| Ham Wernke |
Full Name: Paul Franklin Wernke
Born: March 7, 1933, Batesville, Ind.
Died: November 12, 2019, North Vernon, Ind.
School: Batesville High School in Batesville, Indiana
Legacy Bricks: Legacy Walk Map Link
1982 Basketball HOF - Loc 19
1953, 54, 55 Basketball AA - Loc 82
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| Jim Oler, Rick Benson, Bob Williams, Dick Artmeier, HAM WERNKE, Bud Kennedy | HAM WERNKE and Jim Oler |
| FSU Career |
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 51-52 10 G 6-0 168 Fr * Batesville, IN 52-53 10 G 6-0 168 So * Batesville, IN 53-54 10 G 6-0 168 Jr * Batesville, IN 54-55 10 G 6-0 170 Sr * Batesville, IN 55-56 Freshman Basketball Coach |
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt B T Cl Ltr Hometown 1952 3B 6-0 170 R R Fr * Batesville, IN 1953 3B-OF 6-0 170 R R So Batesville, IN 1954 21 3B-P 6-0 175 R R Jr * Batesville, IN 1955 3B-P 6-0 170 R R Sr * Batesville, IN |
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| Conference Awards |
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Year Award 1955 Florida Intercollegiate Conference - All-Conference |
| All-American Awards |
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Year Award 1953 Helms Foundation - 3rd Team NAIA All-American 1954 Helms Foundation - 3rd Team NAIA All-American 1955 Helms Foundation - 3rd Team NAIA All-American |
| Member of the FSU Hall of Fame |
| Elected into the FSU Hall of Fame in 1982 |
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From 1951 to 1955, wearing the Garnet and Gold, Paul "Ham" Wernke scored 1409 points as he starred for the Seminoles. Wernke's freshman team posted a record of 5-20 and four years later, when he was a
senior, averaging 19.7 points a game, Florida State went 22-4. Over his career Wernke averaged 19.3 a game. His best season as a scorer was '52-'53 when he average 21.3. "Ham" Wernke still stands tall in the FSU career record book. He is first in field goals attempted, seventh in total points, and fourth in scoring average. Wernke also poured in the fourth highest single game total points, 38 vs. Tampa in his sophomore year. A fine playmaker and a deadly shot "Ham" Wernke, a transplanted Hoosier, led Florida State in the university's move from a small college program to the ranks of
major college basketball. Obituary for Paul "Ham" Wernke  Published in The Republic, Columbus, Ind. on Nov 13, 2019NORTH VERNON - Paul "Ham" Wernke, 86, of North Vernon, passed away at 9:48 a.m. on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at the St. Vincent Hospital in Jennings County. Born March 7, 1933, in Batesville, Paul was the son of Edwin and Alma (Mosier) Wernke. He was united in marriage to Kathryn Giltz on September 4, 1954. She survives. Paul graduated from Batesville High School in 1951. He graduated from Florida State in 1955 and went on to receive his masters from IU in 1974. Paul retired from Jennings County School System in 1993 after 37 years in teaching and administration. In addition to his wife, Kathryn Wernke of North Vernon, survivors include sons, Jim Wernke (Marilynn) of Indianapolis and Dale Wernke (Jo Ann) of North Vernon; daughters, Taryn Broadus (Don) and Sandi Kirchner (Pat) of North Vernon, Karol Speer (Rich) of Indianapolis, and JuneAnn Rigney (John) of Greensburg; sister, Wanda Wernke of North Vernon; grandchildren, Jessica Lowman (Gabe), Ryan Wernke (Bailey), Jamin Wernke (Angela), Ashley Martin (Shawn), Adam Wernke (Rachel), Devon Broadus (Chassie), Abbey Bales (Aaron), Justin Wernke (Lauren), Eric Wernke, Alex Kirchner (Lauren), Macey Speer, Adrian Kirchner, Collin Rigney, and Raegan Rigney, along with 17 great grandkids. Paul was preceded in death by his parents, Edwin and Alma Wernke and his brother, Edward Wernke.
