DUANE MATTHEWS

Category: Athlete
Sport: Men's Basketball
Institution: St. Clair College
Inducted: 2013

Duane Matthews played three seasons with the St. Clair College men's basketball team.
Matthews was third on the team in scoring in his rookie season of 1979-80, scoring 190 points in a dozen games. St. Clair captured the OCAA bronze medal at season's end.

There was no sophomore jinx for Duane in 1980-81, as he led his team in scoring with 308 points in 16 games. Matthews was named a OCAA West Division First-Team All-Star and OCAA Championship All-Star as St. Clair earned the OCAA silver medal.

Duane continued his strong play in his final campaign scoring 334 points, an average of 20.9 per game to lead all OCAA players in scoring. He was once again named an OCAA West Division First-Team All-Star.

Matthews was named St. Clair's Athlete of the Year in 1981-82 to go along with a pair of Team MVP awards. He is seventh all-time in St. Clair scoring with 1,590 points and his 18.7 points per game average ranks him second all-time in school history.