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Juwan
STATEN
Birth: May 21, 1992
Lettered: 2013-14C-15C
#3
6-1 // 190 // Guard
Dayton, Ohio
2015: Lute Olson
Mark
WORKMAN
Birth: March 10, 1930
Death: December 21, 1983
Lettered: 1950-51-52
#31
6-8 // 205 // Center
Charleston, W.Va.
1952: Associated Press, United Press Inter-
national, Look, Helms Foundation
Wil
ROBINSON
Birth: December 25, 1949
Lettered: 1970-71C-72C
#14
6-1 // 170 // Guard
Uniontown, Pa.
1972: Basketball Weekly, United Savings,
Helms Foundation
Season G FGM/FGA % FTM/FTA % Rebounds Avg. Points Avg.
1969-70 26 216/495 .436 88/114 .772 106 4.1 520 20.0
1970-71 25 252/542 .465 120/148 .811 103 4.1 624 25.0
1971-72 24 265/579 .458 176/210 .838 97 4.0 706 29.4
Totals 75 733/1616 .454 384/472 .814 306 4.1 1,850 24.7
From nearby Uniontown, Pa., Wil Robinson was named West Virginia’s seventh
rst-teamAll-Americanin1972afterbecomingthethirdhighestcareerscorerinMoun
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taineer basketball history.
In 1972, the 6-1 guard forged the highest season scoring average in WVU history
when he scored 706 points in 24 games (29.4), breaking a record set by Jerry West. The
amboyantRobinsonscored1,850pointsinhiscareer,trailingonlyAll-AmericansWest
(2,309) and Rod Hundley (2,180). Other career marks include a 24.7 points-per-game
scoringaverage(second)and733eldgoals(third).
The three-year letterman (1970-72) holds the WVU Coliseum record for points in a
game by a Mountaineer player (45 vs. Penn State in 1971). In fact, Robinson owns six
of the Mountaineers’ top seven all-time single game scores at the Coliseum. He and
his teammates opened the WVU Coliseum with a 113-92 victory against Colgate on
December 1, 1970.
Followinghisseniorseason,RobinsonwasnamedrstteamAll-AmericabyBas
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ketball Weekly, United Savings and Helms Foundation, second team by Converse and
third team by the Associated Press.
A two-year WVU team captain, Robinson was selected in the fourth round of
the NBA draft by the Houston Rockets and the fourth round of the ABA draft by the
Pittsburgh Condors. He played one year in the ABA (1974) with the Memphis and Utah
teams. Robinson was inducted into the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.
Season G FGM/FGA % FTM/FTA % Rebounds Avg. Points Avg.
2012-13 31 76/202 .376 83/108 .769 90 2.9 235 7.6
2013-14 33 205/422 .486 182/253 .719 186 5.6 598 18.1
2014-15 30 143/340 .421 120/171 .702 80 2.7 427 14.2
Totals 94 424/964 .440 385/532 .724 356 3.8 1,260 13.4
Juwan Staten was named to the All-Big 12 Conference First Team in 2014 and
2015,nishinghiscareerwith1,260pointsand432assists(sixthall-time).In2015,
he led the Mountaineers to the NCAA Sweet 16 and was named to the Lute Olson
All-America Team.
A second-team All-America selection by the Senior CLASS Award, Staten played
in 94 games at WVU, making 84 starts at point guard. The 2015 Big 12 Conference
PreseasonPlayeroftheYearwasanalistfornumerouscollegebasketballawardsasa
senior.
Staten had a career-high 35 points against Kansas State on Feb. 1, 2014 and have
vedouble-doublesforhisWVUcareer.Hehadacareer-high12assistsagainstTCUon
Jan. 24, 2015 and a career-high 11 rebounds against Kansas State on Jan. 18, 2014.
The Dayton, Ohio, native, is one of six players in school history to have 1,000
points, 400 assists, 100 steals and 350 rebounds in a career. Staten was named to
the All-Big 12 Defensive Team in 2014 and won Big 12 Player of the Week honors four
times during his career. He averaged 13.4 points (18.1 in 2013-14), 4.6 assists and 3.8
rebounds per game for his career.
Season G FGM/FGA % FTM/FTA % Rebounds Avg. Points Avg.
