Mel Payton

Played varsity basketball four years for Martinsville … all-conference two years … leading scorer and rebounder senior year … averaged 18.9 points per game senior year … Indiana All Star 1944 … 1945-46 member of the undefeated Camp Hood basketball team …  four year starter at Tulane … 1951 Collegiate All-American … 100 games 74-26 record … scored 1,166 points … set single game (31) and season (426) rebound record in 1951 … East All-Star Team, All-Southeastern Conference and All-Southern Conference in 1951 … Tulane Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985 … played professionally for the Philadelphia Warriors 1951-52 and Indianapolis Olympians 1952-53 … teacher and basketball coach 35 years at high school and junior high level.