The “Fairmont State Athletic Hall of Fame” is established to pay tribute and give recognition to former athletes, coaches and others making exceptional contributions and/or meritorious service to the advancement of Fairmont State Athletics.

Membership consists of athletes, coaches and others making exceptional contributions and/or providing meritorious service to Fairmont State Athletics.

Links

• Fairmont State Athletics Hall of Fame Bylaws
• Fairmont State Athletics Hall of Fame Nomination Form
• Class of 2012 | Class of 2011 | Class of 2010 | Class of 2009 | Class of 2008 | Class of 2007 | Class of 2006 | Class of 2005 | Class of 2004 | Class of 2003 | Class of 2002 | Class of 2001 | Class of 1997 | Class of 1993

Class Of 2012

• Two-time first team All-WVIAC – 1989, 1990
• Led team to three WVIAC Tournament championships – 1988, 1989, 1990
• WVIAC Tournament MVP – 1990
• Set school record for career digs (1,806)
• Set school record for digs in a season (512) – 1989
• Helped team to school-record 42 wins and undefeated WVIAC record – 1990

• Daktronics Second Team All-American – 2005
• WBCA All-America Honorable Mention – 2005
• WVIAC Player of the Year – 2005
• Two-time first team All-WVIAC – 2004, 2005
• Set school record for scoring (2,041) and first women’s basketball player to score 2,000 points
• Set school records for single season points (727) and scoring average (22.7), and career records for made field goals (738) and made three-pointers (258)
• Named one of the league’s “Top 25 at 25” in 2007 honoring 25 of the league’s all-time great players and coaches in celebration of the 25th anniversary of women’s athletics in the conference

• Two-time first team All-WVIAC – 1995, 1996
• Set record for career passing yards (9,856), touchdowns (101), completions (798) and tied for total offense (9,638)
• 101 touchdown passes were the most in WVIAC history and second in NCAA Division II upon graduation
• Set single season records for touchdowns (35) and completion percentage (64%)
• Set school record for touchdown passes in a game (7) vs. Concord – 1995
• Led team to 1996 WVIAC championship

• Second team All-WVIAC – 1989
• Two-time All-WVIAC honorable mention – 1987, 1988
• Scored 1,639 points and grabbed 1,045 rebounds
• One of just nine players at Fairmont State to score 1,000 points and have over 1,000 rebounds
• Set school record with 439 career blocked shots
• Owned each of the top four seasons for blocked shots upon graduation
• Graduated with the fourth-highest field goal percentage in school history (55%)

• Four-year letterwinner
• Two-time team captain
• All-WVIAC team captain – 1958
• Member of three WVIAC championship teams – 1953, 1957, 1958
• Team’s leading hitter in three of his four seasons
• Tenth in the country in batting average (.479) and tied for the national lead in doubles (7) – 1958
• Led team to NAIA Playoffs – 1958

• Three-year letterwinner
• Team captain for team that won WVIAC title – 1974
• Started coaching at Fairmont State and was an assistant at eight other schools and in the Canadian Football League
• Head coach at VMI (1994-97) and West Virginia (2008-10)
• Led Mountaineers to historic Fiesta Bowl victory – 2008
• Won BIG EAST Conference title – 2010

Class Of 2011

• Earned All-America honors in each of her four seasons
• Runner-up in the 1,650 free and 500 free – 1985
• Established school records in five individual events and two relays
• Member of team that finished 3rd in the country – the best in school history – 1985
• Team captain – 1988
• Academic All-American

• Three-time first team All-WVIAC – 1999, 2000, 2001
• Two-time WVIAC Offensive Player of the Year – 2000, 2001
• Matched school record for total offense in a career (9,638)
• Set school record with 3,293 yards in a single season
• Set single game record with 506 passing yards in a single game
• Led Fairmont State to WVIAC Championship – 2000
• Finished career with 8,580 passing yards and 64 touchdowns

• Three-time first team All-WVIAC – 1975, 1976, 1977
• Two-time WVIAC Player of the Year – 1976, 1977/li>
• Two-time All-American – 1967, 1977
• Won Four WVIAC Tournament championships – 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
• WVIAC Tournament MVP – 1976
• Scored 2,255 career points

• Team leader in passing and total offense for three years – 1956, 1957, 1958
• Led Falcons to WVIAC title – 1957
• Posted a 22-3-1 record as team’s starting quarterback
• Member of WVIAC Championship swimming team – 1957
• Also lettered in tennis
• Coached Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) and led the Golden Hawks to a national championship – 1991

