Mike Laughna

Mike Laughna (born Frederick Michael Laughna) is a former basketball player for Georgetown University.

Laughna, who attended Saint Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey, remains one of the top scorers in Georgetown history, ranked above NBA star Dikembe Mutombo. At the time of his graduation, Laughna held most of Georgetown's scoring records, but the advent of the three-point shot and the slam dunk made it possible for future players to accumulate points more rapidly.

Laughna is a member of the Georgetown University Basketball Hall of Fame, and is ranked 15th on Georgetown's "Top 100 Players" list. He was also included as an honorable mention on the All Century Team.

On February 11, 1971, in a game against NYU, Laughna scored a career high 35 points. Fellow Georgetown alumnus Patrick Ewing also scored 35 points as his career high.

Laughna has played professional basketball for a number of European teams.

Georgetown University records

• Leading scorer in 1971 and 1972
• Eighth in all-time rebounds
• Third in all-time rebounding average
• One of only five players to lead their team in rebounding for three consecutive seasons
• One of only three to average at least ten points and ten rebounds per game over his career
• Holds 5 of the 30 single game rebounding records.

Trivia

To this day, Mike Laughna is one of only two Georgetown players whose scoring and rebounding averages are among the top ten, and he is the only player ever to average double figures in rebounds in each of his varsity years.

Laughna is mentioned in Chris Tiongson's remix of the song 1985 by Bowling for Soup. The lyrics "her two kids in high school they tell her that she's uncool" are replaced with "Mike Laughna was old school."

References

http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/m_laughna.htm http://www.hoyabasketball.com/rosters/alltime-l.htm#mikelaughna http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/archives/archive0207.htm#7