Bucknell Basketball Alumni
The Success Continues
Bucknell basketball alumni have taken their “game” into the worlds of business, education, industry, etc., and have proven a formidable opponent in those arenas as well. To make mention of all the success stories of Bucknell alumni since they hung up their high tops would take this entire media guide and then some, but here is a listing of some of those players and their endeavors after their basketball careers: Name Class Doug Allen 1988 Jaye Andrews 1985 Bryan Bailey 2002 Bob Barry 1980 George Beals 1969 Steven Beecy 1987 Jeremiah Bennett 2004 Seymour Berger 1944 Kevin Bettencourt 2006 Paul Biko 1973 Kevin Blackwell 1985 Dan Blankenship 2003 G.W. Boon 2011 Ron Bornhuetter 1979 Ross Bouldin 1965 Frederick Brenner 1951 Mike Bright 1993 Donald Brown 2007 Frederick Burke 1975 Willie Callahan 1999 Dyrika Cameron 2000 Daniel Casen 1942 Victor Cegles 1970 Matt Clark 1993 Craigg Cody 1983 Bryan Cohen 2012 Mike Corrigan 1957 Bill Courtney 1992 Frederick Davis 1974 Brian DeWitt 1985 Chris Drowne 1993 Harvey Edwards 1978 Michael Fadden 1962 Charles Farver 1969 Keith Fenton 1991 Arno Fischer 1987 Pat Flannery 1980 Algin Garrett 1974 Kihlon Golden 1996 Allan Greenman 1977 John Griffin 2008 William Hall 1975 Ellis Harley 1959 John Hartigan 1972 Tom Hauser 1999 Edward Hebditch 1976 Michael Hepburn 1980 Kevin High 1982 William Hoeveler 1947 J.R. Holden 1998 Mark Janaskie 1985
Current/Former Position(s) Management Professor - Bucknell University Basketball Coach, Teacher - Greenhill School (Texas) Professional Basketball Player - Germany Sales Manager of Luck Stone Corporation Attorney - Hewes, Culley & Beals Sr. Account Executive - United Health Care Teacher - Lewisburg School District Former VP/Director - The Topps Co., Inc. Assistant Coach - Bentley College President - United Republic Inc. Senior Research Associate - U.S. Government Financial Advisor - PriceWaterhouse Coopers Professional Basketball Player - Slovakia Director of Sales Strategy - Phillip Morris, Inc. Owner - Ross Bouldin Associates Partner-Brenner Insurance Agency Executive Director - YMCA Professional Basketball Player - Iceland Gen. Contractor- Triple Three Company Asst. Analyst - Lockheed Martin Management Price Waterhouse Coopers, N.Y., N.Y. Pediatrician - Casden & Lashley Athletic Director - Long Beach State University VP - MMLA, Inc. President - Waste Connections, Inc. Professional Basketball Player - Israel President/COO - Stanwell Financial; CEO - Corstan, Inc. Head Men’s Basketball Coach - Cornell Dir. of Government Affairs - Edison Electric Institute Proj. Manager with Whiting-Turner Contracting, Co. History Instructor/Baseball, Soccer Coach - Hill School Teacher - Selinsgrove School District President/COO - Gateway Energy Corp., Inc. General Manager - Cardinale Estate Marketing Associate - Eli Lilly & Co. Owner/Pres. of Construction Management Services Senior Development Officer, Former Head Basketball Coach - Bucknell University Chair - Medical College of Virginia Scientist - Wyeth President - Holiday Inn Boardwalk Hotel Professional Basketball Player - Slovakia Attorney - Winston & Strawn Retired - Assoc. VP for Finance - Bucknell Univ. Vice President - Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. Teacher/Coach - Atlee H.S., Mechanicsville, Va. Dir. of Finance - PPG Industries, Inc. Finance/Business Manager - Janssen Pharmaceuticals Assoc. Professor of Medicine - Wake Forest University U.S. District Court Judge Professional Basketball Player - Russia Env. Manager - US Dept. of Energy
Name Michael Joseph Valter Karavanic Patrick King Richard Kniffin Tom Knuth Boakai Lalugba Kenneth Lambert Donald Lampus George Lavin Holland Mack Malik Malone Darren Mastropaolo John Matthews Peter Matz Gordon Mboya Thomas McLean Chris McNaughton David Miller Patrick Moylan Brian Muckle John Murphy Scott Novacek Nyambi Nyambi Steve O’Brien Paul Olkowski Lyman Ott Tim Owen Russell Peyton Gerald Purnell Stephen Reddy Michael Rizzo Edward Robinson John Rodgers Matt Romberger Vincent Schoeck Chris Seneca Fred Shehadi Ed Sigl Chris Simpson Richard Skinner Bob Smith Walter Speck Dave Steigerwald Sam Stettler Tommy Thompson Grant Tormey Mark Treiber Roland Webber Kevin Wenk Max Wetzel Homer Wieder Jay Wright
Class 1990 2000 1992 1959 1980 2003 1973 1964 1951 2006 1991 2008 1965 1960 1997 1978 2007 1979 1989 2000 1968 1977 2001 1980 1993 1962 1984 1993 1978 1976 1983 1986 1967 1984 1981 1987 1954 1984 1994 1962 1939 1958 1996 1976 1960 1990 1996 2004 1994 1999 1958 1983
