La Salle University La Salle University Digital Commons La Salle Basketball Media Guides University Publications 1981 La Salle Basketball 1981-1982 La Salle University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/basketball_media_guides Recommended Citation La Salle University, "La Salle Basketball 1981-1982" (1981). La Salle Basketball Media Guides. 25. http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/basketball_media_guides/25 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at La Salle University Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in La Salle Basketball Media Guides by an authorized administrator of La Salle University Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FOUNDED: 1863 ENROLLMENT: 4,200 PRESIDENT: Brother Patrick Ellis, F.S.C., Ph.D. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: William D. Bradshaw (LaSalle, 1969) ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Joseph O'Donnell (LaSalle, 1965) NICKNAME: Explorers COLORS: Blue & Gold CONFERENCE: East Coast Conference AFFILIATIONS: Philadelphia Big 5, ECAC 1981-82 BASKETBALL ROSTER NO NAME CLASS POS HT WT HIGH SCHOOL/HOMETOWN 22 Black. Steve Frosh G 6-3 185 tOverbrook/Philadelphia, PA 10 'Burton, Phil Soph G-F 6-5 175 Ben Franklin/Philadelphia, PA 24 Butts, Albert Frosh F-C 6-8 215 tSouth Philadelphia/ Philadelphia, PA 25 Clark, Carlton Soph F 6-5 205 Haddon Heights/Lawnside, NJ 31 *Davis, Dave Junior G 6-4 175 Cumberland Valley/ Pickerington, OH 14 *Gilmore. Ralph Junior G 6-3 170 Monsignor Nolan/Arlington, TX 20 *Hagwood, Brent Soph F 6-8 208 Chester/Chester, PA 12 *Harter, Paul Senior G 6-3 180 Wyomissing Area/Wyomissing Hills, PA 5 Harvey, Kevin Frosh G 6-1 175 Audubon/Audubon, NJ 34 'Kerins, Dave Junior F 6-6 210 Cardinal O'Hara/Media. PA 11 Lewis, Ralph Frosh F 6-5 180 Frankford/Philadelphia, PA 21 'Namiotka, Steve Soph G 6-4 185 Wildwood Catholic/Wildwood, NJ 54 *Piotrowski, Tom Junior C 7-1 240 Great Valley/Newtown Square, PA 23 Tiano, Pete Frosh G 6-3 185 Abington/North Hills, PA NUMERICAL ROSTER 5 Kevin Harvey 12 Paul Harter 21 Steve Namiotka 25 Carlton Clark 10 Phil Burton 14 Ralph Gilmore 22 Steve Black 31 Dave Davis 11 Ralph Lewis 20 Brent Hagwood 23 Pete Tiano 34 Dave Kerins 24 Albert Butts 54 Tom Piotrowski PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Kerins CARE-ins Namiotka Nam-E-ot-ka Piotrowski Pa-TROW-ski Tiano TE-a-no TABLE OF CONTENTS 1981-82 Fingertip Info/Roster Inside Front Cover Table of Contents Page 1 LaSalle Story Page 2 LaSalle's President's Biography Page 3 Athletic Administration Bios Page 4 Lefty Ervin, Head Coach Page 5 Assistant Coaches Page 6 Meet the Explorers Page 7 Profiles of Explorer Varsity Players Pages 8-21 Behind the Scenes Page 22 LaSalle Coaching Records, LaSalle 1,000 Point Club Page 23 Big Five History, ECC History Pages 24-25 LaSalle Team and Individual Records Page 26 LaSalle Pro Draft Picks Page 27 NCAA Tournament, NIT Tourney Page 28 1981-82 Outlook Page 32 1980-81 Season Results, 1980-81 Statistics Page 33 Opponent X-Rays Pages 29-31 Series Record vs. Major College Opponents Pages 60-62 1981-82 Road Headquarters Inside Back Cover 1981-82 Schedule Back Cover Color Cover Photo by Lewis Tanner This handbook is dedicated to the members of the Press. Radio and Television corps by LaSalle College's News Bureau with the cooperation of the College's Department of Athletics. For further information, please call, write or wire: BILL HUNT Sports Information Director LaSalle College News Bureau Philadelphia, PA 19141 Office Phone: 215-951-1080 Home Phone: 215-322-0958 ,/iJ THE LASALLE STORY, \ t V :" LaSalle College, now in its 117th year of houses lecture rooms and laboratories for service to higher education and the Philadel- study and research in biology, chemistry, geol- phia community, was founded March 20, 1863 ogy, physics, and psychology. The David Leo by the Brothers of the Christian Schools and Lawrence Memorial Library contains 190,000 derives its name from the founder of the Chris- volumes, periodical files for some 700 journals, tian Brothers, St. John Baptist de LaSalle. and a library annex in the former Wister gym- Today, almost 7,500 day and evening nasium opened in January, 1974, increasing division students attend classes on LaSalle's 58 library space by 50 percent. acre campus located at 20th and Olney Avenue The Army ROTC program is available to adjacent to the historic East Germantown sec- freshmen, who may apply for ROTC scholar- tion of the city. ships for advance studies. Some 215 men and Olney Hall, a multi-purpose modern facility, women are enrolled in the ROTC program. contains 39 classrooms, 15 student seminars LaSalle's day and evening divisions offer and study rooms, and 107 faculty offices as well degree programs in Arts and Sciences and