Kutztown University Athletics

Ronald Lauchnor (’63) was an all-conference forward for the men’s basketball team during his playing career from 1959-63.  Lauchnor was just the second-ever player to reach 1,000 points in his career, finishing with 1,142 points.  He was also a strong defender, usually drawing the opponent’s top player.  During his four years, Lauchnor helped Kutztown to records of 14-3 (1959-60), 10-10 (1960-61), 14-4 (1961-62) and 13-6 (1962-63) for a career record of 51-23.  The 1961-62 team won 10 PSAC contests, a record that still stands and has been matched only once, in 1988.  That year, Lauchnor was named to All-PSAC honors.  Lauchnor was a two-year captain. The University named him one of the top male athletes of the 1960s in 2000 during the school’s Athletes of the Century celebration.  He is a native of Emmaus, PA, and a graduate of Emmaus High School.   He graduated from Kutztown in 1963 with a degree in secondary education-biology/science.