Washington State University Athletics
Hall of Fame

Ed Gayda
- Induction:
- 1983
- Class:
- 1950
Ed Gayda was a big man in basketball for Washington State Head Coach Jack Friel, 1947-50. He scored 1,061 points in his career and averaged more than 12 points a game during both his junior and senior seasons. He was All-Pacific Coast Conference Northern Division as a junior and led WSC to the Northern Division title as a senior. He was drafted by the NBA’s Tri-Cities Blackhawks (later the Atlanta Hawks) and played 14 games as a rookie.
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