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George Mardigan was a two-year captain of the basketball and soccer teams. He led the Vikings to a Region III soccer championship in 1962. Mardigan was named to the All-Conference and All-Region III teams for basketball and was a Region III Tournament All Star and the team’s Most Valuable Player. He was given the Thomas Cahill Award in 1963 as the college’s most outstanding male athlete. As a basketball player, he averaged 15 points and nine assists per game; established a school record with 21 free throws in one game; and shot 88 percent from the free throw line.