Hall of Fame
Michael Haney lettered four years for the Eastern men’s basketball team from 2001-2005. He was named first team All-Ohio Valley Conference and was chosen as the OVC Tournament MVP as a senior. He was a member of Eastern’s All-Century Team chosen in 2009. He played in 113 games as a Colonel, scoring 1,289 points, 16th on the all-time list, and grabbing 783 rebounds, eighth best total in school history. Haney scored 416 points and grabbed 257 rebounds his senior year, finishing third in the OVC in rebounding. He hit more than 50 percent from the field in each of his four seasons with the Colonels, culminating his senior year when he finished second in the OVC in field goal percentage with his 62.4 mark. He was one of the driving forces when coach Travis Ford’s EKU Colonels won the OVC and gave the University of Kentucky a scare before losing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Haney also closed his career ranked sixth in steals with 154, eighth in field goal percentage at 55 percent. Since 2005, he has been involved with an Australian professional basketball league. He started his stint there playing six seasons with the Goldfields Giants before serving as an assistant coach from 2012-2014. The last three years, he has served as the Goldfields Giants’ head coach.
