Steve Stielper (2002) - JMU Athletics Hall of Fame - James Madison University Athletics

Steve Stielper

Induction:
2002
Class:
1980

Steve Stielper completed his career as the all-time scoring and rebounding leader in JMU men's basketball history, and both marks still stood 22 years later at the time of his hall of fame induction. Stielper joined the JMU program for the 1976-77 season, the Dukes' first in Division I, and he scored 2,126 points and had 917 rebounds in four college seasons. He averaged 20.4 points and 8.8 rebounds per game in 104 career contests, and his 51-point scoring effort in 1978-79 against Robert Morris still stood as JMU's game-scoring record at the time of his induction.

He set a JMU season record by averaging 25.7 points per game in 1978-79, a season during which he was the 10th-leading Division I scorer in the nation and during which he had 14 or more points in each of JMU's 26 games and 30 or more points eight times. He had a 59.8 percent shooting mark from the field and set team season records with 162 made free throws and 213 free throw attempts in 1978-79.

For his career he shot 53.4 percent from the field (803-1504) and 79.8 percent from the foul line (520-652), and his 76 career blocked shots remained among the top 10 totals in team history at the time of his induction.

Stielper averaged 20.9 points and 10.7 rebounds for a 17-9 team as a freshman in 1976-77, 16.8 points and 8.1 rebounds for an 18-8 team as a sophomore in 1977-78, 25.7 points and 8.4 rebounds for an 18-8 team as a junior in 1978-79 and 18.4 points and 8.1 rebounds for an 18-8 team as senior in 1979-80. He reached double figures in scoring in 98 of 104 career games, had 20 or more points 57 times, 30 or more points 10 times, and 40 or more points twice.

He is a native of North Linthicum, Md.