N-Club Hall of Fame

Wayne Waggoner

Wayne Waggoner

  • Class
  • Induction
    2019
  • Sport(s)
    Basketball - Men's
1980-82
NBA Draft pick (1983, 6th round) who made it to the last cut with the Dallas Mavericks … All-Trans America Athletic Conference both years he played for the Demons … No. 2 career FT% (85.5) among players with more than 75 career attempts, best all-time until Jalan West topped him 36 years later … averaged 16.8 points per game in his 56-game NSU career, transferring to his father’s alma mater after two seasons at Centenary … two of top scoring totals in school history in his two seasons (446, 15.9 ppg in 1980-81; 493, 17.6 ppg for a 19-9 squad in 1981-82 … with 939 points, just missed NSU’s 1,000 Point Club, where his 16.8 career average would rank 4th … also led coach Wayne Yates’ 1981-82 Demons with 111 assists and 38.5 minutes per game … shot an incredible 57%  as a 6-2 point guard … his single-season 86.5 free throw aim ranked 18th nationally and is 8th all-time at NSU …  a first-team All-TAAC selection in 1982 … all-conference and All-TAAC Tournament as a junior … was an assistant coach at NSU for six years from 1983-88, noted as a strong recruiter … joined his father, Bernard, on the 100-man “All-Century Team” marking the Demon basketball centennial in 2013 … “Wags” was part of the “Fab 50” list of top players in NSU’s Division I history from 1977-2013.

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