John Stiefelmeyer

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John Stiefelmeyer
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Career information
High schoolStamford Collegiate
(Niagara Falls, Ontario)
College Western University (1986–1991)
Position Power forward
Number41
Career highlights and awards
  • CIAU Player of the Year (1990)
  • 4× CIAU First Team All-Canadian (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
  • CIAU Tournament MVP (1991)
  • CIAU Tournament All-star (1991)
  • 3× OUA West MVP (1988, 1989, 1991)
  • 4× OUA West First Team All-star (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
  • 2× OUA Tournament MVP (1988, 1989)
  • Western University Male Athlete of the Year (1991)
  • Western University Outstanding Athlete & Scholar (1991)

John Stiefelmeyer is a former Canadian basketball player. Among his accomplishments, he was a four-time Canadian university ("CIAU") First Team All-Canadian; [1] [2] was the CIAU MVP in 1991; [3] [4] [5] and a CIAU champion. [6] [7] [8]

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University

Before university, Stiefelmeyer played for Stamford Collegiate high school. [9] [10]

Stiefelmeyer played for Western University for five seasons from 1986 to 1991. [9] He was a CIAU First Team All-Canadian four times (1998, 1989, 1990, 1991). [11] [12] Only give other athletes in history besides Stiefelmeyer have accomplished this feat: John Carson, David Coulthard, Karl Tilleman, Byron Tokarchuk and Philip Scrubb. [1] [2]

In 1991, Stiefelmeyer received the Mike Moser trophy as the CIAU's most outstanding male basketball player. [5] [11] [12] In 1991, he also was named the CIAU tournament MVP and a CIAU tournament all-star. [9] [11] [12]

Stiefelmeyer was named the OUA West Conference MVP three times (1988, 1989, 1991); an OUA West First Team All-star four times (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991); and OUA tournament MVP twice (1988, 1989). [9] [11] [13]

In 1991, Stiefelmeyer was named Western University's male athlete of the year and received the university's Outstanding Athlete & Scholar Award. [11] He was also named Western's male basketball team MVP three times (1988, 1989, 1991). [11]

Under Stiefelmeyer's leadership, the Western Mustangs performed well. They were the CIAU national champions in 1991, the only occasion in which Western won the national title. [5] [11] [14] They were the OUA West champions three times and similarly were the OUA champions three times (1988, 1989, 1991). [5] [8] [12]

University statistics

YearTeamGP3pt3pt%FGFG%FTFT%RbdsRPGPtsPPG
1986-87 Western 121-1100.074-14351.738-4879.2857.118715.6
1987-88 Western 110-00.0119-19461.346-5386.8817.428425.8
1988-89 Western 148-1266.7131-21461.293-11382.3896.436325.9
1989-90 Western 146-1540.0101-18355.256-7080.01128.026418.9
1990-91 Western 1112-2450.085-16551.537-4288.1807.321919.9
Career Western 6227-5251.9510-89956.7270-32682.84477.2131721.2

Post-career recognition

Steifelmeyer was inducted into Western University's Men's Basketball Wall of Honour in 2002; [15] in the Western Mustangs Backcourt Club (Western men's basketball alumni group) Hall of Fame in 2009; [12] [16] and in Stamford Collegiate High School's Sports Wall of Fame. [10]

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