Walt Walowac
Walter Joseph Walowac was a professional basketball player from Logan, West Virginia.
Career
Walowac was a two-time West Virginia All-State selection at Logan [High School |Logan High School] before joining then Marshall [Thundering Herd men's basketball|Marshall College] in 1950. Over four seasons with the Thundering Herd, he averaged 20.9 points per game and totaled 1,982 career points, setting Marshall Thundering Herd [men's basketball statistical leaders|a school record] that stood for 34 years, broken by Skip Henderson.As a sophomore in 1952, Walowac was named first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference and earned a spot on the OVC All-Tournament Team. During his junior year, he averaged 29.1 points per game—still the second-highest single-season mark in Marshall history, and was named a Helms Foundation first-team All-American.
In his senior season, as Marshall transitioned into the Mid-American Conference, he was eligible for All-MAC honors and earned first-team recognition while setting a conference scoring record with 26.1 points per game. That year, he also scored a career-high 44 points in games against both Ohio University and West [Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats|West Virginia Wesleyan]. Within that season he finished sixth in the nation for total points.
Walowac was selected in the third round of the 1954 [NBA draft] by the Milwaukee Hawks but chose to play in the National Industrial Basketball League for the Akron Wingfoots, from 1955 to 1960, where he was twice named an All-Star. He was inducted into the West Virginia [Sports Hall of Fame] in 1980 and the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985.