Campbell University

Pete Wish, a former basketball standout, was inducted into the Campbell University Sports Hall of Fame in October 2003.
 
A 1967 graduate with a B.S. in Biology, the native of Camden, New Jersey ranks as one of the top scorers in Campbell basketball history.  He went on to become one of the outstanding college professors in the state.
 
An all-state performer in 1960 at Camden Catholic High School, where he set the single-game scoring record of 40 points, Wish joined Coach Fred McCall’s Fighting Camels in 1962 and began a distinguished academic and athletic career.
 
During his playing career, Wish established a school record for scoring by a guard with 1,188 points in 103 games.  That record stood for three decades before it was broken.  Wish still stands third among Campbell’s all-time leading scorers from the guard position and 19th among the 22 players who tallied at least 1,000 points during their Fighting Camel careers.
 
In 1965, Wish scored 507 points, an average of 18.8 points per game, and set a personal career high with 36 points in one game vs. Belmont Abbey.
 
Wish also served as 1967 Senior Class President, was a member of the Men’s Executive Council, Vice-President of the Walker Group, President of Kitchen Dormitory, and was a Dean’s List student.  He went on to North Carolina State University where he took his M.S. in Science Education in 1969 and later earned his Ph.D. in 1976.  He was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society at North Carolina State in 1969.
 
Dr. Wish began a distinguished teaching career at his alma mater in 1969 and was presented the Outstanding Teaching Award by Dr. Norman A. Wiggins.
 
He then accepted a position at UNC Pembroke, where he continues to serve as Professor of Science Education.  Dr. Wish received the Indianhead Yearbook dedication award in 1981 and the UNCP Excellence in Teaching Award in 1985. 
 
In 1997, he was presented the North Carolina Science Teacher Association Distinguished Service Award.  Two years later, Dr. Wish was the recipient of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching.  He was also selected as the first faculty member to deliver the commencement address at the 1999 UNCP winter graduation exercises.