Hall of Fame
The MIAA’s leading scorer in 2016-17, Anthony Virdure earned first team All-MIAA honors and was named to the Division II Conference Commissioners All-Central Region second team following a stellar senior season with the Lincoln men’s basketball program. Virdure, who also was fourth in the MIAA in assists with 4.2 per game, led LU to 17 wins and secured the Blue Tigers’ first back-to-back winning seasons since 2000-01 and 2001-02. Virdure highlighted that season with a 50-point performance against Northwest Missouri, which was then ranked No. 1 in the country, and he broke the school single-season record for made free throws at 169, the 14th-most in the nation.
Virdure earned All-MIAA second team accolades following his first year with the program in 2015-16, and he is the fastest player in LU history to score over 1,000 points, as he finished with 1,275 for his career. His 21.6 points per game are the third-most in program history, and he also ranks third in LU history in free throws (327), fourth in assists (221), fifth in assists per game (3.7) and sixth in made three-pointers (126). Virdure led Lincoln to 33 wins, including a pair of postseason victories, he helped the Blue Tigers win playoff games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1976-77 and 1977-78.
