Westmont Men’s Basketball History
Begun in fall of 1940, Westmont Men’s Basketball has posted a winning percentage of .593 in 67 years of play (1027-704). Over the last 32 years, the Warriors have accumlated a record of 658-321 (.672%). A charter member of the Golden State Athletic Conference, the Warriors have a 213-111 (.657) record in one of the most competitive conferences in the NAIA.
The Westmont program has advanced to the NAIA National Tournament on 15 occasions, including five times in the past ten years, and has made two Final Four apperances (1984, 1999). Twelve times, Warriors have been named NAIA All-Americans and 13 times Westmont Men’s Basketball players have earned NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition.
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| Name | Years | Overall Record |
Overall Percent. |
GSAC Record |
GSAC Percent. |
| John Gehr | 1940-41 (1) | 0-2 | .000 | ||
| Robert Kevorkian | 1941-42 (1) | 4-3 | .571 | ||
| Al Brown | 1942-46 (3.5) | 10-17 | .370 | ||
| Ed Bouslough | 1945-46 (.5) | 3-9 | .250 | ||
| David Paynter | 1946-47, 48-50 (3) | 14-26 | .350 | ||
| Bill Fisher | 1947-48, 50-53 (4) | 26-40 | .393 | ||
| Jack Siemens | 1953-63 (10) | 127-147 | .464 | ||
| Dan Arens | 1964-65 (2) | 23-28 | .451 | ||
| Tom Byron | 1965-70, 71-72 (5.53) | 76-71 | .517 | ||
| Jim Larsen | 1970-71 (1) | 18-8 | .692 | ||
| Ron Mulder | 1972-74 (2.47) | 54-18 | .763 | ||
| Tine Hardeman | 1974-75 (1) | 13-14 | .481 | ||
| Chet Kammerer | 1975-92 (17) | 357-158 | .693 | 53-21 | .716 |
| Jeff Crosby | 1992-93 (1) | 19-12 | .612 | 8-4 | .667 |
| John Moore | 1993-08 (15) | 299-163 | .647 | 161-97 | .624 |
| TOTAL | 68 Years | 1043-716 | .593 | 222-122 | .657 |
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John Crew (50-54) Westmont’s all-time leading scorer with 1,679 points. |
Tine Hardeman (51-55) Scored school-record 46 points against Chapman in 1954-55. |
George Terzian (55-58) Ranks fouth in season points 641 and fifth in career points (1,586). |
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Tom Byron (65-70, 71-72) Coached a total of six years before succombing to cancer in 1972. He is honored annually in the Tom Byron Classic. |
Chet Kammerer (75-92) Built a 357-158 record in 17 years, including five trips to national tournament. He was inducted into NAIA Hall of Fame in 2000. |
Jim Dykstra (77-79) Recorded the only quadruple-double in school history with 28 pts., 11 reb., 11 asts., and 11 steals against BYU-Hawaii on December 16, 1978. |
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Noel Matthews (1987-91) Ranks 7th all-time in scoring with 1,447 points, and is the career leader in 3-point field goal percentage at .453. |
Chris Gonzales (1998-00) Scored 574 points in 1999-00 to lead Warriors to the GSAC tournament title. He was named to NAIA All-America team. |