Hall of Fame
Jim Ney may be the greatest all-around athlete in Point Park history. A two-sport star in basketball and baseball, he remains the only Pioneer athlete to be named All-American in two different sports. A basketball standout, Ney finished his career as the Pioneers’ all time leading scorer. He remains seventh on the university’s all time men’s scoring list with 1,300 points and third in free throw percentage with a 79.2% average. However, for all his basketball achievements, Jim Ney was even more highly regarded on the diamond. Ney, who batted a career .308 as a designated hitter, posted a 22-4 pitching record and a 2.09 earned run average, which included 16 consecutive wins and a fourth place finish in the 1974 NAIA World Series. Ney, a Grosse Point, Michigan, native, was drafted into the Detroit Tigers organization following his Point Park career. Sadly, just two years after his college playing days, Ney was tragically killed in an automobile accident near his Detroit area home.
