Don Hennon

Who is Don Hennon?

Don Leroy Hennon is a surgeon and a former basketball player for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers basketball team, where he was a two-time Consensus All-American. A 5 feet 8 inches tall guard, Hennon was noted for his prolific scoring ability and is a member of the Helms Athletic Foundation Basketball Hall of Fame.

In high school, Hennon led Wampum High to an undefeated 31-0 record and a state championship in 1955. During his high school days he set a Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League four-year scoring record of 2,376 points that endured until 1993.

Hennon played in college at the University of Pittsburgh from 1956 to 1959, where he led the Panthers to the 1957 and 1958 NCAA Basketball Tournament. While there he became a First Team Consensus All-American selection in 1958 and a Second Team Consensus All-American in 1959, while being named to the United Press International and Helms Foundation first teams that season. Hennon's basketball career was highlighted by a 1957 contest where he scored a school record 45 points, leading Pitt to an 87-84 double-overtime victory over Duke University. He finished his career at Pitt, an era without the three point shot and before freshman could play, as the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,841 points, and currently remains fifth on the school's all-time scoring list.