Rick Suder

Rick Suder Jr. is an American athlete who played college basketball for Duquesne of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) from 1982 to 1986. He holds the Duquesne single-season and career free throw percentage records as well as the A-10 career free throw percentage record. He led the A-10 in scoring and free throw percentage for the 1985–86 season. He is from the greater Pittsburgh and starred at Center High School before attending college locally at Duquesne. Following his basketball career, he became a financial advisor. He is the grandson of Major League Baseball infielder Pete Suder.

Rick Suder
Personal information
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High schoolCentral Valley
(Center Township, Pennsylvania)
CollegeDuquesne (1982–1986)
NBA draft1986 / Undrafted
Career highlights and awards
  • AP Honorable Mention All-American (1986)
  • First-team All-Atlantic 10 (1986)
  • Second-team All-Atlantic 10 (1985)

Early life

Suder is from Center Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania,[1] and he attended Center High School before matriculating to Duquesne.[2] According to the Beaver County, Sports Hall of Fame, he was an All-Area (Pittsburgh) first team selection by both the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Pittsburgh Press.[3] The Beaver County Times noted that he was a 2017 inductee into the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Hall of Fame.[4]

College career

Suder's first 30-point game occurred when he scored 30 points in the opening round of the 1985 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament against Penn State on March 6, 1985.[5] He later scored 34 points against Penn State on January 11, 1986.[6] Suder's 1985–86 (135–147=91.8%) and 1984–85 (139–157=88.5%) single-season free throw percentages rank first and second in Duquesne basketball history. He led Duquesne in both free throw percentage and scoring as a junior and in steals, free throw percentage and scoring as a senior.[5]

He was a 1986 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American honorable mention selection by the Associated Press,[7][8] after being among the 1985–86 NCAA Division I statistical leaders. According to the A-10 2019–20 Media Guide records, Suder is the A-10 career free throw percentage leader (342–390 87.69%, 1983–86, min 2.5 FT/game).[9] Suder's career percentage was listed among the top 25 in the NCAA Division I record book until the 2006 edition.[10] In the 2007 edition J. J. Redick (662–726=91.2%) and Gerry McNamara (435–490=88.8%) displaced him from the list.[11] Suder was a 1985 second team All-A-10 selection when his 17.7 points per game was third in the conference. The following year, he was a first team selection when his 20.5 scoring average and 91.8% free throw percentage both led the conference.[9] The 91.8% ranked second among A-10 single-season free throw percentages but fell to fourth by the time of the A-10 2019–20 Media Guide. Although Duquesne was eliminated in the semi-finals, Suder was a member of the All-tournament team for the 1986 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament.[9]

Later career

Suder became a professional investment advisor. In 2009, he was a named defendant in Predrag Danilović's federal complaint in Danilovic v. Worldwide Associates, LLC et al, which was filed February 9, 2009, and was also sued by Dejan Bodiroga and Zeljko Rebraca on April 9. All three litigants were 1990s NBA Draftees from Serbia, with two having National Basketball Association playing experience. Both suits were for investment fraud. Suder claimed that poor investment results were a result of the 2007–2008 financial crisis.[12]

Personal life

Suder is the grandson of Pete Suder who was a Major League Baseball infielder for the Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics and who is notable for platooning with Nellie Fox as part of a double play record-setting infield.[2] His son Peter, was a Carmel High School Class of 2022 signee for the Bellarmine Knights men's basketball.[13]

See also

Notes
  1. Vukovcan, Mike (June 19, 2020). "2022 Guard Peter Suder, Son of Former Duquesne Great, Gets Call From Dukes". Pittsburgh Sports Now. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  2. "Pete Suder Dead at 90". Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society. January 9, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  3. "Rick Suder: Basketball ∙ Center". Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame. 2002. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  4. Bires, Mike (January 25, 2017). "Five local teams playing in Pittsburgh High School Classic". The Beaver County Times. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  5. "2021-22 Duquesne Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Duquesne Dukes. 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  6. Loder, Chris (January 13, 1986). "Things go from bad to worse for cagers". Daily Collegian. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  7. "AP ALL-AMERICA". The Indianapolis Star. March 12, 1986. p. 58.
  8. Zieralski, Ed (March 11, 1986). "WAC Player of Year: Watson calls honor 'highest tribute'". The Evening Tribune. San Diego, California. p. C-1. Also named today as an Associated Press honorable mention All-American, Watson finished his career with a school record 702 field goals, and he's now second in SDSU history in scoring with 1,735 points and fifth in career free throws with 331.
  9. "2019–20 Media Guide". Atlantic 10 Conference. Fall 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  10. "Official 2006 NCAA® Men's Basketball Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. 2006. p. 23. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  11. "OFFICIAL 2007 NCAA® MEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). NCAA. 2007. p. 24. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  12. Schnitzler, Peter (April 16, 2010). "Former basketball players accuse firm of investment fraud". Indianapolis Business Journal. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  13. Bozich, Rick (January 11, 2022). "Carmel star Pete Suder perfect fit for Bellarmine basketball". WDRB. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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