Whittier College

Bill came to the Poet campus from Whittier HS in 1945 where he earned 3 varsity letters and played under Coach Aubrey Bonham his junior and senior years.

In the 1944-45 season, the Whittier HS team won the league championship with 20 wins and only 1 loss

All CIF 2nd Team, 1945

At Whittier College, he continued playing for Coach Bonham and lettered in Basketball all 4 years

He played on 3 Championship teams 1946-47, 47-48, 48-49

Selected for All Conference honors each of his 4 years at Whittier and served as Team Captain his senior season 

Set the All-Time Pacific Coast scoring mark during his Poet career with 366 points in 1945-46, 415 in 1946-47, 455 in 1947-48 and 389 in 1948-49 for a total of 1,625 points

Bill was the 10th top scorer in the nation in 1948-49

“Athlete of the Month” by the Helms Foundation in March of 1949 and was named Whittier College Athlete of the Year in 1949 as well.

Bill went on to coach HS Basketball at Sherman E. Burroughs, Ridgecrest, California, and Downey with an overall coaching record of 250-166 (.60)