Eastern Washington University Athletics

In helping Eastern to an 18-11 record in the 1989-90 season, Ronn McMahon led NCAA Division I in steals with an average of 4.48 per game (130 total). Through the 2016-17 season, he still ranks among the all-time leaders in NCAA Division I in single season steals (eighth, sixth at the time with 130 in 1990) and season average per game (fifth, third at the time with a 4.48 average in 1990). He’s also currently fourth (second at the time) in Division I in career average per game with an average of 3.52 (225 total in 64 games). He owns the school record with 225 career steals and the top two single season performances (130 in 1989-90 and 80 in 1988-89). He also has 12 of the school's top 26 steals performances (through 2016-17), including a school-record nine against Portland on Dec. 15, 1989. He also finished his career with 431 assists to rank second in school history, including 207 as a junior and 191 as a senior. He was a first team All-Big Sky Conference and All-Academic selection in the 1989-90 season when he led Eastern to runner-up finishes in the Big Sky in the regular season and post-season tournament. Eastern missed a NCAA Tournament berth when Idaho made a three-pointer at the buzzer in the Big Sky title game. Eastern's 18-11 record in 1989-90 was the school's best percentage-wise (.621) in EWU’s first 27 seasons (through 2013-14) as a member of the Big Sky Conference. The school's 11-5 conference mark represented Eastern’s best league record in the first 12 years as a member of the Big Sky. He played from 1991-92 for the Yakima Sun Kings in the Continental Basketball Association, then played on the Canadian National Team from 1992-94. He was Canada’s starting point guard, and played on the 1992 squad which played in the Tournament of the Americas against the original United States “Dream Team” and the likes of John Stockton, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Charles Barkley. Canada fell to the U.S. 105-61 and finished fifth, but in 1994 finished seventh at the FIBA World Championships in Toronto. He also played professionally in Mexico, for Marathon Oil and signed a variety of short-term contracts. McMahon returned to the area in 2008 and teamed with former teammates Dan Dieffenbach, John Garrison and Greg Olson to win their bracket at Hoopfest (street basketball tournament in downtown Spokane). McMahon is the President and CEO of the Greater Wichita YMCA, beginning his duties on Jan. 6, 2016. He previously lived in Tacoma, Wash., where he served as vice president of YMCA operations in Pierce and Kitsap counties. He led efforts to grow both participation and revenue by more than 300 percent, and helped make possible a four-fold increase in community support and free and assisted services. He became one of the nation’s top-ranked squash players, and at one time was ranked 12th nationally among all professionals. As of April 2014 he was ranked third in the Seattle area and 120th nationally. McMahon and his wife, Lisa (Dabalos), met while they were at EWU. They have a daughter, Rachel, who lives in Tacoma, and a son, Sam, who concluded his sophomore season of basketball at Carroll College in Montana in 2016-17.