Larry Tucker put the Lewis men’s basketball program on the map as he helped the Flyers to their first GLVC Championship in 1982 and to their first two NCAA Tournament berths in 1982 and 1983. The 1983 graduate helped Lewis make the transition to the NCAA in 1980 and led the Flyers to 66 wins in four years. Tucker is the Lewis All-Time leading scorer having amassed 2,120 career points from 1979-83. He owns the Lewis school record for career field goals made (841) and averaged a school-record 20.3 points per game and 67.8 field goal percentage. In addition, Tucker set the single-season school record for points scored (608) in 1982-83 and the single-season record for field goal percentage by converting 70 percent of his attempts from the field. Tucker was named First-team All-GLVC in his only two seasons in the league and was named the GLVC Player of the Year in 1981-82. During the 1981-82 season, Tucker led the Flyers to the GLVC title with a 10-2 league record and 20-9 overall mark. In Tucker’s final season, Lewis was 20-10 overall and finished second in the league with an 8-4 conference record. He was named to the 1983 American Basketball Coaches All-American Team following his final year at Lewis and was then drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Tucker, the only player to have his jersey retired by the Flyers, was the inaugural male recipient of the GLVC Charles Bertram Alumni of Distinction Award in 2001. He is currently the principal of Marist High School and resides in Tinley Park, Ill.