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--- men_s_basketball:joe_nethen [2009/01/19 06:59] – We know you're not dating Joe anymore, but you don't need to get nasty and put his eligibility in bold print or call him a quitter. O'Neill probably ran him off anyway mu_hiiltopper
+++ men_s_basketball:joe_nethen [2025/06/29 14:55] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 **Position:** Forward/Center \\
-**Height:** 6'6''\\
+**Height:** 6' 8''\\
-**Weight:** 250\\
+**Weight:** 220\\
 **Birthdate:** January 24, 1969 \\
-**Hometown:** Shaler, PA \\
+**Hometown:** Pittsburgh, PA \\
 **High School:** Shaler H.S. \\
 **High School Coach:** Jay Barto \\
-**Parents:** Joseph, Sr. and Louise Nethen \\
+**Parents:** Joseph, Sr. and Louise Rolewitz \\
-**Academic Major:** Speech
+**Academic Major:** Speech & Fine Arts
 ===== High School Career =====
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 //Shaler Coach Jay Barto on Nethen//: "Marquette is a great opportunity for Joe.  The college game is more suited to Joe's abilities.  Often he did not get a chance to play as physically as he would've liked in high school."
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 === 1987-88 ===
 Nethen, Jr. averaged 5.1 points and 2.7 rebounds during his freshman season. Nethen was perfect from the floor (6-6) leading the Warriors with 15 points in just 18 minutes in a 77-65 victory over Northwestern on December 19th.  Northwestern's coach, Bill Foster was quoted as saying, "Who was that guy Nethen?  I don't know him, but he looked like an All-American tonight.  Joe also scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds against Cleveland State, in the First Bank Classic championship game. He was named to the Classic's All-Tournament team.  Nethen was the starting center and led the team in field goal percentage (.628) on 27 of 43 shooting, when he was declared academically ineligible for the remainder of the season.
 === 1988-89 ===
 In his second season, Nethen was a valuable inside player who saw action in 27 games, averaging 4.3 points and 1.9 rebounds. He scored a season-high 14 points three times- at Wake Forest, at Xavier, and against Loyola (IL). He was one of six players who shot above .500 from the field, connecting on 57% of his shots (45 of 79) with a career field goal percentage of .590 (72 of 122) through his first two seasons. In his sophomore year, The Marquette Minutemen presented Nethen with a Super Sub Award at the post-season basketball awards banquet. Nethen missed only the Morgan State game and averaged 13 minutes played per game. \\
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 Coach [[Kevin O'Neill]] was quoted as saying: " Joe has a good shooting touch up to about 15 feet and he is primarily a crasher and rebounder. He's the kind of banger we need on the boards. His all-out effort on the floor will be good for us if he can control his emotions. He will have to do a good job for us defensively inside. Joe will be battling for a starting spot right down to the end." \\
-Nethen left the team half-way into his third season, transferring to Slippery Rock, in his home state of Pennsylvania, about one year later. He never graduated from either college. \\
+Nethen left the team half-way into his third season, transferring to Slippery Rock, in his home state of Pennsylvania, about one year later, where he majored in Fine Arts, primarily Photography.  \\
+===== Personal =====
+"Joey" "Nater" Nethen earned somewhat of a personal "cult" following of fans, endeared by his punky appearance and tastes in music, at one time sporting a Mohawk, and ever-present combat boots.In the mid to late 80's, MU still had the reputation as being a traditionally "preppy", conservative, Catholic campus. In Nethen's own words, "(I) loved to "entertain" on the court". His bombastic personality on the court, and "bad boy" antics and outlandish fashions off the court, are the stuff of many hilarious (and some disturbing) MU campus "legends".
+Nethen has two sons.