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Hall of Fame

Jay Rowland

  • Class
    1962
  • Induction
    2003
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball
Jay Rowland graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and was a heavily involved student. 
 
Rowland was his senior class president and junior class parliamentarian. He won the Boar’s Head Award in 1958 and was a four-year player on both the varsity basketball and baseball teams. On the basketball court he wore #23 and was a co-captain, on the baseball diamond he played second base.  
 
Rowland was a member of the now famed 1958-59 men’s basketball, and his three other seasons under legendary coach Garland Pinholster were quite successful. Rowland was one of the Guinea pigs in Pinholster’s wheel offense, which helped gain a 20-4 record in 1962. 
 
Rowland hailed from Gainesville, Florida. 
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