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MIKE MOFFETT ('78): The name Mike Moffett is not only in the Plymouth State Men's Basketball record books, but in the history books of just about every other Panther sport because of his work as Sports Information Director from 1986-93.He etched his name in the basketball annals from 1975-78 with more than 1,000 points scored and the all-time rebounding record, and practically re-wrote records in every sport when he put out a book on the history of Panther Athletics in the early 1990s.
A native of Groveton, N.H., Moffett played four years in a Panther uniform, finishing with a school record 728 rebounds, including a record 321 as a junior. Moffett score 1,030 points, becoming the fifth highest scoring leader in the program's history.He played on three winning PSC teams in four years, including the 1975-76 unit that finished 19-7 and averaged a school-record 97.5 points.
In addition to writing the history book, Moffett publicized Panther Athletics as SID for seven years, promoting numerous national calibre student-athletes and teams in an era before computers.He helped start the PSC Athletic Hall of Fame, helped establish Plymouth State as the site of numerous N.H./Vt. All-Star games, and served as the first publicist of the Freedom Football Conference.Moffett is still involved in athletics, having set up the Sports Management program at N.H. Technical Institute in Concord.He coached the NHTI basketball team for several years, taking it to the Small University National Tournament in Kansas in 1998.
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