College of Idaho Athletics

Arguably the greatest athlete ever to play for the Coyotes, Elgin Baylor had one of the most remarkable seasons in NAIA history during his 1954-55 run at C of I.
 
The Washington, D.C. native averaged 32.8 points and 18.9 rebounds per game, helping the Coyotes to a perfect 15-0 record in Northwest Conference play – the only team to accomplish the feat until 1988. His 1954-55 team, which was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005, finished the season 23-4, losing to Montana State in the district final.
 
Baylor scored 40 or more points in a game six times over the final month of the season, including a school-record 53 point effort vs. Whitman (including 34 rebounds) – a mark that still stands today. He currently holds the single-season scoring average, field goals made and field goal attempt school records – 62 years after wearing the Purple and Gold.
 
After transferring to Seattle University, where he led his team to the NCAA Division I championship game in 1958, Baylor was the No. 1 draft pick of the Minneapolis Lakers and spent 14 seasons as one of the top players in the NBA. He was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 1959 and scored 23,149 points and added 11,463 rebounds in his illustrious career.
 
Baylor, a member of the NBA’s 50th Anniversary Team, has been honored as a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1977 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.