A starter with the freshman team in 1969-1970 (freshman were not eligible to play varsity), Bart Woytowicz moved up to varsity as a sophomore, becoming a starter on the 1970-1971 men’s basketball squad, the most successful team in school history. He averaged 10.2 ppg and 6.9 rpg (second on the team) as a sophomore as the Rams went 26-3, earned a bid to the NCAA Championships and finished the season ranked among the top ten teams in the country.Â
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As a junior in 1971-1972, Woytowicz averaged 15.4 ppg (second on team) and led the Rams with 8.5 rpg.
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In two seasons with the varsity, Woytowicz scored 713 points and grabbed 430 rebounds in 56 games.
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Following his playing days at Rose Hill, Woytowicz played professionally in Europe (France, Italy and Switzerland) and in 1998 he went to work at Google as the company’s first advertising hire, serving as Google's Director of Sales and Advertising until 2005.
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Woytowicz becomes the seventh player from the 1970-1971 men’s basketball team in the Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame, joining Charlie Yelverton, Kenny Charles, Bill Mainor, John Burik, George Zambetti and Tom Sullivan.
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