Hall of Fame
Jeff Gehring is the second-highest scorer in Miami's basketball history. The only player to score 400 or more points in each of three varsity seasons, he scored a total of 1,295 points. Embry is Miami's all-time scoring leader with 1,401 points. Gehring also ranks third on Miami's all-time career list in point average with 18.0; field goals, 498; field goal percentage, .478 (498-1042), and free throw percentage, .789 (299-379).
A three-year letter winner for Coach Dick Shrider, Gehring was selected to the all-MAC second team his sophomore season and to the first team his last two years. He helped Miami compile a three-year record of 49-24 form 1962-65 and share the MAC championship with a 20-5 record his senior year. A native of Ottawa Hills, Gehring earned at total of 411 points his sophomore year.
After college, he became a guidance counselor at Ridgeview Junior High School in Columbus. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976.
