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Wally Rice began his collegiate career as an unheralded basketball player out of Philadelphia and turned out to be one of the building blocks for the men's basketball program which would eventually become a national powerhouse under the direction of C. Alan Rowe. With freshmen ineligible to compete on the varsity stage at the time, he first spearheaded a team which completed its season undefeated at 20-0. Rice then joined C. Alan Rowe's varsity team as a sophomore and earned all-conference and all-small college first team laurels in each of his three seasons. He was also most notably named the program's first All-American as well as the conference player of the year as a senior after leading the program to its first NCAA Tournament berth in what was then known as the College Division. Rice, who was drafted by the NBA's Boston Celtics and ABA's Indiana Pacers, exited as the school's all-time scoring leader at the time with 1,493 points in only three varsity seasons and was among a league-best eight former Widener players who were named to the Middle Atlantic Conference All-Century Team. He then pursued a career in retail management after college and raised five wonderful children, including one which graduated from Widener in 2009.
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