Former UW basketball player Kenney Sailors, right, was inducted to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on Nov. 18, becoming the second representative from Wyoming to do so.
A former Cowboy basketball player was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on Nov. 18, becoming the second representative for Wyoming.
Kenney Sailors was honored at the men’s basketball game in Kansas City, Mo.
Sailors turned 91 on Jan. 14, 2012. He and his former head coach, Everett Shelton, are the only two representatives from the state of Wyoming in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
He accomplished much in his career, including leading his team to the 1943 NCAA championship.
After teaming up with Shelton for the 1943 championship, Sailors enlisted in the Marines and served in the South Pacific during World War II.
After two years, Sailors returned to Wyoming for the 1945-46 season and once again earned All-American honors.
Sailors will be joined in the hall of fame by Georgetown center Patrick Ewing; Kansas center Clyde Lovellette; North Carolina guard Phil Ford; Winston-Salem State guard Earl Monroe; Grambling center Willis Reed; Kentucky coach Joe B. Hall; Virginia Union coach Dave Robbins; and contributors Jim Host, founder of Host Communications, and Joe Dean, of Converse and LSU.
