| Ham Wernke |
Full Name: Paul F. Wernke School: Batesville High School in Batesville, Indiana |
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| Jim Oler, Rick Benson, Bob Williams, Dick Artmeier, HAM WERNKE, Bud Kennedy | HAM WERNKE and Jim Oler |
| FSU Career |
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 51-52 10 G 6-0 168 Fr * Batesville, IN 52-53 10 G 6-0 168 So * Batesville, IN 53-54 10 G 6-0 168 Jr * Batesville, IN 54-55 10 G 6-0 170 Sr * Batesville, IN 55-56 Freshman Basketball Coach |
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt B T Cl Ltr Hometown 1952 3B 6-0 170 R R Fr * Batesville, IN 1953 3B-OF 6-0 170 R R So Batesville, IN 1954 21 3B-P 6-0 175 R R Jr * Batesville, IN 1955 3B-P 6-0 170 R R Sr * Batesville, IN |
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| Awards |
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Year Award 1953 Helms Foundation - 3rd Team NAIA All-American 1954 Helms Foundation - 3rd Team NAIA All-American 1955 Helms Foundation - 3rd Team NAIA All-American |
| Elected into the FSU Hall of Fame in 1982 |
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From 1951 to 1955, wearing the Garnet and Gold, Paul "Ham" Wernke score 1409 points as he starred for the Seminoles. Wernke's freshman team posted a record of 5-20 and four years later, when he was a
senior, averaging 19.7 points a game, Florida State went 22-4. Over his career Wernke averaged 19.3 a game. His best season as a scorer was '52-'53 when he average 21.3. "Ham" Wernke still stands tall in the FSU career record book. He is first in field goals attempted, seventh in total points, and fourth in scoring average. Wernke also poured in the fourth highest single game total points, 38 vs. Tampa in his sophomore year. A fine playmaker and a deadly shot "Ham" Wernke, a transplanted Hoosier, led Florida State in the university's move from a small college program to the ranks of major college basketball.
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| FSU Statistics |
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Year GP GS Min FGM FGA PCT FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT PTS AVG OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ AST TO BLK STL
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51-52 5 1 19 71 .268 .000 17 23 .739 55 11.0 0.0 18
52-53 22 167 422 .396 .000 134 193 .694 468 21.3 0.0 71
53-54 20 128 354 .362 .000 113 148 .764 369 18.5 0.0
54-55 26 4 190 461 .412 .000 132 169 .781 512 19.7 130 5.0 81 4
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Tot 73 5 0 504 1308 .385 0 0 .000 396 533 .743 1404 19.2 0 0 130 1.8 170 4 0 0 0 0
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Pitching Statistics Year ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 1 0 7 27.1 26 18 15 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot 0.00 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 27.1 26 0 0 18 15 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 |
Batting Statistics YEAR AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1952 .197 21 76 15 15 4 1 0 14 21 .276 9 6 .282 0 1 1953 .000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1954 .111 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 .111 .111 1955 .235 51 16 12 1 9 15 .294 .235 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot .204 22 0 137 33 28 4 1 1 24 37 .270 9 0 6 0 .253 0 0 1 0 |