University of Massachusets Athletics
Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2008
- Class:
- 1957
Jack Foley played basketball from 1955-57. He earned All-Yankee Conference First Team honors in 1957 and second team in 1956.
A three-year letterwinner under coach Robert T. Curran, Foley became the first 1,000-point scorer in UMass history, needing just 71 games to reach the milestone. He finished his career as the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,081 points, a mark that lasted seven years.
As a guard, he averaged 15.2 points over his career, which was a record at the time. Foley led UMass in scoring as a junior and senior and was the squad's top free throw shooter in each of his varsity seasons. He scored 16.4 points and grabbed 5.5 rebounds as a senior captain in 1957. He tallied career-best of 17.0 ppg and 6.0 rpg in 1956.
UMass posted a 40-31 record in his tenure with the Redmen, including a 17-6 mark in his junior year of 1956. The 17 victories, stood as a team record at the time, and would stand for 13 years until the 1969-70 team went 18-7. Foley tallied a career-best 32 points against Trinity College on Feb. 28, 1956.
He graduated from UMass in 1957 with a Bachelors of Science in Business.
Foley was inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2008.
