Henry Logan

Who is Henry Logan?

Henry Lee Logan was an American basketball player. Logan was a 6'0" guard. He played high school basketball at Stephens-Lee High School in Asheville, North Carolina.

After high school Logan became the first African-American collegiate athlete in the history of North Carolina and perhaps at any predominantly white institution in the southeastern United States when he enrolled at and played basketball for Western Carolina University.

The Western Carolina University Board of Trustees wrote that Logan was “the first African-American basketball player to be recruited by and play for a predominantly white institution in the Southeast".

At WCU Logan scored 60 points in a game against Atlantic Christian in 1967, and he holds the record for most points in a season, a career and highest career points average.

Logan led the nation in scoring for the 1967-68 season, when he averaged 36.2 points a game.

Logan helped the United States take the gold medal in the 1967 Pan American Games.

Logan was drafted in the fourth round of the 1968 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. He was also drafted by the Oakland Oaks in the 1968 ABA Draft.