Nebraska Wesleyan University Athletics

            Lincoln, Neb., native Mike Carroll made quite an impact on the Nebraska Wesleyan men’s basketball record books from 1977-80.
            Carroll, who came to NWU from Lincoln’s Southeast High School, worked his way up from the reserve team as a first-year player, and by his final season, he was named NCAA Division III All-America First Team after leading Div. III in scoring at 27.3 points per game.
            As a senior in 1979-80, Carroll shot better than 50 percent from the field, was accurate 79 percent of the time from the free throw line and also averaged 8.9 rebounds per game. He led the team in nearly every category and scored a season-high 40 points in a senior-day win against Concordia College in Taylor Gym.
            In his junior year, Carroll made third team All-America and scored 20.9 points per game, an average that still ranks 16th on the team’s single-season charts. He was named All-Conference in both 1979 and 1980.
            Carroll, who played under legendary coach Irv Peterson, still holds the school record in scoring average for a season, and is 10th all-time at NWU with 1,426 career points and tied for sixth with 593 career field goals made. His single-season totals for points (10th), field goals (sixth and eighth) and free throws made (tied for ninth) also still rank among the Top 10 in team history.