HARROP, Rich ~ Graceland's Hall of Fame

HARROP

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 8/25/2013 at 20:33:44

HALL of FAME

Rich Harrop
Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa

Rich HARROP started his collegiate athletic career at Graceland in 1961. He earned 13 varsity letters in basketball, football, baseball and track. As a basketball player in college, Rich was a two-time first team all-conference selection whose name appears throughout Graceland's all-time records lists.

Rich's high point game was 41, then a school record, and he graduated with 1411 points, the school's career scoring record at the time.

In track, HARROP threw the javelin for a conference record 192 feet. As a senior, he was awarded the silver seal for excellence in athletic achievements.

Rich came back to Graceland in 1990 to coach the men's basketball team following his 25 years at the high school level, including 13 seasons at Watkins Memorial in Pataskala, Ohio and 12 years at Lamoni High School in Iowa.

In his second year as the head coach at Graceland, HARROP was selected as the 1991-92 Heart of America conference "Coach of the Year".

Rich amassed a career coaching record of 509-467 in his 40 years of coaching including a Graceland coaching record of 160-298, and has had teams that were ranked nationally.

HARROP graduated from Graceland College in 1965 with a degree in physical education and health and a minor in biology.

Rich HARROP was inducted into Graceland University's Hall of Fame in 2005.

SOURCES: gujackets.com/f/Hall_of_Fame.php

Submission by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2013