Jerry West Selected to College Basketball Hall of Fame

Written by Wire Services | 25 February 2010

West Virginia basketball legend Jerry West was one of four players named Wednesday to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

West joins Duke's Christian Laettner, UCLA's Sidney Wicks and North Carolina State's David Thompson in the Hall's Class of 2010.

West, the Chelyan native who played at East Bank High School before starring for WVU and in the NBA with the Lakers, was a three-time All American at West Virginia, where he led the Mountaineers to three straight NCAA tournament berths, including a trip to the 1959 title game. He averaged 29.3 points and 16.5 rebounds as a senior and went on to co-captain the 1960 U.S. Olympic gold medal team before 14 All-Star seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Triangle offense innovator Tex Winter, Alcorn State coach Davey Whitney, NCAA executive vice president Tom Jernstedt and former Big Eight and Big Ten commissioner Wayne Duke also will be inducted on Nov. 21 in Kansas City.