• First team All-WVIAC receiver – 1981
• NAIA All-America receiver – 1981
• First team All-WVIAC punter – 1980
• Second team All-WVIAC punter – 1981
• Member of WVIAC Championship team – 1981
• Member of NAIA Playoff team – 1981
• Set school record for longest punt (73 yards), career punt yards (8,163) and career punt attempts (219)
• Set single season record for receptions (50) – 1981

Class Of 2010

• All-WVIAC Tournament in volleyball—1989, 1992, 1993
• First team All-WVIAC in volleyball—1989, 1992, 1993
• All-East Region in volleyball—1993
• Set school records for career kills, aces, solo blocks and total blocks
• First team All-WVIAC in basketball—1994
• Academic All-America in basketball—1994
Scored 611 career points
• Grabbed 307 rebounds in 1993-94, the fifth-highest single season total in school history
• WVIAC Scholar Athlete and Colebank Award winner—1994

• NAIA national champion in 200 butterfly—1995
• Earned All-America honors in 12 events in two seasons
• Set school records in four individual events and two relays
• Four-time Penn-Ohio Conference champion
• Set WVIAC records and won individual titles in the 200 free (1994) and 200 butterfly (1995)
• Member of two WVIAC championship relay teams in 400 medley relay and 400 freestyle—1995
• 1995-96 HPERS Most Outstanding Student Award

• Two-time All-American on the offensive line—1979, 1981
• Two-time first team All-WVIAC—1979 & 1981
• Member of two WVIAC championship teams—1979 & 1981
• Falcons won Coal Bowl—1979
• Team advanced to NAIA playoffs—1981

• Record of 35-13-3 overall (31-10-2 WVIAC)
• Won two WVIAC titles—1979 & 1981
• Won Coal Bowl—1979
• Team advanced to NAIA playoffs—1981
• Coached players to All-America honors 11 times and first team All-WVIAC recognition 18 times
• Coached in Canadian Football League and won three Grey Cup championships, head coach of British Columbia, Montreal Alouettes and Winnipeg Blue Bombers … part of three Grey Cup championship teams

• Scored 1,324 career points
• Second all-time in school history with 1,491 career rebounds
• Grabbed 530 rebounds in 1970-71 season, the second most in a single season at Fairmont State
• Member of three WVIAC regular season titles and one WVIAC Tournament championship
• Led team to NAIA tournament in 1971 and 1973 seasons
• Top rebounder at the 1971 NAIA national tournament
• Team captain as a senior

• Three-time first team All-WVIAC
• WVIAC Pitcher of the Year—1967
• Member of two WVIAC championship teams—1967, 1968
• Led team to NAIA Playoffs—1967, 1968
• Posted a career record of 29-6
• Drafted five times by Major League Baseball
• Named to WVIAC’s 25th Anniversary Team

Class Of 2009

• First female to letter in a varsity sport at Fairmont State—1952, 1953
• Played two seasons on the men’s tennis teams under coach Charlie Lindley
• Successful age group tennis career winning ITF Super-Seniors World Championship (2007) and multiple USTA national titles

• NAIA All-America—1978
• WVIAC Player of the Year—1978
• Three-time first team All-WVIAC selection
• Led Fairmont State to four regular season WVIAC championships and two WVIAC Tournament titles
• Falcons advanced to NAIA National Tournament in each of his four seasons
• Finished career with 1,700 points and 1,114 rebounds

• Two-time NAIA All-American – 1984, 1985
• First player in school history to be named Kodak All-American – 1984
• Three-time first team All-WVIAC selection
• Two-time co-captain
• Squibb Wilson Award winner – 1984
• Recorded 169 catches for 2,581 yards and 16 touchdowns for his career

• Three-time first team All-WVIAC in baseball
• Two-time first team All-WVIAC in football
• Named to WVIAC 25th Anniversary All-Conference football team
• Won two state high school football titles at Monongah
• West Virginia High School Coach of the Year – 1968

• Long-time Fairmont State sports writer at Times West Virginian
• Covered the Falcons during their “Golden Era” in sports, which included countless All-Americans and the legendary coaching careers of Joe Retton and Deacon Duvall
• Accompanied Fairmont State football and basketball teams across the country as they competed at NAIA playoffs and tournaments