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| FSU Statistics |
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--3 Point--- ----REBOUNDS-----
Year GP GS Min FGM FGA PCT FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT PTS AVG OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ AST TO BLK STL
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51-52 5 1 19 71 .268 .000 17 23 .739 55 11.0 0.0 18
52-53 22 167 422 .396 .000 134 193 .694 468 21.3 0.0 71
53-54 20 128 354 .362 .000 113 148 .764 369 18.5 0.0
54-55 26 4 190 461 .412 .000 132 169 .781 512 19.7 130 5.0 81 4
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Tot 73 5 0 504 1308 .385 0 0 .000 396 533 .743 1404 19.2 0 0 130 1.8 170 4 0 0 0 0
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Game Statistics 1951-52 3 Point --REBOUNDS-- Date Opponent GP GS Min FGM FGA FGM FGA FTM FTA PTS OFF DEF TOT PF AST TO BLK STL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 11 Miami 1 2 2 5 6 Feb 16 Tampa 1 g 6 3 15 Feb 23 Stetson 1 g 4 3 11 Feb 29 Miami 1 4 4 6 12 Mar 1 Tampa 1 3 5 6 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals 5 2 0 19 0 0 0 17 17 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1952-53 3 Point --REBOUNDS-- Date Opponent GP GS Min FGM FGA FGM FGA FTM FTA PTS OFF DEF TOT PF AST TO BLK STL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 5 Mercer 1 g 5 6 7 16 3 Dec 6 Georgia Teachers 1 6 13 14 25 Dec 12 Rollins College 1 9 3 4 21 Dec 13 Mercer 1 g 8 10 12 26 Dec 15 Central College 1 5 8 11 18 Dec 19 Sewanee 1 8 2 3 18 Dec 20 Mississippi State 1 9 5 23 Jan 6 Loyola-New Orleans 1 10 6 11 26 Jan 9 Miami 1 3 5 6 11 Jan 12 Tampa 1 14 10 38 Jan 13 Florida Southern Col 1 g 10 3 4 23 Jan 31 Rollins College 1 9 4 22 Feb 2 Memphis State 1 2 4 7 8 5 Feb 4 Arkansas State 1 12 3 27 Feb 10 Stetson 1 g 7 7 21 Feb 13 Florida Southern Col 1 4 3 11 Feb 14 Tampa 1 5 37 4 14 Feb 21 Loyola-New Orleans 1 6 9 21 Feb 23 Miami 1 g 7 8 8 22 Feb 25 Stetson 1 9 6 6 24 Feb 27 Mercer 1 12 6 13 30 Feb 28 Stetson 1 7 9 11 23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals 22 5 0 167 37 0 0 134 117 468 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1953-54 3 Point --REBOUNDS-- Date Opponent GP GS Min FGM FGA FGM FGA FTM FTA PTS OFF DEF TOT PF AST TO BLK STL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 4 Mississippi State 1 8 24 16 20 32 6 7 Dec 8 Mercer 1 6 15 4 7 16 3 Dec 11 Georgia Teachers 1 6 16 5 6 17 Dec 16 Jacksonville State 1 7 5 9 19 Dec 18 Stetson 1 3 9 10 15 Dec 19 Spring Hill College 1 4 4 5 12 Jan 6 Tampa 1 8 1 3 17 Jan 7 Loyola-New Orleans 1 10 10 14 30 3 Jan 9 Miami 1 2 6 7 10 Jan 11 Rollins College 1 6 3 3 15 Jan 12 Tampa 1 12 3 27 Jan 13 Florida Southern Col 1 11 5 27 Jan 16 Stetson 1 3 3 5 9 Jan 19 Rollins College 1 10 6 7 26 4 Jan 21 Florida Southern Col 1 g 7 3 7 17 Jan 30 Mercer 1 7 3 4 17 5 Feb 5 Miami 1 3 9 11 15 3 Feb 13 Loyola-New Orleans 1 4 4 5 12 Feb 17 Georgia Teachers 1 g 7 7 21 Feb 20 Arkansas State 1 4 7 11 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals 20 2 0 128 55 0 0 113 134 369 0 0 6 18 0 0 0 7 1954-55 3 Point --REBOUNDS-- Date Opponent GP GS Min FGM FGA FGM FGA FTM FTA PTS OFF DEF TOT PF AST TO BLK STL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec 4 Jacksonville State 1 5 16 9 11 19 5 3 Dec 6 Georgia Teachers 1 g 3 16 4 5 10 6 4 Dec 14 Tampa 1 12 26 3 3 27 1 2 Dec 18 Stetson 1 12 23 4 4 28 5 2 Dec 20 Miami 1 g 4 23 2 3 10 3 3 Dec 27 Florida 1 6 12 4 5 16 8 3 Dec 28 Georgia 1 12 23 8 10 32 9 4 Jan 3 Duke 1 3 9 6 6 12 3 5 Jan 7 Florida Southern Col 1 2 6 3 6 7 6 2 Jan 8 Tampa 1 11 19 8 8 30 3 2 Jan 15 Georgia 1 6 8 11 14 23 4 4 Jan 18 Spring Hill College 1 9 18 4 4 22 4 4 Jan 19 Mississippi State 1 g 9 19 5 7 23 3 2 Jan 29 Stetson 1 g 9 20 5 6 23 6 3 Jan 31 Rollins College 1 5 15 3 7 13 6 4 Feb 7 Florida Southern Col 1 3 12 2 4 8 9 3 Feb 14 Georgia 1 12 21 4 4 28 4 5 Feb 16 Rollins College 1 9 24 3 3 21 4 4 Feb 19 Loyola-New Orleans 1 7 17 7 10 21 4 4 Feb 21 Mississippi State 1 6 12 2 2 14 6 2 Feb 23 Loyola-New Orleans 1 8 23 8 14 24 4 0 Feb 25 Miami 1 6 16 5 7 17 4 3 Feb 28 Stetson 1 6 17 5 5 17 5 5 Mar 1 Georgia Teachers 1 5 23 6 6 16 7 1 Mar 7 Montana State 1 13 26 9 11 35 7 2 Mar 9 Beloit College 1 7 17 2 4 16 4 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals 26 4 0 190 461 0 0 132 169 512 0 0 130 81 0 0 0 0 |
