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Dan Majerle – Central Michigan (men’s basketball):
Dan Majerle was a three-time All-MAC First Team selection (1986-88), the only player in Central Michigan men’s basketball program history and led Central Michigan to the 1987 MAC Championship and Conference Tournament Championship, earning MVP honors.
Majerle was named to the All-MAC Tournament team in 1987 and 1988 and went on to win a gold medal at the 1994 World Championships and a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympic Games.
Majerle is Central Michigan’s second all-time career scorer with 2,055 points, second in scoring average (21.8 ppg), fourth in steals (171), fifth in rebounds (834), sixth in blocks (95) and ninth in field goal percentage (53.6%). His 759 points in 1987-88 ranks No. 2 for a single season and he still holds three of the top 10 season scoring averages in Central Michigan history. He tallied the third-most rebounds in a season with 346 in 1987-88. Majerle ranks 11th in career scoring in MAC history and his season scoring total of 759 points is ninth in the Conference record books.
Majerle was drafted in the first round, 14th overall, by the Phoenix Suns in the 1988 NBA Draft and went on to play 14 seasons in the NBA with Phoenix, Cleveland and Miami. Majerle was a three-time NBA All-Star and a two-time All-Defensive Second Team selection. He finished his NBA career with 10,925 points, 4,265 rebounds and 2,755 assists and was inducted into the Phoenix Suns ‘Ring of Honor’ and had his No. 9 jersey retired.
The Suns have named the Dan Majerle Hustle Award in his honor. Was named the USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year in 1988 and was inducted in the Central Michigan Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. Majerle continues to make an impact on college basketball, leading Grand Canyon to the Division I level.