Class Of 2008

• Four-year letterman
• Scored 1,643 points and notched 2,035 points
• Set conference record with 644 rebounds in a single season—1967-68
• Won two regular season WVIAC titles and one tournament championship
• Led team to two NAIA tournaments, including a run to the finals in 1967-68

• Three-time WVIAC champion in wrestling—1968-70
• Four-year letterwinner in football
• Two-time first team All-WVIAC
• WVIAC Co-Defensive Player of the Year—1969
• Helped FSU to two conference titles in football, and was starting tackle on the 1967 national championship team
• Jasper Colebank Award winner—1970
• Lettered in track and led team to first and only conference title in 1968
• Drafted by NY Giants in 10th round

• Scored 1,798 points in his career and left the school as the second all-time leading scorer
• All-WVIAC Tournament team as a freshman
• Also an all-conference pitcher at Fairmont State

• First Fairmont State player to pass for 2,000 career yards (2,572)
• Quarterback of 1967 national championship team
• Helped Fairmont State to two WVIAC titles
• Successful high school football and wrestling coach at North Marion

• Two-time first team All-WVIAC selection
• Scored 1,908 career points
• WVIAC Player of the Year as a senior
• Led the Falcons to the conference tournament title as a senior

• Shattered school record with 4,737 passing yards
• Two-time All-WVIAC second team selection and one-time first team All-WVIAC
• WVIAC Player of the Year and second team All-America as a senior

Class Of 2007

• Two-time first team All-WVIAC—1990, 1991
• Two-time NAIA Academic All-American—1990, 1991
• Scored 1,490 career points and grabbed 826 rebounds
• Set school record for career free throws made (562), free throw percentage (80.4%) and single-season free throws made (190 in 1990)
• Posted a career field goal percentage of 48.1%

• NAIA national champion at 177 pounds—1979
• Fairmont State’s first and only national champion in wrestling
• Two-time NAIAA All-American—1978, 1979
• Posted a 25-5 record as a senior, including 19 falls
• Helped Fairmont State to its highest finish at the national tournament (sixth) —1979

• NAIA All-American in the 200 backstroke—1976
• Won six individual conference titles
• Set five school records
• Set conference record in the 200 backstroke—1974, 1975
• Led team to three WVIAC titles
• Team MVP as a sophomore—1976

• Two-time first team All-WVIAC—1986, 1988
• Second team All-WVIAC—1987
• NAIA All-America honorable mention—1988
• NAIA National Player of the Week—1988
• Set school record for career rushing yards (3,524)
• Set school record for career points (282)
• Led Falcons to WVIAC title and NAIA playoffs—1988
• Played three seasons in the NFL

• NAIA first team All-American—1987
• Two-time first team All-WVIAC—1986, 1987
• Set school record for catches in a season (75) —1987
• Set school record for receiving yards in a season (992) —1986
• Amassed 1,991 career receiving yards

CLASS OF 2006

• Won three individual NAIA national titles and two relay titles—1987
• Named NAIA Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet—1987
• Won the 50 free, 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke—1987
• Part of 200 freestyle & 400 medley relay NAIA National Championship teams—1987
• Set NAIA national records in the 100 & 200 backstroke
• Set school records in the 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 400 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay

• First two-time NAIA All-America in Fairmont State history
• Helped Fairmont State to four WVIAC regular season titles
• Three-time All-WVIAC selection—1972, 1973 & 1974
• Won two WVIAC Tournament championships—1973 & 1974
• WVIAC Tournament MVP—1973
• WVIAC Individual Sportsmanship Award—1971
• Three-time All-WVIAC Tournament Team
• Scored 2,232 career points and grabbed 1,339 rebounds
• Set school record for points as a freshman (636)

• Two-time NAIA All-America—1976 & 1977
• NAIA National Runner-up in 1977, fourth place in 1976
• Three-time WVIAC Champion—1975, 1976 & 1977
• Three-time NAIA National Qualifier—1975, 1976 & 1977

• First Team All-Conference–1965
• Led the Falcons to the WVIAC Tournament title—1965
• Scored 1,587 career points
• Made 439 career free throws
• Named Fairmont State Letterwinner of Distinction—2001
• Four-year letterwinner in basketball
• Also lettered in football and baseball

• NAIA All-America—1969
• First Team All-WVIAC—1969
• Helped Fairmont State to two WVIAC Tournament titles—1968 & 1969
• All-WVIAC Tournament selection—1968 & 1969
• NAIA National Tournament MVP—1968
• Led Falcons to NAIA National Runner-Up Finish—1968
• Selected by the ABA’s Indiana Pacers—1969

