University of Rochester
Athletic Hall of Fame
Louis A. Alexander, Jr.
'51
At Rochester:
- Set a single-season scoring record in basketball in the 1950-51 season
- Captain of the basketball team and selected as Most Valuable Player, 1950-51
- Named by Street & Smith's Basketball Yearbook as one of the 50 best basketball players in the East
- Vice President, Delta Upsilon
- Member of the freshman baseball team in 1948
- Member of Yellow Key and Mendicants honor societies
- Student Chairman, 1950 Fall Homecoming Committee
- Earned a B.S. in Business Administration in 1951
Post-Graduate:
- Freshman basketball coach at Rochester, 1951-53 and freshman baseball coach, 1951
- Served two years of active duty with the U.S. Navy from 1953-55
- Worked at Rochester Institute of Technology from 1955 until his retirement in 1992
- Served as varsity baseball and basketball coach, Director of Physical Education and Athletics, Professor Emeritus Physical Education and Athletics
- Member, NCAA Division III Basketball Selection Committee
- Member of numerous NCAA and ECAC committees, including the ECAC Constitution Committee which sponsored legislation that started Division I, II, and III National Championships
- President ICAC (upstate NY colleges)
- Chairman Rochester Area College Athletic Directors
- Member of RIT Sports Hall of Fame
- His father, Louis, Sr., was inducted into Rochester's first Hall of Fame class (1992); and his brother, Neil, is also part of the class of the Induction Class of 2001
