Pete Padgett
Peter L. Padgett is an American former basketball player and coach. He is best known, however, for his playing career between 1972–73 and 1975–76 while on the Nevada [Wolf Pack men's basketball] team.
Playing career
Pete Padgett played for his father, Jim Padgett, the head coach at Nevada. Padgett, who is, played the power forward position and became one of the most statistically accomplished players in school history. Padgett was selected to the all-conference second team during his freshman year, then was subsequently picked as a first team all-conference member for his final three seasons. Padgett led the West Coast Athletic Conference in rebounding all four seasons and finished his career with 1,464 total, a sum good enough to place him in the List of [NCAA Division I men's basketball career rebounding leaders#Post-1973 era|top ten all-time] in the NCAA's modern era.Although rebounding was his specialty, Padgett finished his career with 1,642 points, which at the time was the third-highest in school history. He also set a conference-record by accumulating 784 assists. As a senior he was honored with the Doc Martie Award, given annually to the University of Nevada's top male athlete. Padgett was then chosen in the sixth round by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1976 NBA draft, but he never played in the league.
Padgett was a two-sport star who also played baseball.