01.03.07
- On Saturday,
December 30, junior forward Doug Sheckler became the 36th
member of Huntington University men’s basketball 1000-point club.
Entering the game against Siena Heights University, Sheckler needed 12
points to reach the milestone. He wasted little time as he reached
the mark midway through the first half on a jumper just outside the
paint. He finished the game with 18, giving him 1006 career points
and putting him 34th on the all-time scorers’ list.
Sheckler is currently
averaging 13.4 points per game for the NAIA Division II top-ranked
Foresters. Huntington will resume conference play on Saturday,
January 6 when they travel to Spring Arbor University at 3:00 p.m.
The Huntington University Foresters compete in 14
intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past eight years,
Huntington has produced 57 NAIA All-America honors and 122 All-America
Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive
Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and
undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations.
U.S.News & World Report ranks Huntington among the top
comprehensive colleges in the Midwest. |