Wally Walker, one of the greatest players in Virginia basketball history, has been selected by the NCAA Honors Committee to receive a NCAA Silver Anniversary Award.
Walker, a University Board of Visitors member, will be recognized along with six other recipients at the honors dinner Jan. 7 during the NCAA Convention. The Silver Anniversary Award pays tribute to former student-athletes who have put together notable careers since finishing their stints as college athletes 25 years ago.
This year's list of winners also includes Oklahoma Congressman and NFL Hall of Famer Steve Largent and two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin.
In his senior season at Virginia, Walker (1973-76) helped the Cavs earn their first NCAA Tournament bid and only ACC Tournament championship. Walker is the lone Cavalier to win the Everett Case Award as the Most Valuable Player of the ACC men's basketball tournament.
Following his graduation in 1976, Walker was drafted fifth overall by the Portland Trailblazers. He won NBA titles with the Blazers (1977) and the Seattle Supersonics (1979).
Following his pro basketball career, Walker completed his education at Stanford's Graduate School of Business in 1987. He founded Walker Capital, Inc., Money Management, in 1994 and later that year was named president and general manager of the Supersonics.
Net gains
Senior Huntley Montgomery led a septet of Virginia men's tennis players who competed in the ITA Region II Tournament in Chapel Hill Monday.
Playing in his hometown, Montgomery defeated opponents from five different schools to make it to the finals of the tournament. But because reaching the finals already guaranteed a bid to the National Indoor Championships for both Montgomery and his would-be opponent, Duke's Andres Pedroso, the duo decided to forgo the final match.
Cavaliers Tommy Croker, Brian Hunter, Michael Duquette and Jonathan Chou lost in the second round, while Jason Romesburg and Gregg Alpert fell in the opening round.
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