Current/Former Position(s) Teacher/Coach - Hazleton Area School District Electrical Engineer - M/A-COM, Boston, Mass. Professional Basketall Agent - Germany President - Viking Agency Surgeon - Jackson Memorial Hospital Professional Basketball Player - France Associate Professor - Washington & Lee Chairman of R.I. Lampus Co. Attorney - Lavin, Coleman, Finarelli & Gray Teacher - Paramus Catholic H.S./Professional Musician Director of Health System Sales - Cardinal Health Professional Musician Reg. Manag. of Foxx Lazo Realtors Owner/President - IDA International Staffing Specialist - PWDC Director of Operations - USA Track & Field Professional Basketball Player - Germany President - The Avodah Institute Banking & Finance - Guarantee Residential, London Financial Consultant - American Express Financial Orthopaedic Surgeon - Kaiser Perm. Director/Owner - Goldlake Properties, Inc. Actor - CBS sitcom “Mike & Molly” Salesman - Shehadi & Sons, Inc. Art Director - Ammirati Puris Lintas, New York, NY VP - Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc. Owner - Owen’s Landscaping Engineer - Motiva Enterprises, Del. City Refinery District Court Judge, Worcester County, Md. VP - Morgan, Standley & Co., Inc. Senior Manager - Bank of Boston Senior Advisor - Philanthropic Advisors, LLC Vice Pres. - Finance Foseco, Inc. Marketing Manager - Scott Specialty Gases President - Fil-Tec. Inc. Buyer - Kaufmann’s Chair/CEO - B. Shehadi & Sons, Inc. VP - M&T Bank Attorney - Miles & Stockbridge TV Producer/Director - Oak Harbor Productions Textile Engineer - Invented “AstroTurf” President - Speck Plastics, Inc. Graduate Student - St. John’s University President - Marquis-Stettler Group, Inc. Retired Basketball/Golf Coach - Bucknell University Project Manager - Whiting-Turner Director of Media and Licencing - And 1 Associate Buyer - Lord & Taylor Asst. VP - Merrill Lynch Consultant - Accenture Senior VP - Penn State-Geisinger Medical Center Head Men’s Basketball Coach - Villanova University
jay wright leads ‘nova to ‘09 final four
holden becomes bucknell’s 4th olympian
Under the direction of 1983 Bucknell graduate Jay Wright, the Villanova men’s basketball team has returned to national prominence. Since arriving at Villanova in 2001, Wright helped the Wildcats reach a number of milestones, including a then-school-record 28 wins in 2005-06, a Big East regular-season title, a first-ever No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and an Elite Eight trip in 2006. All of that was surpassed in March 2009, however, when Wright led his team into the Final Four at Ford Field in Detroit. Wright was a three-year letterman in basketball at Bucknell, where he received the Kribbs Award as team MVP in 1981-82 and the Musser Award for leadership in 1982-83. Wright was a freshman at Bucknell when former Bison coach Pat Flannery was a senior, and the two were publicly reunited in December 2005 when Wright brought his fourth-ranked Wildcats to Sojka Pavilion to play in front of the largest crowd in school history. Villanova prevailed, 79-60. Before arriving at Villanova in 2001, Wright was head coach at Hofstra for seven seasons, where he led the Pride to a pair of America East titles. In August 2005 he served as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. team at the World University Games in Turkey. Wright was named Former Bison coach Pat USA Basketball Co-Developmental Coach of the Flannery (L) with Jay Wright Year after leading the U.S. to an 8-0 record.
Another unlikely chapter in the amazing basketball story of J.R. Holden unfolded in the summer of 2008, when the Pittsburgh native and 1998 Bucknell graduate suited up for Team Russia at the Olympic Games in Beijing. Holden’s underdog career path has been well-documented. First, he transformed himself from a lightly recruited guard into a 1,300-point scorer and a twotime First Team All-Patriot League selection at the Division I level. Holden has had a successful and lucrative overseas career that has taken him to Latvia, Belgium, Greece and Russia. He became one of the top stars in European basketball, where he led the powerful CSKA Moscow team to the 2006 Euroleague title, and as a naturalized Russian citizen, he nailed the game-winning jumper to give Russia the Eurobasket 2007 title and a berth in the Olympics. In Beijing he started all five games and averaged 38.6 minutes, 17.6 points and 4.8 assists per game. In his Olympic debut, he had 19 points in Russia’s victory over Iran, then he added five points against Croatia, 25 against Lithuania, 20 against Australia and 19 against Argentina. Among all Olympians in pool play, he was the No. 5 scorer, and he also ranked No. 1 in minutes played and tied for third in assists. Holden became Bucknell’s fourth Olympian. The first was Dave Morley, who swam for his native Bahamas in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Cindy Ryder Matthes ‘88 competed for Team USA in rowing at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, while rower Brett Wilkinson ‘98 was also a J.R. Holden member of Team USA at the 2004 Games in Athens.
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