Notes: Closed out his collegiate career as a senior by scoring a school-record 652 points in 25 games, a 26.1 ppg average that topped the Northwest college ranks for the 1967-68 season . . . Also led the Northwest in scoring as a junior, ringing up 571 points . . . Scored 42 points against Eastern Oregon College during his senior season to set Whitman's single-game scoring record . . . Collected 286 rebounds as a senior, an 11.4 per game average. . . One of a relative few (about 20) small-college players in the history of Northwest basketball to score 2,000 or more points in a career . . . Averaged 19.8 points per game in 102 games.
Life after Whitman: Was elected to the Whitman Athletics Hall of
Fame in the spring of 2008 ... At the time of his induction, was making
his home in Bellevue, Wash., and working as a senior deputy in the King
County Prosecutor's Office . . . He and wife Toni have three children .
. . A
political science major at Whitman, Woodworth completed his law
degree at the University of Washington in 1971 . . . After
working for the Legal Services Corp. in the Spokane area,
providing legal advice to the elderly and residents of the
Colville Indian Reservation, he accepted a similar post with the
Micronesian Legal Services Corp. in what soon became the
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands . . . His six years
in the Pacific also included a stint as Senate legislative
council for the new commonwealth . . . He returned to the U.S. in
1984, working initially as legal counsel for the commonwealth's
elected representative to the U.S. . . . Before returning to the
Northwest, was apartner
in MacMeekin & Woodworth, a Washington, D.C., law firm that
specialized in natural resource and public utilities law ...He and his wife, Toni,
have three school-age children and live in Annadale, Virginia.
No. 2 -- 1,720 pointsNotes: As a junior during the 2007-08 season, Faidley led the Northwest Conference in scoring with 538 points (22.4 ppg), becoming the first Missionary player to top 500 points in a season in nearly two decades ... Was the leading vote-getter on the All-NWC Second Team . . . Also averaged 6.0 rebounds and 4.29 assists as a junior, when he posted six double-doubles . . . Was named NWC Player of the Week three times in the first five weeks of his junior campaign . . . Scored a career-high 42 points as a junior in a victory over the University of Great Falls . . . Matched his single-game career scoring high as a senior with 42 points against Linfield ... Named NWC Player of the Week two times as a senior ... Led the NWC in scoring as a senior for a second straight season . . . Made 91 3-point baskets as a sophomore, setting a new Whitman single-season school record.
Notes: As a freshman, made 68 of 134 3-point attempts (50.7 percent) to lead the nation (NAIA Div. II) in long-range accuracy . . . Capped his freshman season by hitting a school record 10 3-point baskets while scoring 38 points in a 98-79 victory over Pacific that catapulted Whitman into the post-season playoffs . . . As a sophomore, made 90 3-point buckets to lead the Northwest Conference and set a Whitman single-season record . . . As a junior, completed a string of 60 consecutive free throws to set a new NAIA Div. II record, which was noted in Sports Illustrated magazine and the USA Today newspaper . . . Early in his senior season, broke Keith Orchard's school record for most 3-point baskets in a career and eventually set the record at 318. . . Received honorable mention all-conference honors as a sophomore and second-team recognition as a junior, when he also averaged four rebounds and four assists . . . Led Whitman in scoring in each of the past three seasons, averaging 18 points per game over that time span.
Life After Whitman: Rough's national record (NAIA Div. II) for consecutive made free throws was broken in November of 2008 by Tyler Shively at Indiana's Huntington University . . . Rough, a mathematics major at Whitman, was living at the time in Minneapolis, Minn., at the time his reecord was broken and working for Delta Airlines . . . He earned his master of business administration degree at the University of Iowa . . . He and wife Bonnie Yocum Rough, a 2000 Whitman graduate, have one child.
Notes: Averaged 17.8 points per game over his final three seasons, after scoring 286 points as a freshman . . . Held the Whitman school record for most 3-points baskets in a career (249) until it was broken in January, 1998, by Dan Rough . . . Still holds the school record for highest single-season 3-point percentage (57.5 percent), a mark he established as a freshman when he connected on 42 of 73 3-point shots . . . Amassed 453 rebounds (4.5 rpg) and 297 assists (2.95 apg) in his four seasons at Whitman.
Life after Whitman: A physics major at Whitman, Orchard joined the Peace Corps in July of 1996, becoming one of about 200 Whitman graduates who have served that agency since 1961 . . . Orchard spent two years in Morocco, working as an environmental awareness educator.
