Dave Snow graduated in 1965 as Whitman’s all-time leading scorer in men’s basketball with 1,431 points. Nearly five decades later, he ranks seventh on the career scoring list, and his single-season scoring average of 27.1 points per game for his junior campaign is still a school record.
Snow, a 6-foot-4 center, was voted All-Northwest Conference First Team as a junior and senior. As a senior, Snow was also named Associated Press Small College Player of the Week for the state of Washington following a 34-point effort against Northwest Nazarene.
Other career accolades included a spot on the NAIA’s All-District Team and Honorable Mention recognition on the Little All-American Team.
While a bit undersized for the center spot, Snow was hard to handle near the basket, noted then-Oregonian sports editor Al Watts. “Snow is one of the finest movers under the basket I’ve seen,” Watts wrote. “If he doesn’t make a field goal, he’s being fouled.”
Snow, who attracted comparisons during his playing days to Princeton’s Bill Bradley (NCAA Player of the Year in 1965), later earned a Ph.D. in applied psychology at the University of Washington in 1969. Snow is currently a professor of psychology and executive director of the Consultation Center at the Yale Medical School.