• NAIA All-America—1981
• WVIAC Player of the Year—1981
• First Team All-WVIAC—1981
• WVIAC Defensive Player of the Week four times—1981
• Helped Fairmont State win two WVIAC titles—1979 & 1981
• Four-year letterwinner

CLASS OF 2005

• Four-year letterman in both basketball and baseball
• First Team All-WVIAC in basketball—1976 & 1978
• WVIAC All-Tournament Team—1976 & 1978
• 27th all-time career scorer in basketball with 1,453 points
• Member of four WVIAC basketball championship teams—1975, 1976, 1977 & 1978
• First team All-WVIAC in baseball—1976&1977
• WVIAC 'Hitter of the Year', .466 batting average—1977
• Region 7 Rawlings 'Big Stick' Award winner—1977

• First team NAIA All-American—1971
• First team All-WVIAC—1970 & 1071
• Scored 1,478 career points, 26th on all-time scoring list
• 1,137 career rebounds, sixth on all-time rebounding list
• Member of three WVIAC championship teams—1969, 1970 & 1971
• WVIAC All-Tournament team—1971
• Scored 705 points in 1971, the sixth highest single season point total in Fairmont State history (20.1 ppg)
• UPI '5-10 & Under' All-America team—1971
• AP All-American team which included all small colleges in NAIA and NCAA
• Hustle Award—1971 NAIA National Tournament
• West Virginia 'Amateur Athlete of the Year'—1971
• Played in two 'Final Fours'—1968 & 1971 NAIA National Tournament, Kansas City
• Led squad to first unbeaten regular season in school history (25-0, 1971)
• Pan-Am Olympic Training Camps in Colorado—1971
• Fairmont State athletic director—1997-2004

• Four-time first team All-WVIAC honoree
• WVIAC 'Player of the Year' —1994
• Second all-time in career kills (1,827)
• Second all-time in career digs (1,737)
• WVIAC All-Tournament team—1995, 1996 & 1997
• All-Atlantic Region selection—1995

• All-WVIAC in the 1650 freestyle & 800 freestlyle relay—1974, 1975 & 1976
• Led Fairmont State to first WVIAC championship in history—1974
• NAIA National Qualifier—1975
• Earned All-America honors in the 800 freestyle relay—1976
• Helped Fairmont State to a 7th place finish at the NAIA National Championships—1976
• WVIAC championship—1976
• NAIA Academic All-American

• Captain of football and track teams—1952
• Led Falcons in rushing and receiving—1950
• Led team in total offense—1951
• Scoring leader—1950 & 1951
• 9th longest kickoff return in football history (81 yards)—1951
• Competed in high and low hurdles, high jump, pole vault and shot put in track
• WVIAC All-Time Team in track
• 9-time national decathalon champion, USA Masters
• 8-time national pentathalon champion, USA Masters
• 16-time even national champion, USA Masters
• Over 65 World Record Holder (60m hurdles)
• Over 65 U.S. Record Holder (100m hurdles)
• Blair County Sports Hall of Fame Inductee—1996

• Letterman's Association Board of Director's
• Letterman's Achievement Award—2005

• Second Team NAIA All-America linebacker—1979
• First Team All-WVIAC—1978 & 1979
• NAIA 'National Defensive Player of the Week'—1979
• Led team in tackles—1978 & 1979
• Guided team to WVIAC Championship and Coal Bowl title—1979
• Four-year letterwinner
• Played for Bill Kerr and Dave Ritchie

CLASS OF 2004

• Four-year letterwinner in football and basketball
• First Team All-WVIAC selection–1947 & 1948
• First Falcon football player to be drafted into the NFL
• Selected as one of the WVIAC’s Top 100 Athletes--1974
• Also lettered in baseball at Fairmont State

• First-Team All-WVIAC in football–1970 & 1971
• Set school records for interceptions in a game (4), single-season interception return yards (128), career interception return yards (311) and career interceptions (15)
• Set school record with four interceptions vs. Concord–1971
• First Team All-WVIAC in track–1968, 1969 & 1970
• WVIAC “Trackman of the Year–1970
• Two-time NAIA National Track Qualifier–1969 & 1970
• Set WVIAC record in 440-yard dash (47.6)

• Scored a school record 2,578 points
• NAIA All-America–1975
• Led Fairmont State to four WVIAC Tournament titles—1972-75
• WVIAC Tournament MVP–1974 & 1975
• Set school record for points in a single season (927)—1975

