Thaddus McFadden
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- Induction Year:
- 2021
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- Sport:
- Basketball
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- Year(s):
- 2005-07
Thad McFadden was not recruited in a typical way. As he recalls, it was late summer, just before classes began and he had no idea what he was going to do for college. He did know that he wanted to play basketball, so he came to an SC4 open gym with a friend. Coach Vos called him aside, offered him to come to SC4, and the rest is history.
McFadden spent his time at SC4 playing basketball from 2005-2007. During that time, he earned All-MCCAA and All-Region honors both years. He was in the top three scoring in the conference, scoring an average of 23 points per game and four assists per game.
After SC4, McFadden headed to Fairmont State where he was Second team NCAA Daktronics All-American, two-time First Team All-WVIAC selection, two-time WVIAC All-Tournament Team selection, ranked second in the country in scoring average as a senior (25.4), owns the single-season (110) and career (216) records for made three-pointers, and in just two seasons scored 1,367 points.
After graduation, McFadden began playing basketball professionally all over Europe and has been for the last 10 years. He has been in Spain for the last four years, and said, “I have been really lucky. SC4 changed my life. I went from playing at a juco and then to Fairmont, and now reaching to the highest level of basketball in Europe at age 31.”
McFadden plans to play until he’s 40 – and credits being able to do so to his awesome family, with his fiancé and son. He said they are on board with his career and travel, and it makes all the difference. “I will play until my body says stop.”