Notes: In a remarkably balanced career, averaged 15.8 points per game in both his sophomore and junior seasons, 15.0 ppg as a senior, and 14.4 ppg as a freshman . . . One of only seven players in the long history of the Northwest Conference to have earned All-NWC First-Team honors in each of his four seasons . . . Enjoyed his best rebounding season as a sophomore, collecting 286 boards in 26 games, an average of 11 per game . . . Ranks second on Whitman's all-time career rebounding list with 976, an average of 9.3 boards over the course of 105 games.
Life after Whitman: A 1996 graduate of the Gonzaga University School of Law, Mastin served multiple terms in the Washington State House of Representatives and now works as a financial consultant for D.A. Davidson in Walla Walla. . . He and his family make their home in Walla Walla.
Notes: Was well on his way to setting a new Whitman career scoring record before skipping his senior season to transfer to Columbia University as part of Whitman's 3-2 engineering program . . . Gave Whitman a third straight Northwest collegiate scoring title when he scored 549 points (22.0 ppg) during his junior season; graduated teammate Don Woodworth had won the previous two scoring titles . . . Averaged 20.1 points per game in 77 career games . . . Seized 836 rebounds in three seasons, including 292 as a sophomore . . . Named first-team all-conference as a sophomore and junior, after gaining honorable mention recognition as a freshman.
Life after Whitman: While Bennett remembers that playing
basketball at Whitman was a "tremendous amount of fun," there was
never any doubt in his mind that he would only play three seasons
before transferring to Columbia University as part of Whitman's
3-2 engineering program. Why? The 3-2 engineering program, which
allows students to earn a B.A. degree from Whitman and a B.S.
degree from an engineering school in five years of study, was the
primary reason he enrolled at Whitman . . . "The reality of
the situation was that I was in college to get an education and
begin a career," he notes. "It was not as if I was going to be a
professional basketball player" . . . After completing the 3-2
engineering program at Columbia, he stayed on campus to finish a
master's degree in engineering mechanics. In 1979, he completed
his Ph.D. in applied mechanics at Stanford University . . . Since
1989, Bennett has worked in research & development for the
Information, Space & Defense Systems component of the
Boeing Co. in Seattle, Wash. . . . He, his wife Lynn and their daughter live on Mercer Island.
Notes: Scored 487 points in just 18 games during his junior campaign, a sparkling 27.1 points per game average . . . Snared a total of 776 rebounds in his last three seasons . . . Earned first-team all-conference honors as a junior and senior, after receiving second-team recognition as a sophomore . . . Twice scored 39 points in a single game.
Life after Whitman: Dr. Snow is a professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine, where his responsibilities include the role of executive director of The Consultation Center ... Earned his Ph.D. at the University of Washington in 1969.
Notes: After scoring in double figures in each of his four seasons, ranked as Whitman's all-time scoring leader at the time of his graduation . . . His primary mark, however, was made on the backboards . . . His school records for single season and career rebounds still stand, nearly four decades after he set them . . . Pulled down a total of 1,151 rebounds in 99 career games, an average of 11.6 per contest . . . As a senior, snared 385 rebounds, or 14.8 boards per night over 26 games . . . Claimed first-team all-conference honors as a junior and senior, after receiving second-team recognition as a sophomore . . . Led the Northwest Conference in rebounding his final three seasons, while topping Whitman in scoring his last two years . . . Holds the distinction of being the last four-sport letterman at Whitman; earned a total of 10 letters in four sports -- basketball, baseball, track and football.
Life after Whitman: Johnson, who served as his senior
class president and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Whitman, was
a senior vice president with U.S. West Direct when he "retired"
in December, 1992, after 31 years with the company . . . He now
works as senior vice president in the Seattle and Phoenix offices
of Product Development Corporation, which acts as a warehousing
and distribution agent for most of the telephone companies in the
U.S. and western Canada . . . After serving on Whitman's Board of
Overseers from 1971 to 1986 (he was chairman from 1982-85),
Johnson served on the Board of Trustees from 1986 through 1995
(he continues as a trustee emeritus) . . . Johnson and his
wife, Margaret Iversen Johnson (also a Whitman graduate), make
their home in Bellevue, Wash., and have two grown daughters, one
of whom (Laurie Johnson Riley), graduated from Whitman in 1983.
Notes: Enjoyed his best season as a junior, leading Whitman in scoring at 15.3 points per game and landing a spot on the all-conference first team . . . Earned second-team all-conference recognition as a senior, and received honorable mention as a sophomore and freshman.
Life After Whitman: Becker, who also played baseball and football at Whitman, was elected to the Whitman Athletics of Fame in 2008 . . . In his final two years at Whitman, he was the only athlete to start on three varsity teams . . . He taught and coached at Redmond (Wash.) High School but returned to Walla Walla in retirement . . . He and wife Leslee have two grown children.