as such special-purpose areas as a Business Administration. An MBA program planetarium, an amphitheatre, language labo- began in September, 1976. Graduate programs ratories, and audio-visual rooms. It houses the are also offered in theology and education. liberal arts area departments of English, educa- LaSalle initiated Philadelphia's first Weekend tion, history, languages, political science, and College in September, 1975, enabling men and sociology. women to take courses exclusively on Satur- Hayman Hall, the college's $4 million physi- days and Sundays. LaSalle also offers Evening cal recreation center which opened in Septem- Division courses off-campus in Northeast Phil- ber. 1972, contains the Joseph Kirk Memorial adelphia and Center City. The 350 member Natatorium with separate swimming and diving faculty is composed of Christian Brothers, facilities, an underwater observation deck, and priests, and lay professors. The college has seats for 1,700 spectators. Three regulation- been coeducational in the evening division size basketball courts, a one-twelfth mile in- since Febrary, 1967 and in its day school since door suspended track, and areas for fencing, September, 1970. wrestling, squash, handball, gymnastics, and Students at LaSalle come from 21 states, general exercise are the other features of the most of them located in the northeastern part of complex. the United States. Fourteen countries are rep- Ten modern residence halls accommodate resented in the student body. Over 75 percent 1,000 out-of-town students. A $2 million, three- of them plan graduate work and about 1,000 story College Union Building includes a Little degrees are conferred annually on day and Theatre as well as dining halls, assembly evening division seniors. LaSalle's alumni to- rooms, ballroom, and other student facilities. tals 21,000 with more than 80 percent of them An annex to this building has recently been still living in the tri-state areas of Pennsylvania, added. New Jersey, and Delaware. The $2.5 million Holyrody Science Center 2 PRESIDENT BROTHER F. PATRICK ELLIS, F.S.C., Ph.D. Brother F. Patrick Ellis, F.S.C., Ph.D., be- TV in 1961 and 1965. He is a member of Phi came LaSalle College's 26th president on Jan- Beta Kappa and was president of the Phi Beta uary 1, 1977 after having served as director of Kappa Association of Philadelphia for two development and vice president of the corpo- terms. ration of the college since June, 1969. Born in Brother Ellis, a 1946 graduate of Baltimore's Baltimore in 1928, he succeeded Brother Calvert Hall College High School, received an Daniel Burke, F.S.C., Ph.D., who served as the A.B. degree in English from the Catholic Uni- president of the college for the previous seven versity of America. Washington. D.C.. in 1951. and one-half years. He earned a masters degree and doctorate in Brother Ellis, a member of the Brothers of the English from the University of Pennsylvania. He Christian Schools since 1946, joined the has also studied at Barry College and the LaSalle staff in 1960 as an assistant professor Institut Catholique. in Paris. of English. He has been at the college since A member of the Board of Trustees of then except for a term as principal of LaSalle Manhattan College, N.Y.; and St. Mary's Col- High School, in Miami, Fla., from 1962 to 1964. lege. Winona. Minnesota. Brother Ellis is the Brother Ellis returned to LaSalle in 1964 and son of Mrs. Harry J. Ellis who lives at 108 W. served as director of the college's Honors Pro- University Parkway. Baltimore. gram until 1969 when he was named director of He is chairman of the Campus Boulevard development and vice president of the Corpo- Consortium, a cooperative organization of in- ration. Brother Ellis was awarded a Lindback stitutions on Olney Avenue. Foundation Award for distinguished teaching in He is a co-chairman of the Greater Philadel- 1965 and currently holds the academic rank of phia Partnership and on the executive commit- professor of English. tee of the Pennsylvania Association of Collges Brother Ellis served at Philadelphia's West and Universities; and the boards of the As- Catholic High School for boys from 1951 to sociation of Catholic Colleges and Universities, 1958 and again from 1959 to 1960 in various the World Affairs Council, the Better Business capacities including chairman of the English Bureau of Southeast Pennsylvania, and the Department and guidance director. Community Leadership Seminar. He is chair- The author of numerous articles in educa- man of the board of Camp William Penn. He tional publications. Brother also conducted a has been named to a three year term on the "How to Read Great Books" series for the Philadelphia Diocesan Council of Managers. "University of the Air" on Philadelphia's WFIL- ATHLETIC DIRECTOR WILLIAM D.