Steve Nisenson Explained

Steve H. Nisenson is an American former basketball player, who played the guard position.[1] [2]

He set Hofstra University's all-time scoring record in basketball, which stood for 43 years.[3] He also set the all-time national college season free-throw record in 1964, becoming the first college player to have a free throw percentage of better than .900.

Early life

Nisenson is Jewish, and was from Livingston, New Jersey where he played basketball for Livingston High School.[2] [4] [5] [6] He earned a bachelor's degree in business management at Hofstra, and a master's degree in guidance and counseling at Long Island University.[7]

Basketball career

College career

Nisenson played basketball for Hofstra University from 1962 to 1965, where he was an All-American in both 1963 and 1964, and was the team's ball-handler and playmaker.[3] [8] [9] He was also elected to the Eastern College Athletic Conference small college All-East team in 1963, 1964, and 1965.[2] [10] In 1964, he was a unanimous selection as the most valuable basketball player in the Middle Atlantic Conference northern college division.[11]

He set the school's career scoring record with 2,222 points, and it was not broken until 2008.[4] [7] [12] At the time that he set the record, there were only three years of eligibility, and there were not any 3-point shots.[12] [13] The record stood for 43 years.[3]

His 1963–64 season scoring average of 27.7 points per game is the second-highest total in Hofstra history. His career average of 26.8 points per game is also the second-highest in school history.[3] [14]

He set the all-time national college free-throw record in 1964, becoming the first college player to have a free-throw percentage of better than .900.[15] In 1963–64 he had a .913 free throw percentage, which is still a Hofstra single-season record.[3] [5] [14] Nisenson also holds the Hofstra single-season record for free throws made (230), in the same season.[14] His career free throw percentage (.879) is the second-best all-time in Division II history.[14]

After college

He played on the United States basketball team that won a gold medal at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel, along with Tal Brody, Ronald Green, Steve Chubin, and Ron Watts.[1] [16] [17]

Nisenson was drafted by the New York Knicks with the 37th pick overall, in the fifth round of the 1965 NBA draft.[1] [7] [18] He was at the team's training camp, but did not make the team.[7]

He turned down an offer to play with the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA.[7] Instead, he chose to coach basketball at Hofstra.[7]

Nisenson later was the director of admissions at C.W. Post for 16 years.[7] [14] [19]

Honors

In 2002, Nisenson was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in New York.[7]

He was inducted into the Hofstra Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006[3] Hofstra also retired his jersey number (13), during the 2008–09 season.[14] [20] [21]

Notes and References

  1. News: Prestige Challenge . Prescott Evening Courier . August 10, 1965. August 11, 2011.
  2. News: Former Hofstra Star has Yen to Coach . The Daily Register. August 11, 2011.
  3. http://issuu.com/hofstrapride/docs/0910humbbguide/search?q=nisenson 2009-10 Hofstra Men's Basketball Media Guide
  4. Book: Day by day in Jewish sports history . Bob Wechsler . 2008 . KTAV Publishing House . 9780881259698 . August 11, 2011.
  5. Book: Encyclopedia of Jews in sports . registration . steve nisenson basketball. . Bloch Publishing Company . 1965. Bernard Postal . Jesse Silver . Roy Silver . August 11, 2011.
  6. News: Special to The New York Times . Nisenson of Hofstra Hits 2,009 Points, But L.I.U. Is Victor . . February 5, 1965 . August 11, 2011.
  7. News: Jewish Hall on Target Tabbing Nisenson . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107163404/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/112401953.html?dids=112401953:112401953&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+30,+2002&author=Steven+D.+Sideratos&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=ISLANDWIDE+LEISURE+%2F+Jewish+Hall+on+Target+Tabbing+Nisenson&pqatl=google . dead . November 7, 2012 . Newsday . March 30, 2002. August 11, 2011 . Steven D. . Sideratos.
  8. Book: NCAA basketball . registration . steve nisenson basketball. . National Collegiate Athletic Association . 1991 . National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 11, 2011.
  9. News: LONG ISLAND JOURNAL . . March 13, 1988 . Diane Ketcham. August 11, 2011.
  10. News: Four Repeaters on ECAC Team . Reading Eagle . March 15, 1965. August 11, 2011.
  11. News: Nisenson of Hofstra Leads All-Star Squad . New York Times . July 5, 1964. August 11, 2011.
  12. News: Ogle . Mike . Top Scorer at Hofstra Is Motivated by Laziness . . December 16, 2007 . August 11, 2011.
  13. News: Out of Speedy's Range . https://archive.today/20120713222058/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/39414688.html?dids=39414688:39414688&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+03,+1999&author=Mike+Candel.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Out+of+Speedy's+Range&pqatl=google . dead . July 13, 2012 . Newsday . March 3, 1999. Mike Candel. August 11, 2011.
  14. Web site: Steve Nisenson . GoHofstra.com . April 8, 2009 . August 11, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007111813/http://www.gohofstra.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=22200&ATCLID=3714686 . October 7, 2011 .
  15. Web site: Nisenson, Steve . Jewsinsports.org . August 11, 2011.
  16. Web site: U.S. FIVE TAKES TITLE IN ISRAEL; Tops Host Team, 74-66, for Maccabiah Gold Medal. timesmachine.nytimes.com.
  17. Web site: Jewish Post 20 August 1965 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program .
  18. Web site: New York Knicks Draft Picks . Basketball-Reference.com . August 11, 2011.
  19. News: Some Jet-Setting Gym Rats Wing It . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107163456/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/100145104.html?dids=100145104:100145104&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+27,+1986&author=By+Mike+Candel&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Some+Jet-Setting+Gym+Rats+Wing+It&pqatl=google . dead . November 7, 2012 . Newsday . April 27, 1986 . Mike Candel . August 11, 2011.
  20. News: News . Five Boro Sports . January 31, 2009 . August 11, 2011.
  21. News: SIR CHARLES RIGHT TO RIP KING . https://archive.today/20120723111620/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/1605168821.html?dids=1605168821:1605168821&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+02,+2008&author=Peter+Vecsey&pub=New+York+Post&desc=SIR+CHARLES+RIGHT+TO+RIP+KING&pqatl=google . dead . July 23, 2012 . New York Post. December 2, 2008 . Peter Vecsey. August 11, 2011.

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