Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2002
- Class:
- 1972
Michael S. Tallent was one of three basketball playing brothers at GW, and managed to score 1,085 points in less than three complete varsity seasons ('68-70 and '72). The 6-foot-1 guard led the Southern Conference in scoring and earned First Team All-SC honors as well as All-Tournament selection in 1972.
That season followed a terrific sophomore campaign in which Tallent was the '69 squad's second leading scorer (17.8 ppg), behind his older brother, Bob, who averaged a school-record 28.9 points per game. As a member of the GW freshman team in '68 (and playing for his brother and Colonials redshirt transfer, Bob), Mike averaged 29 points per game for a frosh squad which won 17 of 19 games.
Like brothers Bob '69 and Pat '76, who were elected to the GW Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990 and 1993, respectively, Mike Tallent hails from Langley, Ky., and starred at Maytown High School where he averaged 26 points as a senior, was a Kentucky all-state selection and played in the '67 Indiana-Kentucky High School All-Star games in Louisville and Indianapolis.
Tallent, earned two bachelor's degrees at GW, one in zoology (1973) and another in accounting (1977).
