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Mel Kessler

Mel Kessler

  • Class
    1959
  • Induction
    1990
  • Sport(s)
    Basketball
 

Basketball 2,3,4

    1958-59    Team captain

                      Averaged 21.7 ppg, making him the first Muhlenberg player to average over 20 points per contest

                      His 478 points ranked him 23rd in the nation in Division I scoring

                      Averaged 15.0 rebounds per game

                      Holds the school’s single season scoring and rebounding records

                      Scored a career high 42 points vs. Lafayette

                      Established Muhlenberg record for most free throws made (18) and attempted (23) in Lafayette game

                      Scored 1,002 points in three-year career

                      Earned first team Eastern College Athletic Conference and MAC All-Division I honors

                      Named to Associated Press All-Pennsylvania, second team

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