RECORDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
FREE THROW LEADERS SINGLE GAME RECORDS FREE THROWS MADE 18 Charles Smith vs. Boston College
1/21/85
FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 23 Brian Shorter vs. West Virginia
12/9/89
Sean Miller ranks first at Pitt for his 88.5 percent free throw shooting. Miller also owns three of the top six single-season free throw percentage performances.
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (Min. 14 FTA) 1.000 Jerry McCullough (15-15) vs. Marshall 12/5/92 1.000 Brian Shorter (14-14) vs. Syracuse 1/7/91
ANNUAL FREE THROW PCT. LEADERS (Minimum 50 FT attempts) Year Player FT FTA Pct. 1947-48 .. Sam David ................ 100 .. 138 ... .725 1948-49 .. Sam David ................ 100 .. 149 ... .671 1949-50 .. George McCrossin ....... 41 .... 61 ... .683 1950-51 .. Michael Zernich .......... 68 1951-52 .. Don Virostek ................ 49 1952-53 .. Michael Zernich ........ 113 1953-54 .. Clarence Burch ......... 143 1954-55 .. Ed Pavlick .................. 194
.. 101 ... .673 .... 67 ... .731 .. 174 ... .649 .. 199 ... .719 .. 276 ... .703
1955-56 .. Bob Lazor .................. 117 1956-57 .. Don Hennon .............. 123 1957-58 .. Don Hennon .............. 117 1958-59 .. Don Hennon .............. 155 1959-60 .. Bill Mauro .................... 64
.. 157 ... .745 .. 149 ... .826 .. 140 ... .836 .. 191 ... .812 .... 73 ... .877
1960-61 .. Don Steinhart .............. 56 1961-62 .. Brian Generalovich ...... 89 1962-63 .. Dave Roman ............... 67 1963-64 .. Calvin Sheffield ......... 141 1964-65 .. Bob Lovett .................. 81
.... 77 ... .727 .. 113 ... .788 .... 85 ... .788 .. 191 ... .738 .... 96 ... .844
1965-66 .. Larry Szykowny ........... 73 1966-67 .. Pete Smith .................. 57 1967-68 .. Pete Smith .................. 50 1968-69 .. Mike Caldwell ............. 48 1969-70 .. Kent Scott .................. 49
.... 91 ... .802 .... 67 ... .851 .... 58 ... .862 .... 55 ... .873 .... 61 ... .803
1970-71 .. Kent Scott .................. 52 1971-72 .. Mike Paul .................... 84 1972-73 .. Billy Knight .................. 67 1973-74 .. Billy Knight .................. 69 1974-75 .. Keith Starr .................. 69
.... 63 ... .825 .... 99 ... .848 .... 89 ... .752 .... 89 ... .775 .... 93 ... .742
1975-76 .. Larry Harris .................. 90 1976-77 .. Larry Harris ................ 109 1977-78 .. Larry Harris .................. 82 1978-79 .. Terry Knight ................ 99 1979-80 .. Carlton Neverson ......... 56
.. 117 ... .769 .. 133 ... .819 .. 102 ... .804 .. 121 ... .818 .... 73 .... 767
1980-81 .. Dwayne Wallace ......... 76 1981-82 .. Darrell Gissendanner ... 64 1982-83 .. Andre Williams ............ 62 1983-84 .. George Allen ............... 95 1984-85 .. Chip Watkins ............... 52
.. 100 ... .760 .... 77 ... .831 .... 72 ... .861 .. 119 ... .798 .... 67 ... .776
1985-86 .. Demetreus Gore .......... 72 1986-87 .. Demetreus Gore .......... 73 1987-88 .. Sean Miller .................. 57 1988-89 .. Sean Miller .................. 74 1989-90 .. Jason Matthews ....... 141
.... 86 ... .837 .... 94 ... .777 .... 67 ... .851 .... 81 ... .914 .. 158 ... .892
1990-91 .. Sean Miller .................. 76 1991-92 .. Sean Miller ................ 110 1992-93 .. Brian Bush .................. 45 1993-94 .. Chris Gant ................... 66 1994-95 .. Jason Maile ................ 52
.... 84 ... .905 .. 126 ... .873 .... 58 ... .776 .... 85 ... .776 .... 64 ... .813
1995-96 .. Jerry McCullough ...... 118 1996-97 .. Jason Maile ................ 53 1997-98 .. Ricardo Greer .............. 48 1998-99 .. Ricardo Greer .............. 68 1999-00 .. Donatas Zavackas ....... 43
.. 157 ... .752 .... 66 ... .803 .... 66 ... .727 .... 97 ... .701 .... 56 ... .768
2000-01 .. Donatas Zavackas ....... 69 2001-02 .. Donatas Zavackas ..... 114 2002-03 .. Donatas Zavackas ....... 76 2003-04 .. Carl Krauser .............. 139 2004-05 .. Carl Krauser .............. 141
.... 84 ... .821 .. 140 ... .814 .... 94 ... .809 .. 179 ... .777 .. 188 ... .750
2005-06 .. Ronald Ramon ............ 54 2006-07 .. Ronald Ramon ............ 59 2007-08 .. Gilbert Brown .............. 51 2008-09 .. Brad Wanamaker ........ 53
.... 65 ... .831 .... 68 ... .868 .... 68 ... .750 .... 71 ... .746
CLASS RECORDS FREE THROWS MADE Freshman: 133, Charles Smith, 1984-85. Sophomore: 178, Brian Shorter, 1988-89. Junior: 204, Brian Shorter, 1989-90. Senior: 170, Brian Shorter, 1990-91. FREE THROW ATTEMPTS Freshman: 175, Charles Smith, 1984-85. Sophomore: 249, Brian Shorter, 1988-89. Junior: 308, Brian Shorter, 1989-90. Senior: 276, Ed Pavlick, 1954-55. FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (Min. 50 FTM) Freshman: .851, Sean Miller, 1987-88. Sophomore: .914, Sean Miller, 1988-89. Junior: .905, Sean Miller, 1990-91. Senior: .877, Bill Mauro, 1959-60.
