Amherst College Athletics

Thomas R. Brett '71
Men's Basketball (1968-71)

Tom Brett played on VWC's first men's basketball team. He is No. 1 in VWC history in individual season points per game average at 23.1 and No. 1 in VWC history in average points per game at 20.6. Brett holds VWC's single-game scoring record with 43 points vs. UVA-Wallops Island in 1968-69. He scored 929 career points. In 1971, Brett was named All-Conference player for men's basketball in the Dixie Conference, the first VWC All-Conference player in any sport. Brett retired from the City of Norfolk after 35 years of service as a Juvenile Justice Administrator.