Jack Hirsch (2012) - Hall of Fame

Jack Hirsch

Induction:
2012

Hirsch co-captained UCLA's first NCAA Men's Basketball Championship team in 1964. That season, the UCLA senior led the 30-0 Bruins in field goal percentage (.528) and was third on the team in scoring (14.0), rebounding (7.6), and free throw percentage (.664). Hirsch averaged 13 points per game in the Bruins' four NCAA playoff games and scored 13 points against Duke in the title match-up. He was named honorable mention All-American, first-team All-Pac-10, and the J.D. Morgan Memorial Award winner as the team's outstanding "team" player. In 1963, he was awarded the team's Irv Pohlmeyer Memorial Trophy as the team's most outstanding first-year player, as well as the Bob (Ace) Calkins Memorial Perpetual Trophy as the free throw champion. He averaged 12.5 points and 7.6 rebounds in his career. Hirsch turned to coaching after his competitive days at UCLA.