• First female NAIA National Champion in Fairmont State history by winning the 200 butterfly—1986
• All-America in the 100 and 200 butterfly – 1985 & 1986

CLASS OF 2003

• Four-year letterwinner in three sports
• Member of 1952 WVIAC Championship football team
• Led the team in receiving–1953
• Led the team in passing–1954

• NAIA All-America--1967
• First Team All-WVIAC–1966 & 1967
• Led Fairmont State to the WVIAC Tournament title--1965
• WVIAC All-Tournament selection – 1964, 1966 & 1967
• WVIAC Tournament MVP – 1967
• Led the Falcons to a fourth place finish in the NAIA National Tournament -- 1965
• Set school record for points in a game (47) and field goals made (1,037)
• Scored 2,257 career points and grabbed 1,111 rebounds

• NAIA All-America--1969
• First Team All-WVIAC–1969
• Led Fairmont State in rushing–1968 & 1969
• Led the Falcons in scoring (54 points)–1969
• Member of Fairmont State’s national championship team--1967
• Rushed for 1,757 career yards and scored 138 career points

• NAIA All-America–1976 & 1977
• Earned NAIA All-America honors in the 1650 free (twice) and the 800 freestyle relay
• First multiple NAIA All-America in Falcon history
• Led Fairmont State to first-ever WVIAC swimming title–1974
• All-WVIAC in the 1650 freestyle and 800 freestyle relay–1976 & 1977

• NAIA All-America–1977 & 1978
• WVIAC champion in the 400 freestyle relay, 200 individual medley & the 200 medley relay–1975, 1976 & 1977
• State champion in the 200 individual medley--1976

• NAIA All-America–1988
• NAIA Academic All-America--1988
• WVIAC Player of the Year--1988
• First Team All-WVIAC–1987 & 1988
• WVIAC All-Tournament Team–1986 & 1987
• Set school record for single-season scoring average (22.7)–1988
• Set school record for assists in a game (16) and in a single season (207)
• Set school record for field goals in a game (16), season (257) and career (672)
• Scored 1,624 career points and recorded 645 assists

CLASS OF 2002

• First Team All-WVIAC–1957 & 1958
• All-WVIAC Tournament team-- 1958
• Set school record for season scoring average (28.2)--1958
• Set school record for rebounds (38) and free throws made (23) in one game
• Set school record for free throws made (250) and attempted (337) in a season
• Scored 2,113 career points

• NAIA All-America–1965
• Fairmont State’s first NAIA basketball All-America
• First Team All-WVIAC–1962, 1964 & 1965
• All-WVIAC Tournament team–1962, 1964 & 1965
• Scored 2,340 career points

• NAIA All-American (defensive back)--1965
• First Team All-WVIAC (quarterback)–1964 & 1965
• Helped Fairmont State to two WVIAC titles–1964 & 1965
• Led the Falcons to an undefeated regular season and the NAIA Playoffs–1965
• Passed for 1,709 yards with 2,085 yards of total offense

• Six-time NAIA All-America
• Finished third in the 200 fly (1985), third in the 100 butterfly (1986), sixth in the 100 freestyle (1986) and seventh in the 50 freestyle (1986)
• Part of two relay teams that set NAIA national records (400 medley & 800 freestyle)
• Three-year All-WVIAC– 1985-87
• Set school records for 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 400 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay
• Won both the Feaster and Colebank awards–1987
• Team’s Outstanding Swimmer–1987

• NAIA All-America–1981, 1982 & 1983
• Fairmont State’s first female NAIA All-American
• Three-year All-WVIAC–1981, 1982 & 1983
• NAIA Academic All-America–1982
• Won the Feaster Award—1984

• AP All-America--1967
• NAIA All-America–1966 & 1967
• Member of Fairmont State’s NAIA Championship team – 1967
• WVIAC Lineman of the Year–1966
• First Team All-WVIAC–1966 & 1967
• Member of three WVIAC championship teams

• Instrument in development of the Fairmont State Lettermen’s Association, later to be named the Fairmont State Athletic Association

CLASS OF 2001

• Athletic Director--1924-51
• Head football coach--1924-32 and 1934-39
• Head men’s basketball coach--1917 and 1926-41
• Inducted into the West Virginia Sportswriters Hall of Fame
• Head baseball coach
• Jasper H. Colebank Award: Awarded annually to the senior who, in the course of his/her college career, has done the most to promote the best interest of athletics at Fairmont State.

