United States Merchant Marine Academy

Robert McNamee was one of the Blue and Gray’s biggestthreats on the hardwood in the 56-year history of the men’sbasketball program.  He led Kings Point hoopsters in theirfirst-ever 20 win season during the 1984-85 campaign and a berth inthe ECAC Division-III New York/New Jersey Championship Game.

During his career with the team, McNamee earned four varsityletters, two MVP awards, and set a number of Academy scoring andrebounding records.  At the time of his graduation, he setAcademy standards for points in a season, points in a career,rebounds in a season, and rebounds in a career.  To date, heremains the Blue and Gray’s All-Time Leading Scorer with2,162 career points and holds records for field goals made in acareer (885), field goals attempted in a season (524) and fieldgoals attempted in a career (1,853).

During his senior year, McNamee served as team captain.  Heearned accolades as a Division-III All-Metro selection in 1984,Division-III player of the year in 1985, and was awarded the Adm.Stedman Trophy for being the Academy’s most outstandingsenior athlete in 1985.