1949-50 24 100/-- -- 71/114 .623 -- -- 271 11.3
1950-51 27 273/558 .489 159/252 .631 -- -- 705 26.1
1951-52 25 207/430 .481 163/232 .703 437 17.5 577 23.1
Totals 76 580/-- -- 393/598 .657 -- -- 1,553 20.4
Mark Workman was possibly the best-shooting center ever to play Mountaineer
basketball. The 6-8 giant scored 1,553 career points for a 20.4 scoring average. He
once scored 50 points during a 1951 game against Salem College and still holds four of
WVU’s top 10 all-time single game scoring marks.
One of Workman’s greatest accomplishments was winning the Basketball Writers
Association Gold Star Award as the outstanding visiting player in the state of New York
for the 1951-52 season. Workman led WVU to wins against New York University (100-
75) and Niagara (74-71).
ArstteamAll-Americaselectionin1952bytheAssociatedPress,UPI,Lookand
theHelmsFoundation,Workmannishedthirdinthenationinscoringasajunior(26.1
points per game) and sixth nationally as a senior (23.1), while averaging 17.5 rebounds
per game.
Workman played professionally with the Milwaukee Hawks, Philadelphia Warriors
and Baltimore Bullets from 1952-54. He was inducted into the West Virginia Sportswrit
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er’s Hall of Fame in 1974 and the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. Workman
died December 21, 1983, at Bradenton, Fla.
All-Time Teams
The Pre-World War II Team:
Rudy Baric, 6-3, 1940-42; Marshall Glenn, 6-1, 1928-30; Jack Gocke, 6-3,
1935-37; Scotty Hamilton, 5-10, 1941-43; Joe Stydahar, 6-4, 1933-36.
The 1946-55 Team:
Leland Byrd, 6-3, 1945-48; Clyde Green, 6-2, 1946-49; Red Holmes, 6-0, 1952-54;
Fred Schaus, 6-5, 1947-49; Jim Sottile, 6-1, 1951-53; Mark Workman, 6-9, 1950-52.
The 1956-65 Team:
Rod Hundley, 6-4, 1955-57; Jim McCormick, 6-2, 1961-63; Lloyd Sharrar, 6-10, 1956-
58; Rod Thorn, 6-4, 1961-63; Don Vincent, 6-2, 1956-58; Jerry West, 6-3, 1958-60.
The 1966-75 Team:
Jerome Anderson, 6-6, 1973-75; Carey Bailey, 6-5, 1968-69; Bob Hummel, 6-2, 1968-
70; Dave Reaser, 6-6, 1966-68; Wil Robinson, 6-2, 1970-72; Ron “Fritz” Williams, 6-3,
1966-68.
The 1976-85 Team:
Warren Baker, 6-7, 1973-76; Greg Jones, 6-1, 1981-83; Lowes Moore, 6-1, 1977-80;
Maurice Robinson, 6-7, 1975-78; Lester Rowe, 6-5, 1981-85; Russel Todd, 6-7, 1981-83.
The 1986-95 Team:
Marsalis Basey, 5-8, 1991-94; Steve Berger, 5-11, 1987-90; Dale Blaney, 6-4,
1982-86; Chris Brooks, 6-7, 1988-91; Herbie Brooks, 6-2, 1986-89; Darryl
Prue, 6-7, 1986-89.
The 1996-2005 Team:
CalvinBowman,6-9,2000-01;MarcusGoree,6-8,1997-00;SeldonJeerson,6-3,1995-
97; Damian Owens, 6-6, 1995-98; Tyrone Sally, 6-7, 2002-05; Jarrod West, 5-11, 1995-98.
The 2006-15 Team:
Joe Alexander, 6-8, 2006-08; Da’Sean Butler, 6-7, 2006-10; Mike Gansey, 6-4, 2005-06;
Kevin Jones, 6-8, 2009-12; Kevin Pittsnogle, 6-11, 2003-06; Juwan Staten, 6-1, 2013-15.
Post 2016 Poll:
Jaysean Paige, 6-2, 2015-16; Devin Williams, 6-8, 2014-16
The West Virginia University All-Time Team Committee is composed of John Antonik, Tony
Caridi, Michael Fragale, Mickey Furfari, Doug Hu, Jay Jacobs, Gary McPherson, Bryan
Messerly (chair), Jay Redmond and Craig Walker.