John Engles, a High School All-American and two-time winner of the Warren Jaques Award as Staten Island’s best high school basketball player, set an Island scoring record with 1,399 points while leading St. Peter’s to a 22-1 record and the No. 1 ranking in New York State.
An All-Ivy forward at Penn, he returned from two serious knee injuries to be named the Quakers’ MVP and Philly Big 5 Player of the Year in 1976, on his way to the Big 5 Hall of Fame.
Class of 1996