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Mike Gansey
Inducted: 2018
Written by Bryan Messerly

Collegiate: At West Virginia: First team all-BIG EAST in 2006 ... transferred to WVU in 2003 from St. Bonaventure ... led WVU to the 2005 NCAA Elite Eight and 2006 NCAA Sweet 16 ... led WVU in scoring during the team’s 2004 European tour with a 15.6 points per game average ... scored double figures in every game, including 22 points against the Dutch National team, his first game in a WVU uniform ... was a part of the 2005 USA World University Games team that won a gold medal in Turkey this summer … averaged 6.4 points and 3.4 rebounds during the World University Games … had a team-high 13 points in the first game against Iran ... ranks third in career three-point shooting at WVU (.394) ... started every game of his career at WVU (68 games) ... counting his two years at St. Bonaventure, scored 1,600 points during his career ... 10th at WVU in career three-point field goals with 119 ... finished with 976 points at WVU in two seasons ... only one of nine players in WVU school history to start every game of WVU career ... (2005-06): made 75 three-point field goals, the fifth most in a season at WVU ... averaged 16.8 points per game ... led the team in rebounding at 5.7 per game ... also led the team in steals with 62, rebounds with 189, field goal percentage at 55.0 and three-point field goal percentage at 42.9 ... averaged 33.8 minutes per game ... one of the finalists for the Naismith, Oscar Robertson and Wooden Awards ... (2004-05): started all 35 contests ... averaged 12.0 points per game ... scored the most points on the team (421) ... led the Mountaineers in field goals (160), rebounds (180), rebounding average (5.1) and steals (57) ... reached double figures in 25 games

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