Geoff Shuck

Geoff Shuck was a 6-foot-7 two-sport star athlete for Haworth High School, excelling in baseball and basketball.

As a baseball player, he graduated as the Huskies’ all-time leading home run hitter and guided the squad to the 1970 IHSAA Final Four after winning the school’s first-ever semi-state title.

On the basketball court, he is a member of the Howard County 1,000 Point Club, finishing with 1,055 after his senior year of 1971. He is one of two Huskies in the club.

He led the Huskies to sectional and regional championships during his junior season in which he hit 171 field goals for a .606 shooting percentage. Haworth finished 18-3 that season and Shuck was named all-sectional, all-regional and all-semi-state.

As a senior, Shuck finished with a double-double average of 18 points and 17 rebounds per game.

After playing one season of basketball at Tennessee Tech, he transferred to Indiana State University where he was a two-year letterman and the Sycamores’ Most Valuable Player his junior season. During his junior year, he averaged 14.8 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. His .551 shooting percentage is still 25th best in school history.

Shuck tore a retina his senior season and appeared in only 18 games where he averaged 13 points and 5.1 rebounds. He graduated with 589 points and 276 rebounds.

He played one season of professional basketball in Europe before retiring.