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Pitching Statistics Year ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 1 0 7 2 0 27.1 26 13 18 15 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot 0.00 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 27.1 26 13 0 18 15 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 |
Batting Statistics YEAR AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1952 .197 21 17 76 15 15 4 1 0 14 21 .276 9 6 .282 0 1 1953 .000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1954 .111 5 3 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 .111 .111 1955 .235 14 12 51 16 12 3 0 1 9 18 .353 1 .250 0 0 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot .204 41 32 137 33 28 7 1 1 24 40 .292 9 1 6 0 .259 0 0 3 0 |
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Game Statistics 1954 Date Opponent W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar 20 Auburn 1 5.1 5 3 4 0 Mar 30 Amherst College 1 Y 5.0 8 6 3 3 Apr 13 Stetson 1 Y 3.0 4 3 4 0 Apr 24 Stetson 1 1.0 0 May 8 Florida Southern Col 1 2.0 2 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 16.1 19 13 0 11 3 |
1952
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
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Mar 17 Kenyon College 7 .500 1 3B 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1
Mar 18 Kenyon College 7a .250 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 21 Georgia 7 .125 1 3B 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mar 27 Amherst College 7 .250 1 3B 4 1 2 0 2 0
Mar 28 Loyola-New Orleans 8 .250 1 3B 4 0 1 0 1 0 1
Mar 29 Loyola-New Orleans 8 .250 1 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0
Apr 5 Miami 6 .217 1 3B 3 0 0 1 0 0
Apr 5 Miami 6 .214 1 3B 5 3 1 0 1 0
Apr 11 Stetson 6 .194 1 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 12 Stetson 5 .171 1 3B 4 0 0 1 0 0
Apr 18 Tampa 6 .175 1 3B 5 2 1 1 1 1 1
Apr 19 Tampa 6 .178 1 3B 5 1 1 1 0 2 0
Apr 25 Florida Southern Col 6 .200 1 3B 5 1 2 2 2 0
Apr 26 Florida Southern Col 6 .204 1 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0
Apr 29 Florida Southern Col 6 .220 1 3B 5 2 2 1 1 2 5 0
May 9 Rollins College 7 .213 1 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
May 10 Rollins College 7 .203 1 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0
May 16 Stetson 8 .200 1 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0
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.200 18 17 65 14 13 3 1 0 10 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1
1953
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
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Mar 20 Georgia Teachers 8a .000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
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.000 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
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Mar 20 Auburn 9a .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mar 30 Amherst College 9 .000 1 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Apr 13 Stetson 9 .200 1 P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
Apr 24 Stetson 9a .167 1 1 0 0 0 0
May 8 Florida Southern Col .167 1 P 0 0
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.167 5 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
1955
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
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Mar 18 Furman 9a .000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Mar 19 Furman 8 .500 1 LF 3 1 2 1 1 3 0
Mar 19 Louisiana State 3 .250 1 RF 4 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 21 Georgia 8 .273 1 LF 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
Mar 22 Georgia 8 .267 1 LF 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Mar 23 Amherst College 8 .211 1 LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 24 Amherst College 3 .167 1 LF 5 1 1 0 0 3 0
Apr 4 Stetson 9 .154 1 LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 5 Stetson 1a .185 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
Apr 9 Wisconsin 1 .194 1 RF 4 1 1 1 4 4 0 3 0
Apr 12 Rollins College 1 .222 1 RF 5 1 2 2 2 0 1 0
Apr 13 Rollins College 1 .220 1 RF 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
Apr 15 Miami 1 .200 1 RF 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
May 6 Stetson 8 .204 1 LF 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0
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.204 14 12 49 10 10 3 0 1 9 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 15 0 0
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