Hall of Fame
John Saintingon stands as the all-time leading scorer for the UC Santa Cruz men’s basketball program, playing from 1983 to 1986. Most notably, Saintingon averaged 31.2 points per game in the 1985-86 season, becoming the NCAA’s leading scorer at the time, beating out UCLA’s Reggie Miller and All-American Len Bias, becoming the only Banana Slug in history to hold the title. With Saintingon, the Banana Slugs, then Sea Lions, captured the Bay Area Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title thanks to a 46 point night over Holy Names. John Saintignon holds the top three spots in points in a single game with the record at 47 points as well as field goals made in the same contest at 20. John Saintignon still holds the career scoring average record at 26.1 ppg through 66 games in his three years with UC Santa Cruz. Saintignon is third all-time in field goal percentage with a .554 clip and holds the top three spots for points in a season with the record standing at 724 points during the 1984-85 season.