• First Team All-WVIAC (running back)--1966 & 1967
• Rushed for 1,845 career yards
• Set school record for yards in a season (1,288)--1967
• NAIA All-America (defensive end) – 1967
• Helped lead Fairmont State to three WVIAC titles – 1964, 1965 & 1967--and the 1967 NAIA National Championship

• NAIA All-America – 1980
• WVIAC Player of the Year – 1980
• WVIAC Tournament MVP – 1980
• First Team All-WVIAC – 1979 & 1980
• Led Fairmont State to a WVIAC title and an NAIA National Tournament berth – 1980
• Among the school’s all-time leaders in single-season points (685), career free-throw percentage (83.8%), career field goal percentage (57.7) and season scoring average (22.1)
• Scored 1,279 points in just two seasons

• Second Team All-WVIAC – 1958 & 1959
• Four-year letterwinner in football
• Led the team in rushing – 1958 &1959
• Led the team in total offense – 1959
• Played on two undefeated teams – 1957 & 1959
• Also lettered in track and wrestling

• NAIA All-America – 1984
• First Team All-WVIAC – 1982, 1983 & 1984
• WVIAC All-Tournament Team – 1981, 1982, 1983 & 1984
• Scored 1,806 career points and grabbed 1,204 rebounds
• Set school record for rebounds in a game (23) and in a single season (353)

• Won four WVIAC championships – 1972, 1973, 1974 & 1976
• Member of the NAIA Hall of Fame
• Led Fairmont State to four top 25 finishes at the NAIA National Tournament
• Coached six NAIA All-Americans at Fairmont State
• Helped guide the Falcons to a sixth place NAIA National finish--1980

• NAIA Coach of the Year--1977
• Coached 150 NAIA All-Americans
• Coached 13, four-year All-Americans
• Men’s teams won seven WVIAC championships – 1975, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1985 & 1986
• Women’s teams won three WVIAC championships – 1977, 1986 & 1987
• Men’s team finished in fifth in the NAIA championships--1986
• Women’s teams finished in the NAIA top five--1986 (5th) & 1987 (4th)
• Coached women to seven national championships and six national record-setting performances at 1987 NAIA championships

CLASS OF 1997

• Fairmont State’s fifth athletic director
• NAIA Hall of Fame – Class of 1991
• National Association of Collegiate Directors Of Athletics – Class of 1996
• Three-time NAIA District 28 Athletic Administrator of the Year (1987, 1990 & 1994)
• Guided Fairmont State from NAIA to NCAA Division II
• Mike McLaughlin Administrative Memorial Award for contributions to the WVIAC – 1990

CLASS OF 1993

• Two-time NAIA Coach of the Year – 1969 & 1976
• Six-time WVIAC and NAIA District 28 Coach of the Year
• Won 12 WVIAC regular season titles
• Won eight WVIAC Tournament championships
• Falcons advanced to the NAIA National Tournament 12 times, advancing to the semifinals four times and to the finals once
• Associated Press Small College Coach of the Year – 1976
• Coached nine NAIA All-Americans
• NAIA Hall of Fame – Class of 1987
• West Virginia Sports Writers Hall of Fame – Class of 1988
• Career record of 478-95
• Finished career with winning percentage of 83.6, the highest of any men’s basketball coach at any level

• Led the Falcons to the 1967 NAIA national championship
• Won eight WVIAC titles
• Three-time WVIAC Coach of the Year
• Guided Fairmont State to two NAIA national playoff appearances – 1965 & 1967
• Coached four NAIA All-Americans
• NAIA Hall of Fame – Class of 1987
• West Virginia Sports Writers Hall of Fame – Class of 1978
• Career record of 125-42-3 (74.4%)

• Served as the radio “Voice of the Falcons” for a career that spanned six decades
• Three-time West Virginia “Sportscaster of the Year” – 1968, 1973 & 1984
• Won the Gene Moorehouse Award for excellence in sports broadcasting in West Virginia – 1984
• West Virginia Broadcasters Hall of Fame – Class of 1981

• Coached the Falcons to 10 WVIAC baseball titles
• Named “Baseball Coach of the Year” in the Eastern United States – 1967
• Guided Fairmont State to two WVIAC basketball titles
• Served as Athletic Director from 1968-77
• West Virginia Sportswriters Hall of Fame – Class of 1987
• Posted a career record of 351-294-6 (53.7%) in baseball and 103-62 (62.4%) in basketball