Notes: Earned all-conference honorable mention recognition in each of his four seasons . . . Led Whitman in scoring as both a freshman (12.5 ppg) and junior (14.8 ppg) . . . Also led the team in total points scored (339) as a sophomore, although his 13.6 ppg average was a tenth of a point behind teammate Doug Grant, who scored 10 fewer points in two less games . . . His senior season marked the end of Bob Burgess's 14-year reign as men's basketball coach.
Life after Whitman: After majoring in psychology at Whitman, Johannes taught elementary school in the Lake Washington School District (Kirkland, Wash.) for six years before becoming owner and president of Puyallup Valley Cold Storage, a 20,000-square-foot facility that services the area's berry industry. He still owns and operates the Puyallup business, although he and his family live in Bellevue. He and his wife Leslie, a marriage and family counselor, have two sons (ages 13 and 10, as of January 1998). Johannes coaches both sons in recreational baseball and basketball leagues.
Notes: Teamed with Dick Fain and Don Parker to lead Whitman to a 16-11 record and a first-place tie in its conference during his junior season . . . Averaged a career-high 15.8 points as a senior . . . Earned second-team all-conference honors in each of his last three seasons . . . Played against Elgin Baylor and R.C. Owens, who were teammates at the College of Idaho for one year . . . Specialized in the two-handed set shot, which often was taken at distances beyond today's 3-point stripe.
Life after Whitman: Now retired, Robinson taught in the Newhall (Calif.) Elementary School District for 32 years. He was one of the founders of the Newhall Athletic Club, which has provided a wide array of youth athletic programs for the past three decades.
Notes: Few players were as steady over the course of four years . . . Scored 311 points as both a sophomore and junior, playing in 25 games each season . . . Added 291 points in 23 games as a freshman and 286 points in 25 games as a senior . . . Snared 138 rebounds during his freshman campaign, one more than his senior season total . . . Also had 164 rebounds as a sophomore, when Whitman finished 15-10 on the season, and 142 boards as a junior.
Notes: After seeing limited playing time as a freshman, caught fire at the offensive end during his final three seasons, scoring nearly 1,100 points during that time . . . Averaged a career-high 15.9 points per game during his junior campaign, which was marked by a 41-point explosion in a 103-92 victory over Pacific Lutheran . . . His 41-point night came two years after Whitman's Bill Hill scorched PLU for 41 points in a 117-110 triple-overtime victory . . . Complimented his scoring by grabbing 465 rebounds (4.4 boards per game) . . . Also had 168 assists and 112 steals . . . Earned second-team all-conference honors as a junior and senior.
Life after Whitman: A sociology and psychology major at Whitman, Lewallen served as an assistant coach in the men's basketball program for two seasons.
Notes: After playing in only 11 games as a freshman, developed into a rebounding and scoring force in his last three seasons . . . Led the Northwest Conference and NAIA district in rebounding in each of his last two years, earning second-team all-conference honors both seasons . . . Had career highs in both points (442, 17.0 ppg) and rebounds (351, 13.0 rpg) as a junior . . . Snared 25 rebounds in a single game against Mary College of North Dakota during his senior season . . . Finished with a career total of 900 rebounds, only 28 of which he collected as a freshman.
Dave Wetter, 1978-82
6-foot-4 guard
Twin Falls (Idaho) High School
Notes: Scored a career-high 318 points during his junior season to help a well-balanced Whitman team capture a Northwest Conference championship with a 10-2 record (17-9 on the season) . . . Capped his junior season with honorable mention recognition on the Academic All-American team; also earned first-team all-conference and second-team all-district honors.
Notes: Began his Whitman career with a solid freshman season, averaging 8.4 points and 6.9 rebounds . . . Combined 284 points with 280 rebounds (ll.2 rpg) as a sophomore . . . Scored a career-high 347 points (14.5 ppg) as a junior, earning second-team all-conference honors . . . Also received honorable mention all-conference recognition as a sophomore and senior . . . Collared 772 rebounds in four seasons.
Gregg Garland, 1970-74
6-foot-4 forward
Walla Walla (Wash.) High School
Notes: After collecting just 27 points and 19 rebounds in limited minutes as a freshman, averaged 15.2 points and 9.6 rebounds over his final three seasons ... Led the NWC as a senior in scoring (19.5 ppg), rebounding (11.3 rpg) and double-doubles (13) ... Scored 53 points at Redlands in December 2006, tying the NWC single-game scoring record set in 1955 by future NBA Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor while playing for the College of Idaho (in a game against Whitman) ... Twice named NWC Player of the Week as a senior ... Accumulated 25 doubles-doubles in last three seasons ... Shot 60.3 percent from the floor in his Whitman career.
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