Eastern Washington University Athletics

Having never played on a losing team in 20 years of competitive basketball, Eicher played for the Eagles from 1947-51. He led Eastern to a pair of Evergreen Conference championships in 1950 and 1951, including victories over Washington State, Idaho, Montana, Idaho State and Gonzaga. He earned second team All-Evergreen Conference honors as a junior and first team accolades as a senior when he also earned honorable mention Little All-America honors. He scored 1,084 career points, and led Eastern in scoring in 1950 and 1951. A former standout at Palouse High School, Eastern was 77-35 (.688) in his four years at the school. He went on to earn All-America honors in 1956 during a seven-year stint in the National Industries Basketball League, and represented Denver in the Olympic Trials that same year. He went on to serve as a scout for the Indiana Pacers and the Kentucky Colonels, and was a executive for the Denver Rockets (now Denver Nuggets). Eicher passed away January 13, 2019, at the age of 89.