame at Hiram College in 2000. Swartz was also a three-time All-PAC performer on the Hiram baseball team. |
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Dave Thomas |
Thiel College |
1966-70 |
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Thomas was a four-year letter winner and cracked the starting lineup after a successful freshman season in which he averaged 11.3 points per game. He was a two-time All-PAC selection, was named to the All-Lutheran Team once and in 1970 was honored with a spot on the Outstanding College Athletes of America team. Thomas finished his career with 408 made field goals and 508 career rebounds. |
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Mark Timko |
Grove City College |
1991-94 |
Oakmont, Pa./Apollo-Ridge |
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Timko, a three-time All-PAC selection, earned PAC Player of the Year honors and a spot on the First Team following the 1994 season. His 670 points as a senior were the second-most scored in a single season in program history. He led the Wolverines to an ECAC Championship Tournament appearance as a senior. Timko became the 16th player in school history to score 1,000 career points, doing so in just three seasons. He ranks second in program history in scoring average (20.2), third in three-point percentage (42.4) and sixth in career points (1,255). |
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Tony Torchia |
Washington & Jefferson College |
1982-86 |
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Torchia finished his career as one of the top men’s basketball players in school history. A three-time All-PAC selection, including a pair of First Team awards, Torchia led W&J to its first-ever NCAA Division III Tournament appearance in 1985. He finished his career with 1,261 points and 650 rebounds. In 85 career contests, he shot over 54 percent from the field. Torchia led his junior season squad to 18 victories, becoming only the second team in 70 years to accomplish that feat. He averaged 19.8 points and 9.0 rebounds during the record-breaking season. The Carlynton High School graduate also averaged 18.8 points and 9.1 rebounds as a senior. He was chosen to the All-Tournament Team at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional and ended that season as a Daktronics All-Region First Team honoree. He scored 475 points during that season which was the second-highest, single-season scoring total in school history. The former PAC MVP also excelled in the classroom as he earned CoSIDA Second Team Academic National All-America laurels in 1986. |
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Isaac Turner |
Saint Vincent College |
2010-14 |
Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park |
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Turner earned All-PAC First Team honors and was recognized as an All-Region performer by d3hoops.com following the 2014 season. He led the team to its second-straight PAC Championship Tournament title by averaging 22.0 points per game and scored a career-high 33 points in the Bearcats’ NCAA Division III Championship first round matchup with Wooster that season. Turner finished his Saint Vincent career with 1,469 points in just 85 games. He was named an All-PAC Honorable Mention selection in 2013 after leading the team in scoring with 16.7 points per game average. |
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Jim Wheeler |
Allegheny College |
1976-80 |
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A two-time First Team All-PAC selection, Wheeler’s name still appears throughout the Gator record books. He graduated as the program’s all-time leader in career assists (473), good for fourth all-time, while he was also the program’s second all-time leading scorer with 1,282 career points. In addition to his offensive prowess, Wheeler graduated second in program history in career blocked shots (67) while his free throw percentage of .825 (83-105) during his senior season still ranks third-best for a Gator. In addition to his individual accolades, Wheeler was also a main piece of some of the most successful teams in program history, as the squad amassed a record of 58-30 overall, and 42-16 in PAC play, over his four years, capturing two PAC Championships. |
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Nick Wilcox |
Bethany College |
2009-13 |
Venetia, Pa./Peters Township |
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Wilcox was a four-time All-PAC honoree, including two First Team selections. He was named the conference’s Player of the Year in 2012 after leading the Bison to a conference championship. During that season Wilcox led the team in scoring, averaging 15.2 points per game, and registered a single-season record 93 steals. He helped lead the Bison to two NCAA Division III Championship appearances and back-to-back PAC titles in 2011 and 2012. Wilcox finished his career ranked first on Bethany’s career steals list with 305. He also ranks fifth all-time in assists (285) and rebounds (789) and sixth in scoring (1,453). |
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Terry Wilkins |
Washington & Jefferson College |
1990-94 |
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Wilkins put W&J men’s basketball on the map in the early 1990’s. The four-year letter winner helped the 1994 Presidents advance to the NCAA Division III Elite Eight with the best record in school history at 22-3. That same squad also set school records for winning percentage (.880), longest win streak (15) and most Division III Tournament victories (3). Wilkins was a three-time All-PAC honoree and was twice named the league’s Most Valuable Player. He was also honored on five All-Tournament teams throughout his playing days. As a senior, he was twice selected as the Division III National Player of the Week. Wilkins ranks third in school history with 1,410 career points. As a junior, Wilkins ranked 10th in the nation in rebounding. During his four years the Presidents claimed three PAC Championships and accumulated a record of 55-39. |
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Beau Wilson |
Waynesburg University |
2003-07 |
Daybrook, W.Va./Clay-Battelle |
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Wilson proved to be one of Waynesburg’s most complete point guards since the program joined the PAC. Not only did he end his playing career as the 14th-ranked scorer in Yellow Jacket history (1,452 points), but he led the Orange and Black in assists in 2004 and 2006. He also paced the team in steals in 2007 and was Waynesburg’s leading scorer for three-straight seasons (2005-07). Wilson was honored as a two-time Second Team All-PAC selection. |
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