NEW ORLEANS – The University of New Orleans Athletic Department is proud to announce the newest five additions to our Athletics Hall of Fame.
Duane Reboul was perhaps the University’s first star student-athlete. Reboul played in 42 games between 1969 and 1971 – the program’s first two seasons of competition. He ranks first in program history with 7.3 assists per game, and eighth with 307 assists in his career. His 8.0 assists per game during the 1969-1970 season remain the best single season passing mark in school history.
Reboul’s three career double-doubles of assists and points stood as a program record and were only matched in recent years by Rarlensee Nelson. Reboul had single games of 14, 13, and 12 assists in his career.
Reboul captained the 1970-1971 Privateers to 23-3 record, the NCAA Div. II South Regional and a No. 1 ranking to end the season. LSUNO compiled a 41-8 record during his two seasons on the Lakefront. Duane was also an assistant coach at the University from 1982-1985 and helped the Privateers pick up 48 wins and an NIT berth in 1983 during his time on the bench. He was voted the 26th best men’s basketball player in program history by a panel of experts in 2019.
Kevin McGann played for the Privateers under Hall of Fame Coach Ron Maestri from 1977-1980. McGann remains one of the best hitters in school history and held the career hits record on the Lakefront for almost 42 years before Pearce Howard broke it in 2022. He finished his career with a .365 batting average – tied for fifth in program history and remains the only Privateer to finish two separate seasons with a batting average over .400 (.407 in 1979, and .417 in 1980).
McGann’s Privateers won back-to-back Sun Belt Tournament Championships in the first two years of the league’s existence and were also regular season champions in 1979. His batting average of .417 in 1980 remains the Privateers’ single season record.
Ronnie Grandison’s two-season run (1985-1987) on the Lakefront had a lasting impact. The St. Bernard high school product still ranks in the top-10 in program history in points per game (16.9), rebounds per game (9.7), offensive rebounds per game (4.6, 1st all-time), steals per game (2.0) and total steals (115). He was named Louisiana Newcomer of the Year in 1986 and earned All-Louisiana and NABC All-District status in both of his seasons on the Lakefront.
Grandison was named Chevron CBS Player of the Game following the program’s lone NCAA Tournament win over BYU in 1987 after scoring 15 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. Following his collegiate career, Ronnie was selected as the 100th overall pick by the Denver Nuggets in the 1987 NBA Draft and played in 105 NBA games between 1987-1996.
Jenny Anderson played for the Privateers from 1995-99 and became one of the most prolific scorers in program history. At the time her collegiate career finished, Anderson was third in career points with 1,441. To date, she ranks fifth in program history in points scored.
Anderson also has the distinction of carrying the highest career three-point field goal percentage after making 37.5 percent of her career three-point attempts. Anderson also ranks sixth in three-pointers made at 123. Anderson also ranks in the top five in career rebounds (760) and steals (189).
Anderson was a two-time First Team All-Sun Belt selection in back-to-back seasons (1997 and 1998). She is also one of four student-athletes in program history to make the All-Louisiana Team in three seasons. She also made two in-season tournament teams in her time on the Lakefront. Anderson made the UNO Hoops Classic All-Tournament Team in 1998 as the Privateers scored wins over Lamar and North Texas. She also made the Mid-America Classic team, which was hosted in Columbia, Mo. in 1997. Anderson finished her career averaging 13.0 points and 6.9 rebounds per game while she logged over 3,500 minutes.
Jose Toledo’s name is synonymous with Privateer Golf. Over three seasons between 2006-2009 Toledo compiled the lowest career stroke average in school history – 72.161. He also owns the best single-season stroke average in program history after finishing at 71.286 following the 2007-2008 season.
His 54-hole score of 205 at the 2007 Troy Invitational is tied for the lowest three round score in school history, and his 39 career rounds below par are by far the most in school history – 12 more than Ken Looper, the previous leader. Jose shot back-to-back rounds below 70 on four different occasions; a feat that has only been accomplished by 13 different UNO golfers since 1992.
Jose won the 2007 Samford Intercollegiate and the 2007 Troy Invitational. He owns the most top-5 finishes (11), the most top-10 finishes (19) as well as the second-most top-20 finishes (23) in program history.
The two-time All-Sun Belt selection qualified for the 2007-2008 NCAA Regional as an individual, becoming the first Privateer golfer during the Div. I era to do so. A three-time All-Louisiana selection, Toledo was also named both the Louisiana Newcomer of the Year, and Player of the Year following the 2006-2007 season.
In addition to the Class of 2025, last year’s Class of 2024 will also be officially inducted in November. That class included: Terry Kiffer (Baseball, 1974), Wally Whitehurst (Baseball, 1983-1985), Ledell Eackles (Men’s Basketball 1986-1988), Kristin O’Hearn (Volleyball, 1992-1995), and Mike Bujol (Athletics Administration, 1982-2009). More information on the class of 2024 is available here.
This year’s induction ceremony will take place on Friday, November 7 at Lakefront Arena. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for a reception in Spotlights with the program set to start at 7 p.m. in the Privateer Room. Information about purchasing tickets, as well as sponsorship opportunities will be made available in the coming weeks.
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