2 Blue Hens named to Delaware Basketball Hall of Fame
Photo by University of Delaware Athletics January 23, 2019
Pete Cloud ’64 and Tyresa Smith ’07 to be inducted on Jan. 26
The University of Delaware will have its ninth and 10th representatives inducted into the Delaware Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, Jan. 26 as Pete Cloud, Class of 1964, and Tyresa Smith, Class of 2007, have been named members of the hall’s class of 2019.
Cloud, who graduated from Conrad High in 1960, finished his UD career with 881 points and 609 rebounds, both of which were good for sixth in program history at the time. He is one of only 10 Blue Hens to have posted a 20-point/20-rebound game and one of two to have done it twice in his career.
During Cloud's three-year career, Delaware went 45-23 with a 20-9 mark in the Middle Atlantic Conference. As a senior, Cloud averaged 12.6 rebounds per game, which is good for ninth in UD single-season history. His 25 rebounds against Johns Hopkins are still good to tie for third in Hens single-game history.
A native of Dover and 2003 graduate from Polytech High, Smith was the first UD women's basketball player to be drafted by the WNBA when she was picked 18th overall by the Phoenix Mercury in 2007. A two-time Colonial Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Year honoree and the first Delaware player to earn All-Region accolades, Smith holds the school record with 342 career steals and is third on the Blue Hens all-time scoring list with 1,635 points and fifth with 307 assists.
Smith led the Hens to 92 wins, 55 CAA victories and three postseason appearances, including a trip to the 2007 NCAA Tournament.
Previous Blue Hens to be inducted into the Delaware Basketball Hall of Fame include John Gordon, Sarah Gause, Nate Cloud, Steve Jackson, Pat Borowski, Dave Sysko, Lee Swayze and Jack Baly.
The pair will be honored alongside Marianna Freeman, Mark Harris, DeCoursey Jamison and John Fiorelli on Saturday, Jan. 26 during a 10 a.m. brunch at the Sheraton Wilmington South. Tickets ($35) are available at https://debbhof.ticketleap.com/.
The Delaware Basketball Hall of Fame was founded in 2007 by the Delaware Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association.
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