154 SEASON RECORDS
CAREER RECORDS
FREE THROWS MADE FTM Player (GP) 204 Brian Shorter (29) 202 Charles Smith (33) 194 Ed Pavlick (26) 178 Brian Shorter (30) 170 Brian Shorter (33) 162 Charles Smith (31) 157 Clyde Vaughan (28) 155 Don Hennon (24) 153 John Riser (27) 149 Sammie Ellis (27)
Year 1989-90 1986-87 1954-55 1988-89 1990-91 1987-88 1982-83 1958-59 1956-57 1979-80
FREE THROWS MADE FTM Player (GP) 628 Charles Smith (122) 552 Brian Shorter (92) 493 Clyde Vaughan (120) 481 Jason Matthews (123) 448 Bobby Martin (117) 444 Carl Krauser (126) 434 Jerry McCullough (111) 395 Don Hennon (76) 376 John Riser (78) 371 Calvin Sheffield (73)
Year 1984-88 1988-91 1980-84 1987-91 1987-91 2002-06 1991-96 1956-59 1954-57 1961-64
FREE THROW ATTEMPTS FTA Player (GP) 308 Brian Shorter (29) 276 Ed Pavlick (26) 275 Charles Smith (33) 249 Brian Shorter (30) 230 Jerome Lane (33) 221 Brian Shorter (33) 213 Clyde Vaughan (28) 212 Charles Smith (31) 206 John Riser (27) 205 Bobby Martin (30)
Year 1989-90 1954-55 1986-87 1988-89 1986-87 1990-91 1982-83 1987-88 1956-57 1988-89
FREE THROW ATTEMPTS FTA Player (GP) 834 Charles Smith (122) 778 Brian Shorter (92) 696 Clyde Vaughan (120) 641 Bobby Martin (117) 597 Jerry McCullough (111) 592 Carl Krauser (126) 566 John Riser (78) 548 Jason Matthews (123) 543 Jerome Lane (93) 538 Sam Clancy (116)
Year 1984-88 1988-91 1980-84 1987-91 1991-96 2002-06 1954-57 1987-91 1985-88 1977-81
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (Min. 2.5 Pct. Player (FTM-A) .914 Sean Miller (74-81) .905 Sean Miller (76-84) .899 Jason Matthews (142-158) .892 Jason Matthews (141-158) .877 Bill Mauro (64-73) .873 Sean Miller (110-126) .862 Pete Smith (50-58) .861 Andre Williams (62-72) .860 Jason Matthews (147-171) .851 Pete Smith (57-67)
FTM/G) Year 1988-89 1990-91 1988-89 1989-90 1959-60 1991-92 1967-68 1982-83 1990-91 1966-67
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (Min. 175 Pct. Player (FTM-A) .885 Sean Miller (317-358) .878 Jason Matthews (481-548) .823 Don Hennon (395-480) .808 Mike Paul (198-245) .807 Donatas Zavackas (302-374) .806 Bob Lovett (183-227) .801 Ronald Ramon (181-226) .790 Demetreus Gore (241-305) .783 Terry Knight (177-226) .778 Larry Harris (308-396) .761 Brian Generalovich (274-360)
FTM) Year 1987-92 1987-91 1956-59 1969-72 1999-03 1963-66 2004-08 1984-88 1974-79 1974-78 1961-64
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