<strong>Bucknell</strong> <strong>Basketball</strong> Alumni The Success Continues <strong>Bucknell</strong> 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 <strong>Bucknell</strong> 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 Current/Former Position(s) Doug Allen 1988 Management Professor - <strong>Bucknell</strong> University Jaye Andrews 1985 <strong>Basketball</strong> Coach, Teacher - Greenhill School (Texas) Bryan Bailey 2002 Professional <strong>Basketball</strong> Player - Germany Jeremiah Bennett 2004 Teacher - Lewisburg School District Seymour Berger 1944 Former VP/Director - The Topps Co., Inc. Kevin Bettencourt 2006 Assistant Coach - Bentley College Kevin Blackwell 1985 Senior Research Associate - U.S. Government Dan Blankenship 2003 Financial Advisor - PriceWaterhouse Coopers G.W. Boon 2011 Professional <strong>Basketball</strong> Player - Slovakia Mike Bright 1993 Executive Director - YMCA Donald Brown 2007 Professional <strong>Basketball</strong> Player - Iceland Willie Callahan 1999 Asst. Analyst - Lockheed Martin Dyrika Cameron 2000 Management Price Waterhouse Coopers, N.Y., N.Y. Victor Cegles 1970 Athletic Director - Long Beach State University Craigg Cody 1983 President - Waste Connections, Inc. Mike Corrigan 1957 President/COO - Stanwell Financial; CEO - Corstan, Inc. Bill Courtney 1992 Head Men’s <strong>Basketball</strong> Coach - Cornell Frederick Davis 1974 Dir. of Government Affairs - Edison Electric Institute Michael Fadden 1962 President/COO - Gateway Energy Corp., Inc. Charles Farver 1969 General Manager - Cardinale Estate Keith Fenton 1991 Marketing Associate - Eli Lilly & Co. Pat Flannery 1980 Senior Development Officer, Former Head <strong>Basketball</strong> Coach - <strong>Bucknell</strong> University Algin Garrett 1974 Chair - Medical College of Virginia Kihlon Golden 1996 Scientist - Wyeth Allan Greenman 1977 President - Holiday Inn Boardwalk Hotel John Griffin 2008 <strong>Basketball</strong> Coach - Rider University William Hall 1975 Attorney - Winston & Strawn Ellis Harley 1959 Retired - Assoc. VP for Finance - <strong>Bucknell</strong> Univ. Tom Hauser 1999 Teacher/Coach - Atlee H.S., Mechanicsville, Va. Edward Hebditch 1976 Dir. of Finance - PPG Industries, Inc. Michael Hepburn 1980 Finance/Business Manager - Janssen Pharmaceuticals William Hoeveler 1947 U.S. District Court Judge J.R. Holden 1998 Professional <strong>Basketball</strong> Player - Russia Mark Janaskie 1985 Env. Manager - US Dept. of Energy Michael Joseph 1990 Teacher/Coach - Hazleton Area School District Valter Karavanic 2000 Electrical Engineer - M/A-COM, Boston, Mass. Patrick King 1992 Professional <strong>Basketball</strong> Agent - Germany Richard Kniffin 1959 President - Viking Agency Tom Knuth 1980 Surgeon - Jackson Memorial Hospital Boakai Lalugba 2003 Professional <strong>Basketball</strong> Player - France Donald Lampus 1964 Chairman of R.I. Lampus Co. George Lavin 1951 Attorney - Lavin, Coleman, Finarelli & Gray Holland Mack 2006 Teacher - Paramus Catholic H.S./Professional Musician Malik Malone 1991 Director of Health System Sales - Cardinal Health Peter Matz 1960 Owner/President - IDA International Thomas McLean 1978 Director of Operations - USA Track & Field Chris McNaughton 2007 Professional <strong>Basketball</strong> Player - Germany Patrick Moylan 1989 Banking & Finance - Guarantee Residential, London John Murphy 1968 Orthopaedic Surgeon - Kaiser Perm. Mike Muscala <strong>2013</strong> Professional <strong>Basketball</strong> Player - Spain Scott Novacek 1977 Director/Owner - Goldlake Properties, Inc. Nyambi Nyambi 2001 Actor - CBS sitcom “Mike & Molly” jay wright leads ‘nova to ‘09 final four Under the direction of 1983 <strong>Bucknell</strong> 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 <strong>Bucknell</strong>, 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 <strong>Bucknell</strong> 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 USA <strong>Basketball</strong> Co-Developmental Coach of the Year after leading the U.S. to an 8-0 record. Former Bison coach Pat Flannery (L) with Jay Wright Name Class Current/Former Position(s) Paul Olkowski 1993 Art Director - Ammirati Puris Lintas, New York, NY Lyman Ott 1962 VP - Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc. Russell Peyton 1993 Engineer - Motiva Enterprises, Del. City Refinery Gerald Purnell 1978 District Court Judge, Worcester County, Md. Michael Rizzo 1983 Senior Manager - Bank of Boston Edward Robinson 1986 Senior Advisor - Philanthropic Advisors, LLC Chris Seneca 1987 Buyer - Kaufmann’s Fred Shehadi 1954 Chair/CEO - B. Shehadi & Sons, Inc. Chris Simpson 1994 Attorney - Miles & Stockbridge Bob Smith 1939 Textile Engineer - Invented “AstroTurf” Walter Speck 1958 President - Speck Plastics, Inc. Sam Stettler 1976 President - Marquis-Stettler Group, Inc. Mark Treiber 1996 Director of <strong>Media</strong> and Licencing - And 1 Kevin Wenk 1994 Asst. VP - Merrill Lynch Homer Wieder 1958 Senior VP - Penn State-Geisinger Medical Center Joe Willman <strong>2013</strong> Professional <strong>Basketball</strong> Player - Czech Republic Jay Wright 1983 Head Men’s <strong>Basketball</strong> Coach - Villanova University muscala is third bison nba draftee This past June Mike Muscala capped off an historic night for <strong>Bucknell</strong> and the Patriot League when he was selected 44th overall in the National <strong>Basketball</strong> Association Draft. Muscala was officially picked by the Dallas Mavericks, but his rights were traded to the Atlanta Hawks. Muscala was the third <strong>Bucknell</strong> men’s basketball player to be drafted in the NBA. Al Leslie ‘81 was taken in the second round (37th overall) by the Indiana Pacers in 1981, and Jaye Andrews ‘85 was a seventh-round pick of the Philadelphia 76ers in 1985. Muscala also became the third Patriot League player ever drafted, and the second in a matter of a few hours. Earlier in the evening, Lehigh’s C.J. McCollum was picked 10th overall by the Portland Trailblazers. Colgate’s Adonal Foyle was taken by the Golden State Warriors with the No. 8 pick in 1997. Mike Muscala with fellow Hawks picks Lucas Nogueira and Dennis Schroeder at a post-draft press conference. holden becomes bucknell’s 4th olympian Another unlikely chapter in the amazing basketball story of J.R. Holden unfolded in the summer of 2008, when the Pittsburgh native and 1998 <strong>Bucknell</strong> 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 <strong>Bucknell</strong>’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. 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