UNCW Athletic Hall of Fame
A native of Vandalia, Ohio, John Goldsberry played four years for the Seahawks from 2003-06 and sparked the team to a pair of Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball championships and subsequent NCAA appearances in 2003 and 2006. He started 121 games, collecting 1,104 points, 405 rebounds, 530 assists and 228 steals. In addition to his perch atop the assist chart, he is tied for seventh on the all-time scoring list and ranks second all-time in steals.
The hard-nosed playmaker made a big splash in his freshman season in 2002-03, earning CAA All-Rookie honors and setting an NCAA Tournament record by draining all eight of his three-point field goal attempts en route to 26 points in a narrow loss to Maryland. Goldsberry was a three-time member of the CAA’s All-Defensive Team and was selected as the CAA’s Defensive Player-of-the-Year in 2005. He was also named MVP of the 2005 Black Coaches Association Invitational in Laramie, Wyo.
Goldsberry’s honors didn’t end on the basketball court. He was a three-time member of the CAA’s All-Academic Team, received UNCW’s Thomas V. Moseley Award in 2005 and earned the CAA’s prestigious Dean Ehlers Leadership Award in 2006. He was also selected as the CAA’s Men’s Basketball Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year in 2006 and was recognized as one of the top 25 players in the history of CAA basketball during the league’s Silver Anniversary celebration.
Goldsberry returned to the United States last year following a spectacular professional career with the German League’s Brose Baskets in Bamberg. Goldsberry emerged as a star overseas after leading the Brose Baskets club to championships in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. He also powered the team to German Cup crowns in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
