Plymouth State University

CARL McALLISTER ('67): One of the top basketball players to wear the Panther uniform in an earlier era, McAllister was only the second player in school history to score more than 1,000 career points when he accomplished the feat in 1967.He finished his career with 1,050 points and still ranks 14th on the PSC all-time scoring list.

McAllister was a four-year veteran on the varsity basketball team under coaches John Foley and Dayton Spaulding from 1963-67.He led the team in scoring and rebounding as a junior in 1965-66 with 19.2 points a game.He was elected captain as a senior, and was again one of the scoring and rebounding leaders as he reached the career 1,000-point plateau.Plymouth State had a winning record all four years when McAllister was playing, going 51-33 overall and putting together a 15-6 mark in 1964-65, Coach Foley's final season.

After graduation, McAllister got involved in coaching, serving as boys basketball coach at Fall Mountain Regional High School from 1967-71 and taking the team to the Class I semifinals three times in four years.McAllister returned to Plymouth State to earn his Master's degree, which he received in 1975.The PSC Men's Basketball Program honored him with Carl McAllister Day at Foley Gymnasium on Feb. 10, 1990.