2006 - Matt Witt – Hall of Fame

Witt was a four-year starter at EKU from 2002-2006 and ended his career as Eastern’s all-time leading scorer with 1,832 points. He came to EKU after becoming the only player in the state of Ohio’s rich high school tradition to score more than 2,000 points and hand out more than 500 assists.  He made a bang right out of the gate, being named OVC Freshman of the Year and OVC Rookie of the Week an amazing 11 times while scoring 13.6 points per game.  As a sophomore in averaged a team-leading 15.6 points a game, was second in the conference in assists while being named to the All-OVC second team and to the OVC All Tournament squad.  During that year, he also hit 39.8 percent from three-point range while canning 70 long range shots.  His junior season was a special season as he scored in double figures 23 of 31 games and was a driving force on coach Travis Ford’s NCAA Tournament team that gave highly-ranked Kentucky a scare in a 72-64. He scored a team-high 21 points. He closed out that season second in the OVC in assists and 20th in the nation in assists with his 6.26 assists per game average.  His senior season, he finished the year as the OVC’s third tops scorer with 18.5 points per game.  He made 97 three-pointers, hit 80.4 percent from the free throw line and was named second-team All-OVC.  He is the EKU career leader in three-pointers made with 283, is second in Colonel history with 630 career assists, which is also fourth most in OVC history.  He was chosen to Eastern’s All-Century Team in 2009 and played basketball in Europe for six seasons where he led his team in scoring and assists five of those years. He played his first two years for teams in Germany and The Netherlands where he averaged 17.6 and 16.4 points per game.  His next four seasons, he played for teams in Spain where he turned in a fantastic 2010-11 season for Club Balencesto Clavijo in leading them to the regular season title and the league cup championship.  That season, his 17.0 points and 6.5 assists per contest led the league as he was chosen Import Player of the Year and Guard of the Year.