Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2016
- Class:
- 1955
Corky Devlin was one half of the most prolific one-two punch in GW men's basketball program history. The 6-foot-5 guard from Newark, N.J., teamed with Joe Holup from 1952-55 and helped the Colonials to a 62-16 record, the 1954 Southern Conference regular-season and tournament championships for the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Devlin averaged 15.2 points as a sophomore alongside freshman Holup in 1952-53, then led GW and earned First Team All-Southern Conference honors in each of his final two seasons with 21.2 points as a junior in 1953-54 and 22.6 points as a senior in 1954-55. He scored 41 points in an 83-70 title-game victory over Richmond. Devlin was selected in the second round of the 1955 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia Warriors and played three seasons in the pros with the Ft. Wayne Pistons and Minneapolis Lakers. He ranks 10th all-time with 1,564 points, and was posthumously named to the All-Century Team in 2001.
