Hall of Fame
Ron Nunnelly
Mules Basketball, 1981-85
Nunnelly, a graduate of Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, is the Mules' number two career scorer with 2,468 points during his four-year career. That point total ranks third in MIAA history. The star of the Mules' 1984 national championship team, Nunnelly led the team in scoring that season with a 23.0 average and scored 38 points in the national championship game, earning the game's Outstanding Player Award. He was a three-time first-team All-MIAA selection, a third-team All-America pick in 1983 and 1984 and a first-team All-America choice in 1985. The Mules were 94-26 during his career, winning an MIAA title in 1984 and sharing the title in 1985. Nunnelly is one of only two Mules' basketball players whose uniform number (14) has been retired. CMSU and MIAA career scoring leader Bill Fennelly (inducted last year into the Hall of Fame) is the other. Following his CMSU career, Nunnelly has gone on to enjoy a successful career playing professional basketball in Australia, where he currently resides.
