Jacksonville State University Athletics

Wayne Wigley played basketball at Jacksonville State and helped the Gamecocks win their fourth and fifth consecutive Alabama Collegiate Conference Championships in record-breaking fashion. After playing two seasons at Snead State and earning Most Valuable Player honors in the Alabama Junior College Conference, Wigley signed with the Gamecocks and played his final two years for hall of fame coach Tom Roberson. As a junior in 1968-69, he started all 24 games and averaged 12 points per game, despite sharing playing time with all-conference guards Gary Angel and Bill Brantely. He finished the season with 288 points and 103 rebounds, while hitting 84 of his 97 attempts from the free throw line to help JSU post a 19-5 record. As a senior, he was selected Capatain and voted Most Valuable Player in the 1969-70 season, when he and teammate Danny Brian each set the school’s single-season scoring record with 509. Wigley averaged 18.8 points and was named the Most Valuable Player on the All-Alabama Small College Team. He also scored a season-high 29 points in a 109-96 win over Samford and helped the Gamecocks win their fifth-straight ACC Championship with a school-record 22 wins to just five losses. Wigley became the first player to be voted the Most Valuable Player at both the Junior College and Small College levels in the State of Alabama.